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Dalton Caldwell

Dalton Caldwell
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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:
Bellabeat logoAlgolia logoFront logoDoorDash logoEasyPost logoFlexport logoHelion Energy logoShipBob logoSnapdocs logoAmplitude logoWebflow logoMashgin logoRazorpay logoTeleport logoHuman Interest logoMux logoLattice logoOutschool logoOpentrons logoPodium logoRappi logoVetcove logoPeople.ai logoBird logoBrex logoRetool logoTruepill logoNewfront logoGem logoReplit logoTitan logoDeel logoNALA logoVendr.com logoWhatnot logoAirbyte logoZip logoJeeves logo

Videos

Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
20:27
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
632K views
Over 1 year ago
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
29:00
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
578K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
32:01
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
387K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
19:45
Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
228K views
Over 1 year ago
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
40:21
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
206K views
Over 1 year ago
How To NOT Get Screwed Over As A Software Engineer
17:39
How To NOT Get Screwed Over As A Software Engineer
197K views
1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
20:57
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
177K views
Over 1 year ago
How to apply and succeed at YC
24:52
How to apply and succeed at YC
173K views
1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Things that don't scale, the software edition
25:56
Dalton & Michael: Things that don't scale, the software edition
168K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
21:19
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
160K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Save your startup during an economic downturn
35:46
Dalton & Michael: Save your startup during an economic downturn
151K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: What does it really mean to do things that don't scale?
18:52
Dalton & Michael: What does it really mean to do things that don't scale?
139K views
Over 1 year ago