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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
629K 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
571K views
1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
32:01
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
383K 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
226K views
Over 1 year ago
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
40:21
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
205K 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
196K views
1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
20:57
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
176K views
Over 1 year ago
How to apply and succeed at YC
24:52
How to apply and succeed at YC
168K 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
167K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
21:19
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
159K 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
150K 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?
138K views
Over 1 year ago