Disrupting disruption with disruptive disruptions since 2010.
A company that conducts business primarily on the internet, or the era of internet-based business ventures in the 1990s. The term comes from the ".com" domain suffix used by commercial websites.
A down round combined with the departure of key executives or massive losses—essentially the startup equivalent of hitting rock bottom while the bank forecloses.
A venture capitalist's way of asking 'why won't everyone else just copy your idea in six months?' Often answered with 'moat' or 'network effects,' which are sometimes real.
The special circle of Dante's Inferno where VCs ask increasingly absurd questions about your financial projections, customer concentration, and why your revenue is so lumpy.