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I noticed MRR is the key measure reported by startups. I've seen some startups in really saturated markets have very high MRR and it made me wonder if they're just spending $.99 of every $1 on ads so really they do not make any profit but high revenue. Can you comment on profit vs revenue?

Monthly recurring revenue typically corresponds with cashflow and cashflow pretty much rules the roost when thinking about useful metrics for a business. With sporadic, or unreliable, MRR you're going to have more risk because there's a higher likelihood of having a "down month" where you're forced to use savings or loans to cover expenses.

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Awesome and inspiring work!! Did you create legal entities/companies around each product that you built, or did you have one legal entity that you still are in control of and just sold off the IP from (or a mixture of both)?
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