Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director, Investments and Group Partner at YC. He was the cofounder and CEO of imeem (acquired by MySpace in 2009), and the cofounder and CEO of App.net. He has a BS in Symbolic Systems and a BA in Psychology from Stanford University.
YC stats
- The YC companies Dalton has worked with are worth a combined $170 billion.
- He's done more than 6,500 office hours over the course of 21 batches at YC.
- He's advised more than 35 YC unicorns including:
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Videos
20:27
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
584K views
Over 1 year ago
29:00
Avoid these tempting startup tarpit ideas
447K views
1 year ago
32:01
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
327K views
1 year ago
19:45
Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
204K views
Over 1 year ago
40:21
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
195K views
Over 1 year ago
17:39
How To NOT Get Screwed Over As A Software Engineer
185K views
5 months ago
20:57
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
160K views
Over 1 year ago
25:56
Dalton & Michael: Things that don't scale, the software edition
155K views
Over 1 year ago
35:46
Dalton & Michael: Save your startup during an economic downturn
144K views
1 year ago
21:19
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
144K views
Over 1 year ago
13:21
Dalton & Michael: Will OpenAI kill all startups?
128K views
9 months ago
18:52
Dalton & Michael: What does it really mean to do things that don't scale?
126K views
Over 1 year ago