In 10 minutes they had not even bothered to understand what we had in our hands
I think you may be walking away with the wrong impression; it's your business and marketing talents they were concerned about.
Just because you're not on the market doesn't mean that you can't have users, whether friends, family, or trusted third parties; you must be testing with someone who isn't a core team member?
If you're not, I'd take this as a huge signal that you should do so ASAP.
Likewise, what are the apps that have been built with your system?
I'm sure you'll have various test apps, but have none of you built anything more in-depth? Or, again, have no family, friends, or trusted third parties built anything with it?
I think the Y combinator interviewers were worried about what sounds like a lack of market research.
It's not too late to fix that - if the market's after a solution like yours, and you can fix the "we built this without doing any research" red flag - just make sure that you start right this very second!
I think you may be walking away with the wrong impression; it's your business and marketing talents they were concerned about.
Just because you're not on the market doesn't mean that you can't have users, whether friends, family, or trusted third parties; you must be testing with someone who isn't a core team member?
If you're not, I'd take this as a huge signal that you should do so ASAP.
Likewise, what are the apps that have been built with your system?
I'm sure you'll have various test apps, but have none of you built anything more in-depth? Or, again, have no family, friends, or trusted third parties built anything with it?
I think the Y combinator interviewers were worried about what sounds like a lack of market research.
It's not too late to fix that - if the market's after a solution like yours, and you can fix the "we built this without doing any research" red flag - just make sure that you start right this very second!