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Y CombinatorWhy Investors Can’t Fix Your Company – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 23, 2022
- Duration
- 24m
- Channel
- Y Combinator
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on common pitfalls in the advice from different types of investors and why you, the founder, are ultimately responsible for the success of your company. Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Why investors including YC can't fix their company? 01:56 - Investor with the finance background 02:33 - Balance Sheet 04:14 - Big Company Exec 05:37 - What does failure look like for a lot of our companies? 08:01 - Successful entrepreneur in non-tech 09:49 - Junior investor 12:25 - Influencer / Famous person 12:58 - What is the advice that founders get from other entrepreneurs? 14:25 - Founders 14:42 - founders 15:54 - Extremely young investor (Scout) 17:17 - Wrap up 17:22 - YC partner common bad advice 19:44 - Personal accountability 19:57 - Big takeaway 21:20 - Great investor advice
SPEAKERS
Michael Seibel
hostY Combinator partner and startup operator (co‑founder/leader at Justin.tv/Twitch), advising early-stage founders.
Dalton Caldwell
hostY Combinator partner and startup founder, focused on early-stage product and company building.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell, Why Investors Can’t Fix Your Company – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel explores why Investors, Including YC, Can't Fix Your Startup's Problems Seibel and Caldwell walk through common investor archetypes, including finance people, big-company execs, non-tech entrepreneurs, junior investors, influencers, fellow founders and very young scouts, each giving advice shaped by their own experience.
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