Sunday, October 5, 2025

Pet Peeve: The Dot-Com Meme -- October 6, 2025

Locator: 49293DOTCOM. 

Ten largest failures from the dot-com bust:

  • Webvan
  • Pets.com
  • Boo.com
  •  GovWorks
  • DrKoop.com
  • TheGlobe.com
  • Value America
  • Excite (or eXcite)
  • eToys.com 

Ten largest successes coming out of the dot-com bust, and approximate return since 2000:

  • Amazon: 5,358%
  • eBay
  • Apple: 32,535%
  • Nvidia
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft
  • intel
  • Cisco Systems
  • Booking Holdings (formerly Priceline.com)
  • Yahoo