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The meme juxtaposes Harry Potter's question about the Mirror of Erised with a startup founder asking what the mirror does; the punchline is that for founders, their deepest desire mirrors MRR growth—they want to see their metrics climb as dramatically as Harry's reflection in the magic mirror.The graph visualizes this 'desire' with exponential revenue growth.

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A three-panel anime-style meme showing a character pointing at an empty tray, then gesturing over the tray with text "30 MINUTES OF MARKETING", and finally two characters standing outside with one saying "$1 Million MRR please".
Simplified line drawing of a figure with a long body and limbs, holding a small branch labeled 'The affiliate program' with text above: 'SaaS founders starting an affiliate/partner program, but not recruiting people into it'. The figure has a headband and says 'C'mon, do something...'
The Office meme with a man writing 'no marketing?' on a whiteboard and then sitting down with the board blank, labeled 'no MRR'.
Two-panel meme showing a sunny landscape with people holding hands labeled 'DEVELOPMENT' and 'HOW IT STARTS', versus a stormy scene with people running labeled 'MARKETING DISTRIBUTION SOLVE A REAL PROBLEM USER CONVERSION RATE' and 'HOW IT ENDS'.
Deepest desire