<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/556488c5ecad0439570a15ed-1200-924/napster-founder-shawn-fanning-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Napster founder Shawn Fanning"><p class="source"><span>Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Napster founder Shawn Fanning, 20, attends a press conference in San Francisco February 12, 2001.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>The tech bubble of the late 90s produced a number of flash-in-the-pan internet companies that raised millions - often in public offerings - only to flame out a year or two later.</p><p>There are surprising similarities between some of today's hottest tech companies and those dot-com predecessors.</p><p>Was the first generation too early? Or are today's companies heading for a similar fate?</p>

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These dotcom startups look just like some of today's hottest tech companies - and here's what happened to them

ReutersNapster founder Shawn Fanning, 20, attends a press conference in San Francisco February 12, 2001.The tech bubble of the late 90s produced a number of flash-in-the-pan internet companies that raised millions - often in public offerings - only to flame out a year or two later.There are surprising similarities between some of today's hottest tech companies and those dot-com predecessors.Was the first generation too early? Or are today's companies heading for a similar fate?

ReutersNapster founder Shawn Fanning, 20, attends a press conference in San Francisco February 12, 2001. The tech bubble of the late 90s produced a number of flashinthepan internet companies that raised millions  often in public offerings  only to flame out a year or two later.

These dotcom startups look just like some of today's hottest tech companies - and here's what happened to them

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