dotcom crash

TechCrunch+ roundup: Dot-com crash lessons, reducing CAC, product-led sales

Many founders have been encouraged to believe that smooth storytelling and good social skills are enough to convince investors that things are moving according to plan. They are mistaken.

What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn?

“When you no longer believe, if you're not buying what you're selling anymore, then it is time to stop," said M13 Partner Anna Barber.

TechCrunch+ roundup: Dotcom crash history lessons, post-M&A strategies, climate tech heats up

Today at noon PT/3 pm ET, Anna Barber, partner at M13, will join us on a Twitter Space to talk about how today's startup operators can avoid many of the missteps founders made in past downturns.

TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing churn rates, visa side hustles, YC S22 Demo Day faves

I'm doing two Twitter Spaces on Tuesday, September 13: Bring your comments and questions!

The Social Web Will Help Protect Us From Another Dot-Com Fizzle

You’ve all heard stories about the infamous dot-com bubble burst of the early aughts. It wasn’t pretty, a lot of people lost a lot of money – and their livelihoods to boot. There wil