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Build for customers, not VCs
by Dalton Caldwell3/21/2024
It’s easy to analyze your way out of taking the first step. It’s something we see a lot, particularly when founders try to choose what to build based on what they think VCs will like.
Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas
by Dalton Caldwell2/29/2024
People are going to have feedback about your startup idea — how do you make sense of it all?
Stop innovating on the wrong things
by Dalton Caldwell2/15/2024
In this episode of Dalton & Michael we’ll discuss the downsides of trying to “innovate” on certain things and why that can make it LESS likely a company succeeds.
YC's latest Request for Startups
by Dalton Caldwell2/14/2024
These are some of the things we want to see more founders working on.
Bootstrap or VC?
by Dalton Caldwell2/5/2024
In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll explain why the "Bootstrap or raise Venture Capital?" debate is a much simpler one than many make it out to be.
Why do investors say you need a business co-founder?
by Dalton Caldwell1/11/2024
Every software company needs a technical co-founder. But what kind of co-founder does the technical founder need?
The asymmetric upside of being positive
by Dalton Caldwell12/21/2023
Dalton & Michael on the best ways for founders to think about weighing optimism and pessimism in their day-to-day lives.