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Founders share the challenges of running a tech bu...
With respect to each company, what do the numbers in the parentheses mean? Is that profit, revenue or something else per month?
randlet
on Feb 14, 2020
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This is almost always (and frustratingly!) Monthly Recurring Revenue.
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Good to know, thank you!
lwb
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Frustrating how?
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Revenue is close to useless if you’re selling dollars for quarters. Hard to gauge the efficacy of businesses without the full picture.
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IndieHackers are usually self-bootstrappers, they wouldn't sustain long by selling dollars for quarters.
lukevdp
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I can’t think of another single metric that tells you more about the size of a saas company than MRR.
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