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American Startups

americanstartups.com ↗

Conditional free route other

Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.

What the free route requires

Free route is a story pitch via the Ninja Form on /share-your-story/ or the contact email — publication is editorial and there's no self-serve listing
A paid 'Advertise With Us' channel exists as the alternative

Requirements

A startup story angle — the site covers US entrepreneurship: startup stories, funding news, success keys, tools
US-focus implied by the brand ('Empowering U.S. entrepreneurs')
The Ninja Form requires a working JavaScript render; email is the fallback

Prepare before opening the form

Founder/startup story narrative
Company details, website, founding info
Contact email (site shows it obfuscated; also reachable via the form or /contact-us/)

Workflow

Open https://americanstartups.com/share-your-story/ in a real browser so the Ninja Form renders
Submit the story pitch through the form
Fallback: use the /contact-us/ page or the published email
Await editorial reply — no tracking exists

Watch for

Freshness is mixed: latest news June 2025, but evergreen content dates to 2018 — editorial may be sporadic
The form is JS-only — verify it actually submits
Expect a sponsorship counter-offer given the prominent Advertise page
Low-value destination overall; don't pay for placement here

What counts as live

A story/article mentioning the startup is published on americanstartups.com

Not verified

Editorial response rate — site may be minimally maintained
Form fields (Ninja Form doesn't render to non-JS fetches)
Advertising rates

Sources

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