dot-com
Online company type
Dot-com refers to internet-based businesses, from the .com domain suffix that became synonymous with commercial websites during the 1990s boom.
The term often evokes that era's speculative frenzy: She made millions in dot-com stocks before the crash.
As an adjective, it describes anything connected to that period of internet entrepreneurship: dot-com bubble, dot-com millionaire.
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- crashSudden violent impact
- bustFailure or sculpture
- boomLoud deep sound
- overvaluedRated beyond actual worth
NASDAQ · IPO · euphoria · collapse · irrational exuberance · market correction · burn rate · vaporware
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- AOLEarly internet provider
- NetscapePioneering nineties browser company
GeoCities · webmaster · information superhighway · chat rooms · netizen · cyberculture · banner ads · portal
One who starts businesses
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
IPO · founder · pitch deck · burn rate · equity · bootstrap · scalability · disruption
Greek warrior women
- eBayWeb auction marketplace
- YahooNineties web services pioneer
- GoogleDominant web search provider
- domain nameInternet location identifier
web-based · URL · homepage · registration · branding · online service · platform · portal
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
overvalued · NASDAQ · IPO · euphoria · collapse · irrational exuberance · market correction · burn rate · vaporware · hype
Y2K
Calendar-rollover computer problem
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- AOLEarly internet provider
Netscape · GeoCities · webmaster · information superhighway · chat rooms · netizen · cyberculture · banner ads · portal · AltaVista
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- angel investorIndividual funding early-stage companies
incubator · IPO · founder · pitch deck · burn rate · equity · bootstrap · scalability · disruption · exit strategy
Amazon
Greek warrior women
domain name · web-based · URL · homepage · registration · branding · online service · platform · portal
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- 90s TechWindows 95, Windows 98, dial-up, Netscape, AOL
- 90s Slangall that, as if, da bomb, the bomb, dope
- Computing HistoryENIAC, UNIVAC, mainframe, mainframes, punch card
- tech economySilicon Valley, tech giants, startups, venture capital, IPO
- Tech Startupsstartup, founder, unicorn, co-founder, seed funding
dot-combrick-and-mortar
Physically present business
storefront · corner store · department store · retail shop · warehouse club
dot-comblue chip
Stable, reputable investment
analog · smokestack industry · manufacturing sector · heavy industry
dot-comblue-chip
Financially stable and reputable
value stock · dividend stock · Fortune 500 · industrial giant · old guard