[errantspark]

>To make the situation more difficult, we were told that, even though we still had no product, the target for the next Demo Day, in 2 weeks, was a working messaging product, with secure file storage, “like Dropbox”, and 15 business customers using it.

This doesn't seem... real? I've been involved with three different companies during their time in YC and while I never attended any of the actual YC functions this kind of a deadline for such a lofty target seems out of line with my experience. Maybe things have changed in the past few years.

My internal "What would PG/JL do/advise" model seems to really suggest the opposite of what I'm reading in this article. Weird.