Archive - Dalton's Substack

The frontier tech prisoners dilemma

As an adjunct to the Innovator’s dilemma, I keep thinking about the new technology prisoners dilemma that is currently playing out right in front of our…

Feb 4, 2023 •

Dalton Caldwell

December 2022

Startup childhood

Tiny startups are not Google-in-miniature-form

Dec 21, 2022 •

Dalton Caldwell

March 2020

How YC will be funding the S20 batch

Hint: it will involve a lot of video calls

Mar 31, 2020 •

Dalton Caldwell

Letter to myself in late 2008

[I originally wrote and distributed this post to Y Combinator founders and have been encouraged to share it publicly, so here it is.]

Mar 25, 2020 •

Dalton Caldwell

February 2020

The Three Questions: Culture Biosciences

Welcome to the next installment of The Three Questions - learn more about what T3Q is all about here.

Feb 28, 2020 •

Dalton Caldwell

The Three Questions: Pyka

Pyka is building the future of autonomous electric aircraft. They develop autonomous aircraft to provide people with an affordable and compelling…

Feb 13, 2020 •

Dalton Caldwell

The Three Questions: Feather

Feather is furniture rental redefined. It’s the easiest way to get modern, stylish furniture delivered and set up in less than a week. Members pay…

Feb 5, 2020 •

Dalton Caldwell

January 2020

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