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:
In the news
Videos
20:27
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
603K views
Over 1 year ago
29:00
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
510K views
1 year ago
32:01
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
352K views
Over 1 year ago
19:45
Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
215K views
Over 1 year ago
40:21
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
198K views
Over 1 year ago
17:39
How To NOT Get Screwed Over As A Software Engineer
190K views
8 months ago
20:57
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
167K views
Over 1 year ago
25:56
Dalton & Michael: Things that don't scale, the software edition
162K views
Over 1 year ago
21:19
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
151K views
Over 1 year ago
35:46
Dalton & Michael: Save your startup during an economic downturn
147K views
Over 1 year ago
18:52
Dalton & Michael: What does it really mean to do things that don't scale?
132K views
Over 1 year ago
13:21
Dalton & Michael: Will OpenAI kill all startups?
130K views
1 year ago