American Voices

The Dot-Com Fallout

July 19, 2000 | ISSUE 36•24

The darlings of Wall Street until March of this year, dot-com companies have fallen on hard times, with countless Internet businesses going belly-up or seeing their market value plummet. What do you think of the struggles of the New Economy?

  • You mean I can no longer expect to enjoy a grossly overinflated market cap for my unprofitable, $200-million-in-debt Internet start-up? That's not fair!

    Larry Barnett
    Entrepreneur

  • Oh, no! I could cyberlose e-millions of virtual dollars and end up in thepoorhouse.com!

    Lisa Spizer
    Day Trader

  • Dot-com is so 1999. I'm putting all my money into dot-org stocks.

    Bill Vander Heyden
    Roofer

  • I met my wife on the Internet, and she's been going way down in value lately.

    Ted Singerle
    Systems Analyst

  • So maybe enthusiasm for the commercial viability of the Internet is waning. But I defy you to find a better medium in which to have tea with Hello Kitty.

    Irene Rudden
    Caterer

  • Looks like yet another megatrend has come and gone without affecting me in any way whatsoever.

    Ned Huang
    Dishwasher

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