often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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Asam compared the rise of AI to the dot-com bubble, where investor enthusiasm for the internet drove some unprofitable tech stocks to insane heights before a crash, but ultimately the internet delivered the goods.
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Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
At its peak in the late 1990s’ dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Saylor, a former dot-com entrepreneur who once lost $6 billion in a single day, recently made a post on X urging people to embrace Bitcoin.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Millennials 'just can't catch a break' Many millennials were in school when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, entered the workforce during the late-2000s Great Recession and were entering their peak working years when COVID hit and largely shut down the economy.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The dot-com era, then nearing its end, had been literally named for addresses such as this one.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
This reminds Professor Shiller of the rallies of the 1920s and the dot-com boom, which both ended badly.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
But unlike companies in the dot-com era, Nvidia is supported by strong business fundamentals — the company posted first-quarter revenue growth of 270% over 2023 — that have Wall Street coming back for more.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
The dot-com bubble made things worse, causing defaults to approach 5%.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Will Daniel, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
At its peak in the late 1990s’ dot-com bubble, Sun had a stock market valuation of $200 billion.
—David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Saylor, a former dot-com entrepreneur who once lost $6 billion in a single day, recently made a post on X urging people to embrace Bitcoin.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Millennials 'just can't catch a break' Many millennials were in school when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, entered the workforce during the late-2000s Great Recession and were entering their peak working years when COVID hit and largely shut down the economy.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The dot-com era, then nearing its end, had been literally named for addresses such as this one.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
This reminds Professor Shiller of the rallies of the 1920s and the dot-com boom, which both ended badly.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
But unlike companies in the dot-com era, Nvidia is supported by strong business fundamentals — the company posted first-quarter revenue growth of 270% over 2023 — that have Wall Street coming back for more.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
The dot-com bubble made things worse, causing defaults to approach 5%.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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