Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by jschuur » Sun, May 19, 2013, 4:43 PM UTC

Tranche.

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by angersock » Sun, May 19, 2013, 4:45 PM UTC

batgaijin wrote: post #6

YOLO

You only launch once?

You often lose owners?

Y'all ogle ladies often?

You optimize Linux operations?

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by krapp » Sun, May 19, 2013, 4:52 PM UTC

angersock wrote: post #22

batgaijin wrote: post #6

YOLO

You only launch once? You often lose owners? Y'all ogle ladies often? You optimize Linux operations?

You Only Libre Office.

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by depsypher » Sun, May 19, 2013, 4:54 PM UTC

The first time I heard the word monetize (years ago) I thought it was was silly and pointless. Of course I got used to it over time and now use it myself.

Ideate on the other hand I'm not sure I'll ever be able to fully embrace.

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by ricardobeat » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:19 PM UTC

narsil wrote: post #13

seiji wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ARPU, ARPPU, MAU, DAU, MAUDAU, MUU, ping me You should hear these jokers have actual conversations with each other.

For anyone wondering: ARPU: Average Revenue Per User ARPPU: Average Revenue Per Paying User MAU: Monthly Active Users DAU: Daily Active Users MUU: Monthly Unique Users

The abbreviations take just as long to say out loud as their meaning.

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by pkmehta » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:25 PM UTC

Saw this one earlier by Fogcreek guy - TOMA where his phrase was that they'd use their blogging to "achieve TOMA" -- still have no idea what it is

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5732024

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by kehers » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

batgaijin wrote: post #6

YOLO

You only live once :D

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by yesimahuman » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

Adding one to the list: MRR - monthly recurring revenue

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by raldi » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

"Hockey stick" is a term for exponential growth that's just starting to explode, named after the shape of its graph. As in, "Our user count just hit two million, and it's a total hockey stick!"

The canonical kind looks like the stick in this orientation:

    ______/

Sometimes people jokingly use the term to refer to a graph that looks like a hockey stick in this orientation:

     ______
    /

An example of that would be a product that's launched with great hype and sees huge initial growth solely because of that, and then it quickly tapers off because the product turns out to be a flop.

Re: Ask HN: What are some 'startup lingo' you didn't know before?

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Post by michaelmior » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

pkmehta wrote: post #26

Saw this one earlier by Fogcreek guy - TOMA where his phrase was that they'd use their blogging to "achieve TOMA" -- still have no idea what it is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5732024

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOMA