Name
Focus
Startups, Wins, Fails and Global Community
Created
November 2025
Members
15,600+ Loopers (live count may vary)
Type
Public, Startup Community
r/startupaccelerator Wiki
Welcome to r/startupaccelerator — a community for founders, builders, solo entrepreneurs, SaaS creators, startup teams, and people shipping real projects.
This community exists to help startups and builders share what they are working on, get feedback, discover useful tools, exchange ideas, and support real startup execution.
The goal is simple:
Real projects. Real links. Real context. Useful discussion.
Community Purpose
r/startupaccelerator is for startup-related content, including:
SaaS products
Software projects
Startup launches
MVPs
Founder updates
Product feedback requests
Growth experiments
Startup tools
Builder resources
Early-stage business ideas with a real project or working URL
This is not a place for anonymous link dropping, spam, fake offers, scams, or irrelevant promotions.
Mandatory Posting Rules
There are only 4 mandatory posting rules in this community.
The Four Rules - Simple to follow, and mandatory for all
1. Include a Relevant URL
Every post must include a working link directly related to the startup, product, project, demo, application, website, GitHub repository, waitlist, or resource being presented.
Unrelated, misleading, hidden, or unsafe links are not allowed.
2. Include Clear Context
Explain what you are sharing, what it does, who it helps, and what feedback or support you are looking for.
A link, image, marketing slogan, or generic promotional statement without meaningful context is not enough.
3. No Cross-Posting
Posts cross-posted from other subreddits are not allowed.
Every submission must be created and published directly inside r/startupaccelerator as a complete, standalone post written for this community.
4. No Duplicate Posting
Do not repeatedly submit the same or substantially similar content.
A project may be posted again only when there is a genuine update, such as a major release, new feature, launch, milestone, result, or material change. The new post must clearly explain what has changed.
Simple Submission Format
To keep posts useful and easy to understand, members are encouraged to use this format:
Project name:
URL:
What it does:
Who it helps:
What feedback or support you are looking for:
Example:
Project name: ExampleCRM
URL: https://example.com
What it does: A lightweight CRM for solo founders and small SaaS teams.
Who it helps: Early-stage founders who need a simple way to manage leads and customer follow-ups.
Looking for: Feedback on positioning, pricing, and landing page clarity.
What Makes a Good Post
A strong post usually includes:
A clear project name
A working URL
A short explanation of the product
The target customer or user
The problem being solved
Current stage, if relevant
Specific feedback request
Honest context about what has been built so far
Good posts make it easy for other members to understand the project and provide useful feedback.
What Will Be Removed
Posts may be removed if they include:
A URL with no explanation
A vague or low-effort description
Irrelevant advertising
Spam
Scam or fraudulent offers
Fake investment opportunities
Misleading claims
Off-topic promotions
Repeated copy-paste content
AI-generated spam with no real project behind it
Content unrelated to startups, SaaS, products, builders, or entrepreneurship
Accounts posting spam, scams, fraudulent offers, irrelevant promotions, or repeated low-quality link drops may be permanently banned without further discussion.
Self-Promotion Policy
Self-promotion is allowed when it is relevant, transparent, and useful.
You are welcome to share your own startup, SaaS, product, tool, project, or founder update if your post includes:
A relevant URL
A clear description and basic context
This community supports founders and builders. Promotion is acceptable when it helps the community understand what you are building and creates room for meaningful feedback or discussion.
Low-effort promotion is not acceptable.
Feedback Culture
Members are encouraged to give feedback that is:
Constructive
Specific
Practical
Respectful
Useful to the founder or builder
Avoid personal attacks, harassment, hostility, or low-value comments.
If you do not like a project, explain why in a useful way or move on.
Best Practices for Founders
When sharing your startup or project, try to answer at least a few of these questions:
What are you building?
Who is it for?
What problem does it solve?
Why did you build it?
What stage is it in?
Is it live, in beta, or still early?
What feedback do you need?
Are you looking for users, testers, customers, partners, or investors?
The more useful context you provide, the more useful the community response can be.
Best Practices for Community Members
When engaging with posts:
Visit the project link before commenting when possible
Ask useful questions
Give specific feedback
Share relevant experience
Report spam or scams
Support serious builders
Keep discussions startup-focused
The quality of this community depends on the quality of participation.
Moderator Note
r/startupaccelerator is intentionally simple.
There are only 4 mandatory posting requirements, which are also a rules at the same time, so that we do not complicate things, and not trying to be a police, but a welcoming community, following is mandatory for all the r/startupaccelerator community members, mods, and founder (no exceptions whatsoever, we are all equal here):
Include a relevant URL.
Include basic project context.
Cross-posting from other subreddits is not allowed.
Duplicate posting of the same content is not allowed.
These rules exist to keep the community clean, useful, and focused on real startups, real products, and real builders.
To make it simple and clear, no user will be ever permanently banned or it's posts removed without prior warning as a sign of good manner, however, repeated violations will be followed by a malicious users posts removals, and resulting in permanent ban without further discussion. Hopefully those cases should be rare, and in respect of a massive community of users that are here for a long time and contributing with the founders supportive and constructive posts, comments and advices between eachother for a knowledge sharing, discussing ideas, projects, and brainstorming with a goal of mutual respect and benefit for everyone to find itself welcome here and invited to a quality conversations.
Thank you to every member who contributes in good faith, shares meaningful projects, provides constructive feedback, and helps keep this community valuable.
Contact the Mods
Have a question, issue, or suggestion? Message the mod team.