How to share your startup on r/advancedentrepreneur
TL;DR
r/advancedentrepreneur is a free subreddit with about 83,000 members (October 2026) for owners of running businesses who want to grow them further. Its second rule is plain: "No self-promotion." It suits founders with revenue who want to discuss scaling problems with peers, and it gives a launch post no room at all.
How we checked: we read these rules through public subreddit trackers in October 2026. Read the sidebar and the pinned posts before you post, since moderators update the rules.
What is r/advancedentrepreneur?
The subreddit describes itself as "a community for established entrepreneurs to share tips, tricks, and fundamentals on growing your business to the next level." It started in October 2014 and aims at owners past the idea stage. Topics in October 2026 included SOP (standard operating procedure) tools for small teams, building a SaaS company alone, and startups that win customers and still fail to scale.
The feed is small and slow. WillItStay counted about 2 posts and 14 comments a day, and GummySearch recorded about 20,000 new members in the year to October 2026. The seven rules, as WillItStay listed them in October 2026:
- "All text posts must be very relevant to sub and have commentary."
- "No self-promotion."
- "We will not tolerate blog spam."
- "No AI or crypto businesses."
- "No requesting DMs."
- "This is not a place for asking for investors or partners."
- "No surveys."
Who should post on r/advancedentrepreneur?
Good fit:
- Founders with paying customers facing scaling problems: hiring, operations, pricing, cash flow.
- Owners who want answers from people who run companies, away from beginner threads.
- Founders who read more than they post and join discussions with their own experience.
Skip it:
- AI and crypto businesses: rule 4 bars them.
- Founders looking for investors, partners or survey answers: rules 6 and 7 forbid those posts.
- Anyone hoping for launch traffic or SEO: self-promotion is banned, links in Reddit posts carry nofollow, and the DA 95 belongs to reddit.com.
How much does r/advancedentrepreneur cost?
Posting is free. The subreddit has no paid placement, and Reddit Ads runs separately from the community.
How do you share your startup on r/advancedentrepreneur?
Your startup appears here only as context for a real business question.
- Open r/advancedentrepreneur, join, and read the sidebar rules and the pinned posts first.
- Comment on a few threads before your first post. No karma minimum is published, and WillItStay warns that unpublished filters on new accounts are common in subreddits of this size.
- Write a text post (link posts are off) about one scaling problem, with your own commentary as rule 1 requires. Describe your business in a sentence or two, give your numbers, and ask a precise question. Leave out your URL, DM requests and survey links.
Tips to get more out of r/advancedentrepreneur
- State your stage in the first line: revenue range, team size, years in business. Readers judge advice by it.
- Ask about one decision you face now, such as a first manager hire or a price increase, with the options you weigh.
- Report back with what you chose and what happened. Follow-ups build a reputation in a small community.
- Post around Monday 18:00 UTC, where WillItStay saw the best scores.
- Skip links entirely: only 2% of top posts contained one in WillItStay's sample.
Our verdict
r/advancedentrepreneur is a small, serious room for owners of established businesses, free to join and closed to promotion. Use it to get sharp answers on scaling questions and to build a name among experienced peers, and announce your product in a launch-friendly subreddit.
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