The Untold Story Behind the 2000 Dot-Com Crash — and Why MicroStrategy Was at the Center of It All
@Shernice軒嬣 2000:
$Strategy(MSTR)$ Most people think the dot-com bubble burst because “tech was overvalued.” But the real trigger was something more dangerous: trust collapsing in plain sight. And oddly enough, one of the key names in that collapse is now worshipped in crypto today — MicroStrategy and Michael Saylor. In the late 1990s, MicroStrategy was a Wall Street darling. A fast-growing software company. A “top-tier performer.” A rare tech firm that looked profitable in a sea of startups burning cash. But behind the glossy numbers, there was a fragile accounting trick. To meet explosive growth expectations, the company adopted aggressive revenue recognition practices. Instead of spreading multi-year software and maintenance contracts over time (the