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Just in case, if there are others like me who where wondering what does "MRR" means, it seems to be "monthly recurring revenue".

by p4bl0 6mo ago

weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
I'm just curious but is it the case that you signed up here 16 years ago and you didn't know what MRR means?
- deleted 6mo ago
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- chii 6mo ago
  Not everybody who reads HN is well versed in business/entrepreneur oriented jagon.
  - weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
    Yes. Clearly. But is the irony really lost on you?
  - vasco 6mo ago
    HN means HackerNews btw, for those 15 year accounts that don't know the jargon
- toong 6mo ago
  I was about to say: welcome to HN
- p4bl0 6mo ago
  Haha ^^'. Honestly, yes. I'm on HN for tech content, I don't really care about startups and the business side of things, even though sometimes there are interesting reads on this side as well. Also, it may very well be the case that I rediscover the meaning of MRR for the second or third time in sixteen years :).
  - jofzar 6mo ago
    I'm jealous of you, like seriously, you somehow haven't worked at a company where a C suite says MRR like every 5th sentence in meeting.
- blitzar 6mo ago
  Obviously they are lacking the sigma hustle grindset. Its like not having syphilis or cancer, its a good thing.
  - weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
    Says the guy with almost 5k HN comments in less than 5 years
    - blitzar 6mo ago
      I try to limit it to just 1-2 comments after my 4am ice facial and then no more than 4 comments while I am having my 3pm youth blood infusion. Consistency is key for the grindset.
      - weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
        [flagged]
        blitzar 6mo ago
        Nothing some Ayahuasca and a trip to Joshua tree (make sure you do it in that order) wont fix.
        weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
        In what order do you recommend I fit that into my Burning Man itinerary?
  - jofzar 6mo ago
    They haven't also worked at a company where the meetings have MRR said like every 4 seconds. I'm so jealous of them
- satvikpendem 6mo ago
  I was also curious about that, I would've thought especially in 2010 the startup ethos would've been more prevalent on HN whereas these days it's more about AI and big tech.
  - p4bl0 6mo ago
    There was always tech content. I'd say it was even a more important part back in the days, and it was more diverse. There were always some trends (Ruby on Rails, Rust, etc.) but it was never like these days with LLM-related content which is almost all of the tech content. Because of that I've gone back to Reddit like two years ago, and now spend even more time there than here, which hadn't been the case in almost 15 years before that.
    - satvikpendem 6mo ago
      Where on reddit? It's even more LLM heavy than HN.
      - debugnik 6mo ago
        r/programming, awful as it's always been, is trialing a ban on all LLM-related articles on the basis that most aren't really about programming.
      - p4bl0 6mo ago
        French subreddits, coffee subreddits, free software and free culture subreddits, specific programming languages subreddits, computer science subreddits, and yes, general tech subreddits which are also flooded with AI stuff, but I feel that it makes a significant difference that users can still downvote links there, which hasn't been possible in years on HN (not saying that it's a bad thing, just that it's a significant difference).
balgg 6mo ago
There is also ARR which is "annual recurring revenue" and you should know that when people use ARR they usually are just making up numbers based on their current MRR (so lying). I've seen people announce their ARR after running their business for two whole months!
- jwr 6mo ago
  That's not really "lying" — ARR is usually understood as your projected "Annual Run Rate". It's a useful metric, as long as it is understood that it is an estimate. But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates. MRR is also a "made up number" from a certain point of view: it is not equivalent to cash received every month, because of annual subscriptions, cancelations, etc.
  - balgg 6mo ago
    >But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates. Sure, but I would expect you to have at least one data point or at least near it, before making any estimates for that timescale. I don't see many people make MRR projections based on 2 days of of sales, it's just something I've noticed with startups and ARR.
    - blitzar 6mo ago
      2 days is optimum, you can fit a nice curve - 1, 2 ... at the current rate we will have 536,870,912 by day 30.
      - balgg 6mo ago
        Nice, the investors will be overjoyed to hear this.
        blitzar 6mo ago
        I am pleased to announce I am raising another round of funding for these overjoyed investors to increase their holdings at a much higher valuation.

Just in case, if there are others like me who where wondering what does "MRR" means, it seems to be "monthly recurring revenue".

by p4bl0 6mo ago

Just in case, if there are others like me who where wondering what does "MRR" means, it seems to be "monthly recurring revenue".

weird-eye-issue 6mo ago

I'm just curious but is it the case that you signed up here 16 years ago and you didn't know what MRR means?

deleted 6mo ago
[deleted]
chii 6mo ago
Not everybody who reads HN is well versed in business/entrepreneur oriented jagon.
- weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
  Yes. Clearly. But is the irony really lost on you?
- vasco 6mo ago
  HN means HackerNews btw, for those 15 year accounts that don't know the jargon
toong 6mo ago
I was about to say: welcome to HN
p4bl0 6mo ago
Haha ^^'. Honestly, yes. I'm on HN for tech content, I don't really care about startups and the business side of things, even though sometimes there are interesting reads on this side as well. Also, it may very well be the case that I rediscover the meaning of MRR for the second or third time in sixteen years :).
- jofzar 6mo ago
  I'm jealous of you, like seriously, you somehow haven't worked at a company where a C suite says MRR like every 5th sentence in meeting.
blitzar 6mo ago
Obviously they are lacking the sigma hustle grindset. Its like not having syphilis or cancer, its a good thing.
- weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
  Says the guy with almost 5k HN comments in less than 5 years
  - blitzar 6mo ago
    I try to limit it to just 1-2 comments after my 4am ice facial and then no more than 4 comments while I am having my 3pm youth blood infusion. Consistency is key for the grindset.
    - weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
      [flagged]
      - blitzar 6mo ago
        Nothing some Ayahuasca and a trip to Joshua tree (make sure you do it in that order) wont fix.
        weird-eye-issue 6mo ago
        In what order do you recommend I fit that into my Burning Man itinerary?
- jofzar 6mo ago
  They haven't also worked at a company where the meetings have MRR said like every 4 seconds. I'm so jealous of them
satvikpendem 6mo ago
I was also curious about that, I would've thought especially in 2010 the startup ethos would've been more prevalent on HN whereas these days it's more about AI and big tech.
- p4bl0 6mo ago
  There was always tech content. I'd say it was even a more important part back in the days, and it was more diverse. There were always some trends (Ruby on Rails, Rust, etc.) but it was never like these days with LLM-related content which is almost all of the tech content. Because of that I've gone back to Reddit like two years ago, and now spend even more time there than here, which hadn't been the case in almost 15 years before that.
  - satvikpendem 6mo ago
    Where on reddit? It's even more LLM heavy than HN.
    - debugnik 6mo ago
      r/programming, awful as it's always been, is trialing a ban on all LLM-related articles on the basis that most aren't really about programming.
    - p4bl0 6mo ago
      French subreddits, coffee subreddits, free software and free culture subreddits, specific programming languages subreddits, computer science subreddits, and yes, general tech subreddits which are also flooded with AI stuff, but I feel that it makes a significant difference that users can still downvote links there, which hasn't been possible in years on HN (not saying that it's a bad thing, just that it's a significant difference).

balgg 6mo ago

There is also ARR which is "annual recurring revenue" and you should know that when people use ARR they usually are just making up numbers based on their current MRR (so lying). I've seen people announce their ARR after running their business for two whole months!

jwr 6mo ago
That's not really "lying" — ARR is usually understood as your projected "Annual Run Rate". It's a useful metric, as long as it is understood that it is an estimate. But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates. MRR is also a "made up number" from a certain point of view: it is not equivalent to cash received every month, because of annual subscriptions, cancelations, etc.
- balgg 6mo ago
  >But, in all honesty, all RR numbers are estimates. Sure, but I would expect you to have at least one data point or at least near it, before making any estimates for that timescale. I don't see many people make MRR projections based on 2 days of of sales, it's just something I've noticed with startups and ARR.
  - blitzar 6mo ago
    2 days is optimum, you can fit a nice curve - 1, 2 ... at the current rate we will have 536,870,912 by day 30.
    - balgg 6mo ago
      Nice, the investors will be overjoyed to hear this.
      - blitzar 6mo ago
        I am pleased to announce I am raising another round of funding for these overjoyed investors to increase their holdings at a much higher valuation.