YC Demo Day - Is This a Bad Sign?

You should always be able to inform investors with anecdotes from like real users. If a founder can't come back, if I feel like I better understand the user than the founder does, that's a bad sign. The only way to get this kind of signal is to pitch a lot of investors. When everyone says the same thing, the takeaway still isn't believe that. It's assess it and dig into it.