[trotsky]

The term "startup" originated during the dot-com bubble.

Wow, you get some bullshit ideas about business if you get your mba at wikipedia.

[enraged_camel]

I may have quoted it wrong. Wikipedia says it became popular during the dotcom bubble.

[trotsky]

Let me try this again. When I said "Wow, you ..." I was really saying: "If all you're contributing is rephrased sections of wikipedia, perhaps you shouldn't be trying to sound like an authority"