30 - E-commerce - After Boom & Bust

???? The Wild West of E-Commerce: From Dot-Com Boom to Bust ????

Back in the late 1990s, the internet was hailed as a whole new economy—a digital gold rush where investors thought the old rules of business no longer applied. ???? But did the internet really rewrite the laws of economics… or was it all hype waiting to collapse?

In this episode, we rewind to the chaotic birth of e-commerce to uncover what worked, what failed, and what still shapes the way we buy and sell today.

Here’s what you’ll discover:

⚡ The Dot-Com Frenzy

The unstoppable optimism of the 1990s internet startups

The boom of flashy websites and the spectacular bust that followed

Why most dot-com darlings became digital ghost towns

???? B2C (Business to Consumer)

Pure Play E-Tailers like Amazon, who survived with online-only stores

Click & Mortar companies like Tesco, who blended physical shops with online shopping

The crucial role of e-fulfillment (warehouses, supply chains, delivery trucks)

???? B2B (Business to Business)

How e-procurement revolutionized supply chains

The rise of public exchanges (open bidding platforms) vs private exchanges (controlled supplier networks)

The game-changing idea of the reverse auction—suppliers driving prices down to win contracts

✨ The Legacy
The dot-com crash proved one thing: technology doesn’t cancel economics. While most startups vanished, the core ideas—B2C retail and B2B procurement—endured and reshaped global business.

???? Watch now to see how the lessons of the dot-com bubble still echo in today’s tech trends… and ask yourself: which of today’s innovations are truly built to last?

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