How to post in r/Entrepreneur without getting removed
You cannot promote in r/Entrepreneur outside the designated weekly threads, and you must comment on other people's posts before you are allowed to post your own. No URL dropping, no DM me, no check my profile. AI-generated posts and comments are explicitly banned, and violations can mean a permanent ban.
The rules below were read from r/Entrepreneur’s own rules page. Subreddits change their policies, so confirm against the live rules before you post, and run your draft through the launch checklist so your account and timing are as ready as your writing.
What r/Entrepreneur allows, in four lines
No promotion outside designated weekly threads. Rule 1 prohibits selling, promoting, recruiting, hiring, job-seeking, soliciting investment, or driving traffic to your profile, company, or external content. That includes dropping URLs, asking users to DM you, or telling people to check your profile. Free offers and promotions belong only in the weekly threads.
Designated weekly threads (for promotions and free offers)
No numeric karma threshold, but there is a participation gate: you must participate in the comments of other posts before you post your own.
Not used here. r/Entrepreneur relies on its weekly threads and participation gate.
How promotion actually works here
No promotion outside designated weekly threads. Rule 1 prohibits selling, promoting, recruiting, hiring, job-seeking, soliciting investment, or driving traffic to your profile, company, or external content. That includes dropping URLs, asking users to DM you, or telling people to check your profile. Free offers and promotions belong only in the weekly threads.
Where the product goes: Designated weekly threads (for promotions and free offers)
Draft a post that fits r/Entrepreneur
Describe what you built and target r/Entrepreneur. The generator shapes the draft to this community's voice and flags the removal triggers listed on this page before you post.
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The formats r/Entrepreneur rewards
The practical, specific post
When You have a concrete lesson or question grounded in real effort.
How Write from your own experience with specifics. Do not link anything. Make sure you have commented genuinely on other posts first, or your post can be removed under the participation gate.
The weekly-thread share
When You genuinely want to promote something.
How Find the current designated weekly thread and post your offer or link there, in the format it asks for. Nowhere else.
The community answer
When You are building the participation the subreddit requires.
How Leave thoughtful comments on other founders' posts. This both satisfies the participation gate and earns goodwill for when you post.
What a post that fits looks like
Illustrative example for a fictional product, shaped to r/Entrepreneur’s rules.
The unglamorous system that finally got me consistent with cold outreach
For two years my outreach was feast or famine. I would send fifty emails in a panic, get busy, then send nothing for a month. What fixed it was embarrassingly boring. I blocked twenty minutes every morning, capped it at ten personalized emails, and tracked only whether I did the twenty minutes, not the replies. Consistency went up because the goal stopped depending on other people responding. For those of you who do steady outreach, do you measure activity or results, and why?
Why it fits: No link, specific and practical, written before posting only after commenting elsewhere, ends with a discussion question.
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Posting in r/Entrepreneur, answered
Why can't I post in r/Entrepreneur yet?
The subreddit has a participation gate: you must comment on other people's posts before you are allowed to post your own. If you post first, it can be removed. Leave a few genuine comments, then post.
Can I share my link in r/Entrepreneur?
Only in the designated weekly threads. Rule 1 removes URLs, DM me, and check my profile from normal posts and comments, and repeat violations can mean a permanent ban.
Does r/Entrepreneur allow AI-written posts?
No. AI-generated posts and comments are explicitly banned and can result in a ban. If you use a tool to draft, you must rewrite it thoroughly into your own voice before posting, and even then the safest approach is genuinely original writing.
What kinds of posts get removed most?
Promotion outside the weekly threads, posting before participating, AI-generated content, vague get-rich-quick or diary posts, and reposts. Specific, practical, original posts do best.