Can I post about my own product or business?
No. The “No Self Promotion” rule bans promoting yourself, and the “Low Effort Post” rule says a post that tries to sell a product or push a service can get you banned.
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r/Entrepreneurship rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Entrepreneurship: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 143,962
- Verified
- September 29, 2026
- Category
- Entrepreneur advice and questions
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Don't Cause Trouble / Be Respectful to Everyone: Personal arguments and/or directly attacking a fellow redditor is strictly forbidden. Any usage of hateful slurs in any way, shape or form, will be punished with a permanent ban! Keep the discussion civil.
- Moderators' Discretion: Rules for posts and comments on the subreddit will be enforced by moderator discretion. If you believe that a post or comment, while adhering to the letter of the rules, was posted in bad faith or violates rules in an unspecified way, message the moderators or report the post/comment in question. The moderators are permitted to remove content — including posts and comments — at any time, for any reason. This is to ensure a positive, friendly, and constructive subreddit.
- No Self Promotion: No spamming, low effort post, blogspam or promoting yourself. Blatent spamming or self-promotion with low effort content will result in a ban.
- Low Effort Post: Help us build this community for everyone , and provide good content back to each other. A post or comment as an attempt to sell a product, push a service or is a few words and a link to a website or blogpost may result in a ban. Videos, screenshots, infographics, gifs, images posted without context will result in a ban as well.
- No survey or market research post without prior approval: Surveys and market research post of any form must be approved by mods before being posted. Surveys posted without approval will result in being removed and potentially banned.
Works well
- A detailed writeup of a real lesson you learned while building your business, told as a story with the mistakes included and no link attached.
- A specific question about a problem you are facing, like pricing, finding your first customers, or hiring, written so people can give useful advice.
- A long, honest breakdown of a decision you made and what happened, with enough written context that it clearly helps others rather than sells to them.
- An answer in the comments of someone else's question, sharing what worked for you without mentioning your own product at all.
- A survey or market research post, but only after you message the moderators and get their approval first.
Avoid
- Posting a link to your product, blog, or landing page with only a few words around it, which the “Low Effort Post” rule says can get you banned.
- Dropping a video, screenshot, or infographic with no written context, which the “Low Effort Post” rule says will result in a ban.
- Promoting your own business or service in a post or comment, which the “No Self Promotion” rule treats as spam and can lead to a ban.
- Posting a survey or market research question without messaging the moderators first, which the “No survey or market research post without prior approval” rule says gets removed and can get you banned.
- Attacking another redditor or using hateful slurs, which the “Don't Cause Trouble / Be Respectful to Everyone” rule says earns a permanent ban.
- Posting something that follows the letter of the rules but reads as bad faith, since the “Moderators' Discretion” rule lets moderators remove content at any time for any reason.
What r/Entrepreneurship Is For
This community is dedicated to entrepreneurship questions and advice. That means the people here are founders, aspiring founders, and anyone working on a business who wants to ask questions or share advice with others on the same path. The rules make it clear the moderators want a positive, friendly, and constructive subreddit, so the room is built for genuine discussion, not for selling. If you show up to learn from other entrepreneurs and to give back with real answers, you fit right in. If you show up to push your product, you are in the wrong place.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The “No Self Promotion” rule is the big one for any founder, because spamming, blogspam, or promoting yourself is out, and blatant spamming with low effort content leads to a ban. The “Low Effort Post” rule works alongside it, saying a post or comment that tries to sell a product, push a service, or is just a few words plus a link to a website or blogpost can get you banned, and that videos, screenshots, infographics, gifs, and images posted without context will result in a ban too. The “No survey or market research post without prior approval” rule means any survey or market research post must be approved by the mods before you post it, and posting one without approval can get you removed and potentially banned. The “Moderators' Discretion” rule is worth knowing because moderators can remove content at any time, for any reason, even if it follows the letter of the rules, if they judge it was posted in bad faith. The “Don't Cause Trouble / Be Respectful to Everyone” rule sets the tone, since personal arguments and attacks are forbidden and hateful slurs mean a permanent ban.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine question or a piece of advice that helps other entrepreneurs, written with enough substance that nobody could mistake it for an ad. Share a real lesson from building your business, told as a story with the details and the mistakes included, and keep any link out of it or fully explained with context if it is truly necessary. Ask specific questions about a problem you are facing, like pricing, finding customers, or hiring, because that invites the advice the community exists to give. If you want to run a survey or market research, message the moderators first and get approval before you post anything. Write like a member of the community, not a marketer, and give more than you take.
What To Avoid
Do not post a link with a few words around it, because that shape is called out by name in the rules and can get you banned. Do not post a video, screenshot, infographic, gif, or image without detailed written context, because the rules say that will result in a ban. Do not promote yourself, your product, or your service anywhere in the subreddit, including in comments. Do not post a survey or any form of market research without messaging the moderators and getting approval first. Do not start arguments or attack other redditors, and never use a hateful slur, because that is a permanent ban. And do not assume that following the letter of the rules is enough, because moderators can remove anything they judge to be in bad faith.
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Common questions about r/Entrepreneurship
Are links allowed at all?
Only conditionally. The rules say links must not be used to sell products, push services, or be posted without context, so a link needs detailed written context and no selling angle.
Can I run a survey here to validate my idea?
Not without approval. The “No survey or market research post without prior approval” rule requires you to message the moderators first, and posting one anyway can get you banned.
What if my post follows the rules but still gets removed?
The “Moderators' Discretion” rule lets moderators remove content at any time for any reason, even if it follows the letter of the rules, so the safest path is high quality and good faith.
What happens if I get into an argument in the comments?
The “Don't Cause Trouble / Be Respectful to Everyone” rule says hateful slurs are punished with a permanent ban, and personal arguments are strictly forbidden.
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