Sites that want your story.

Google ranks you higher when other real sites link to you. That’s a backlink. Most ways to get one are spammy or expensive. But there’s a whole set of sites whose entire job is publishing founder stories, and every story links back to the founder’s product.

Claude writes your story once

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Tweak it per site

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Submit to 20+ sites

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₹2k–20k

per link, often from spam sites Google ignores or punishes.

₹0

Real articles about you, on sites built around founders. Mostly free.

Startup Founder Stories: 460+ founder journeys published.

By Solopreneurs: “Tell us your story”, with a link to your business.

I found this through a tweet by Hridoy Reh (@hridoyreh). He did one Google search and found a page full of these sites. I’m submitting my own stories to them now.

Write it once. Submit it everywhere.

Let Claude interview you

Don’t write from a blank page. Let Claude ask the questions these sites ask, then turn your answers into a story.

You're interviewing me for a founder story that I'll submit
to sites like Startup Founder Stories and By Solopreneurs.

Ask me these one at a time, wait for each answer:
1. What do you build, and who is it for?
2. Why did you start it? What was the moment?
3. How did you get your first 10 users / first rupee?
4. What's the number you're proudest of? (users, revenue, MRR)
5. What went wrong, and what did you learn?
6. What's your stack / tools?
7. What advice would you give a founder starting today?

Then write a 700-word founder story in first person.
Plain words, real numbers, no hype. End with one line
linking to [your website].

Make a version per site

Some sites want a story, some want Q&A, some want 300 words. Paste their form questions into Claude:

Here's my founder story: [paste]
Rewrite it to answer exactly these questions from [site]:
[paste their form fields]
Keep my numbers. Change the wording so it isn't a copy.

⚠️ Don’t paste the same text everywhere. Google ignores duplicate copies. A fresh rewrite per site takes Claude 10 seconds.

The list: 24 sites

Counts for SEO dofollow, checked on a live story Check link confirm after it’s live nofollow reach, not SEO

Every site checked by hand on 21 Oct 2026. Tap Submit → to open the form.

Bootstrapped, $1K+/mo revenue. Live in 1–2 days

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

founderbase.ai/submit

Share a revenue milestone. Free account

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

startupfounderstories.com/submit

Pitch one real moment with a number

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

thefoundergazette.com/submit

Their interview format. Big-name site

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

starterstory.com/share

Write the post yourself

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

indiehackers.com/new-post

2–3 line pitch, reply in ~10 days

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

theentrepreneurstory.com/founder…

B2B founders, short call + questions

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

spotlightonstartups.com/get-feat…

Email info@founderreports.com, Q&A + photo

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

founderreports.com/get-featured/

Fixed question form

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

beststartupstory.com/submit-your…

700+ words, email hello@inc91.com

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

inc91.com/process-of-getting-fea…

Nominate yourself, Q&A by email

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

canvasinterviews.com/recommendat…

Same team as CanvasRebel

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

wiseinterviews.com/recommendations

12 more.

Same team, LA-focused

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

shoutoutinterviews.com/la/recomm…

Same team, LA-focused

Free

Counts for SEO

Submit →

voyageinterviewinvites.com/la/re…

Solo founders, you approve the draft

Free

Check link

Submit →

bysolopreneurs.com/submit-story/

Pick one of their interview topics

Free

Check link

Submit →

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ…

Pick “founder profile” in the form

Free

Check link

Submit →

startupfeed.in/get-featured/

Photo + short bio, slow queue

Free

nofollow

Submit →

ideamensch.com/contact/

SaaS / AI founders, long Q&A

Free

nofollow

Submit →

zplatform.ai/submit-interview-re…

Founder interview template

Free

nofollow

Submit →

hackernoon.com/p/publish/people/…

Reach, not SEO

Free

nofollow

Submit →

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ…

₹499, paid only after it goes live

Paid

Counts for SEO

Submit →

startupsilicon.com/submit-startu…

$100, they write it

Paid

Check link

Submit →

founderstory.net/share-your-story/

Paid feature, free short “advice” option

Paid

Counts for SEO

Submit →

founderat.com/interview/

Find more yourself in one search.

This is the search from Hridoy’s tweet. Paste it into Google and you’ll get a page of sites asking for founder stories. Click through to page 2 and 3, new ones show up every month.

G o o g l e intitle:"submit your story" founder

try also: “share your startup story” “founder interview” “get featured” “submit your startup story”

Track every submission

Half of these sites take 1–3 weeks to publish. Keep a sheet, or you’ll forget which ones went live.

Check the link after it’s live

Right-click your link → Inspect. No rel=“nofollow” means it passes full SEO value.

Add a real photo

Stories with your face and a product screenshot get published faster and read more.

Use real numbers

“1,200 users in 3 months” gets accepted. “Growing fast” gets ignored.

3–5 a day, not 30

Spread it out. You’ll write better versions, and it looks natural.

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