What we learned from Enterprise Software YC applications

“15 users and zero revenue after 3 months full time means you either haven't tried to charge or nobody will pay, both are fatal.”

6.7/10·You can clearly ship product, but until someone pays you real money, this is just an impressive demo with no business model.

“Adams board approval is strong but you haven't deployed in production yet, so you're one contract signature away from proving this isn't just consulting with better tooling.”

7.9/10·Exceptional founder-market fit and hard enterprise traction, but prove the platform scales without you in the loop.

“You have 15 users, zero revenue, and no proof anyone comes back daily, interest is not traction until someone pays.”

6.6/10·Strong builder with real iteration speed, but you need paying customers in 30 days or this is just another pivot waiting to happen.

“Two active users and zero revenue after eight months is not traction, it is friends and family testing at best.”

6.2/10·Strong builders with a smart insight, but pre-traction and no GTM plan in a PowerPoint-dominated world.

“Built a working prototype in one week but has zero users, zero revenue, and no proof anyone will pay $20/month when ChatGPT is free.”

5.8/10·Sharp insight and fast execution, but solo founder with no users yet in a space where OpenAI could crush you overnight.

“This is not a real application, it contains no substantive information about the product, team, market, or progress.”

0.0/10·You need to go back and fill out the entire application with detailed, specific answers before we can evaluate anything.