What does YC look for in a startup that is 2 months old and has a product with 100 users
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Two months and 100 users can mean very different things. I doubt YC cares much about the number alone. The stronger signals are how quickly you built, whether users return without being chased, how deeply they use the product, and what you have learned that others have missed.
If you were evaluating such a startup, what would matter most: retention, weekly growth, founder insight, speed of execution, or evidence that users genuinely need the product? Where would the bar be highest?
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WebCurate.co
I'd say retention would be the biggest one.
100 users is a nice start, but if they're coming back and getting real value from the product, that's a much stronger signal than just the number itself. i'd also look at how fast the founders are learning from users and improving the product.Those things matter much more than vanity metrics early on.
Meridian
@hosseinyazdi How would you weigh strong retention against rapid improvement when the product is only two months old?