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r/smallbusiness this week

r/smallbusiness, 14 to 20 September 2026

A closed week, kept as it was. Owner-operators running real businesses

Posts we read
90
Asking a question
54%
Median replies when read
6

Over 14 to 20 September 2026 we collected 90 posts from r/smallbusiness, and 49 of them put a question mark in the title. That is a community in the habit of asking, which is the habit worth being present for.

The words that came up in the most separate titles were business (29), small (12), actually (8), clients (5), brand (4) and businesses (4).

What they asked

The most recent questions, newest first. Reply counts are what they were when we collected the post, which is usually a couple of hours after it went up.

Marketing my supplement product - any ideas?8 replies · 20 September 2026What does purchase order mean exactly? Spell it out for a dummy.14 replies · 20 September 2026How do you balance wearing every operational hat (coding, marketing, sourcing, PR) while keeping your core founder story alive? Lessons from a French entrepreneur building a jewelry brand solo in Florida!2 replies · 20 September 2026lets connect?3 replies · 20 September 2026Starting a women's pyjama/loungewear brand in India - what am I not thinking about?6 replies · 20 September 2026How do you find out a customer was unhappy, before they just disappear or leave a bad review?29 replies · 20 September 2026What's the best way to enter a new market with an established pharma business?4 replies · 20 September 2026How do u deal with such demoralisation when running a business?34 replies · 20 September 2026ANYONE AWESOME IN COMMUNITY GROWTH????2 replies · 20 September 2026Seasonal event business: how do I know if it's viable?4 replies · 20 September 2026Indian companies — how do you actually manage employee gifting?1 reply · 20 September 2026What makes a team activity worth paying for?2 replies · 20 September 2026Would a brand pay to be inside someone's girls' night? Trying to figure out if this model holds up15 replies · 20 September 2026wwyd with a bottleneck boss?12 replies · 20 September 2026

What else drew replies

Posts that were not questions but had picked up the most discussion by the time we read them.

Im suffering from severe depression and almost completely unable to work. My business depends on me.100 replies · 20 September 2026Doing $500k-1million a month in revenue, but I don’t have an hour to myself and I’m losing my mind.45 replies · 20 September 2026$1,000,000 In Debt35 replies · 14 September 2026Beware of Drink Labs if you're a small business!! Beverage founders: I paid Drink Labs $7,500 in June. It’s September and I still don’t have my finalized formula.18 replies · 18 September 2026Slowly taking our competitors customers18 replies · 18 September 2026Laptop recommendation16 replies · 20 September 2026

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