Top all-time · #5859
Ash Maurya
Personal blog · practicetrumpstheory.comstartupsbusiness
Ash Maurya's personal blog at practicetrumpstheory.com covers startups and business. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Why Not the Funnel Chart?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Ash Maurya's blog as a reference on lean startups, bootstrapping, and the ideation switch. The comments link to these posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
LEAN 1-2-3: Ash Maurya's weekly newsletter with 1 principle, 2 strategies and 3 tactics for running lean, plus a long-form essay each month. The complete archive.
Most-linked posts?
- Why Not the Funnel Chart?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-03
- The 50% Rule for Traction2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-09-03
What Hacker News says?
>lean startup You mean a bootstrapped startup? http://steveblank.com/2009/11/02/lean-startups-aren%E2%80%99... http://practicetrumpstheory.com/2010/03/bootstrapping-a-lean...
Comment linking /2010/03/bootstrapping-a-lean-startup/
on “Ask HN: Would a .Net back-end put off potential acquisitors?”Submitted The 50% Rule for Traction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCleese's point about open time vs. closed time maps exactly to Ash Maurya's ideation switch for a lean startup: http://practicetrumpstheory.com/2013/01/the-ideation-switch/
Comment linking /2013/01/the-ideation-switch/
on “John Cleese on creative thinking”Submitted How to Model a Multi-sided Business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLink is bad. Correct link: http://practicetrumpstheory.com/2013/08/why-not-the-funnel-c...
Comment linking /2013/08/why-not-the-funnel-chart/
on “Why Not the Funnel Chart?”Submitted The 50% Rule for Traction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Test Whether Your Business Model is Worth Pursuing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted There is No Business Model Without Revenue as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Science of How Customers Buy Anything as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Physics of Customer Acquisition as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Avoid the Innovator’s Bias for the Solution as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Customers Need to Fire Something Before They Can Hire Your Product as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lean Analytics – The One Metric That Matters and Other Provocations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Actionable Metrics – Say Hello to Cohort Analysis as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Achilles Heel of Customer Development as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Get Customers to Want to Pay Even Before Building Your Product as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Not the Funnel Chart? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Not the Funnel Chart? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
