Posting your startup in r/Startup_Ideas
Posts that invite founders to share their work and offer tangible help (feedback, customer research, growth strategy) get the most engagement. The winning angle is positioning yourself as someone who has domain expertise and can help others, while naturally inviting them to share what they're building.
Self-promotion rules
No explicit self-promotion rules were fetched, but the subreddit culture strongly encourages sharing your startup/idea in response to threads asking 'what are you building?' Self-promotion is welcome when it's conversational and adds value (e.g., offering feedback, sharing lessons learned, or participating in a thread designed for founder sharing). Avoid low-effort pure product pitches; frame your work within a helpful or educational context instead.
Post templates that get approved
Posts that invite founders to share their work and offer tangible help (feedback, customer research, growth strategy) get the most engagement. The winning angle is positioning yourself as someone who has domain expertise and can help others, while naturally inviting them to share what they're building.
what you're building and i'll show you where your first customers are
I've helped about 50 founders find their initial traction this year and notice the same blindspots come up repeatedly. Drop what you're working on and I'll give you specific, actionable feedback on where to find your first real users.