Dalton Caldwell Explained

Dalton Caldwell
Birth Date:27 February 1980
Birth Place:El Paso, Texas, US
Known For:Founder of imeem
Occupation:Managing director and partner, Y Combinator

Dalton Caldwell (born February 27, 1980) is an American technologist and digital music entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Mixed Media Labs. He currently works as a partner at Y Combinator.

Biography

Caldwell was born in El Paso, Texas, and graduated from Stanford University in 2003 with a B.S. in symbolic systems and a B.A. in psychology.[1]

After graduation, Caldwell worked briefly for VA Linux (where he had previously worked as a summer intern) before founding Imeem in late 2003 with Stanford classmate (and ex-Napster engineer) Jan Jannink.[2] Imeem was eventually bought by MySpace.[3]

Caldwell founded Mixed Media Labs in 2010. Its first product was picplz, a photo broadcasting application for phones.[4]

In October 2010, Caldwell spoke at Y Combinator’s Startup School event at Stanford University about the failures of Imeem and of the challenges still facing the music industry. [5] [6]

Caldwell started App.net, through Mixed Media Labs, as a social network similar to Twitter, but with no advertising, instead relying on user and developer subscriptions.[7] [8] [9]

On May 6, 2014, Caldwell announced the service has not seen sufficient subscriptions to support any full-time employees and that it would remain online but without plans for enhancements or improvements.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Downs . David . January–February 2009 . The Mixtape Master . Stanford Magazine . July 26, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131123639/http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/janfeb/pc/caldwell.html . January 31, 2009 . dead.
  2. News: Printable version: Music site Imeem dials up volume of traffic . Sfgate.com . August 11, 2008 . July 26, 2010 . Anastasia . Ustinova.
  3. News: My 9 Favorite Startup Lessons From Startup School . GigaOM . October 16, 2010 . November 10, 2010 . Liz . Gannes . August 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140816122441/http://gigaom.com/2010/10/16/my-9-favorite-startup-lessons-from-startup-school/ . dead .
  4. News: Picplz Launches Revamped Mobile Apps For iPhone And Android (With Free Effects) . TechCrunch . October 13, 2010 . November 10, 2010 . Jason . Kincaid.
  5. News: Imeem co-founder explains why music startups are a bad idea . VentureBeat . October 16, 2010 . November 10, 2010 . Alexander . Ha.
  6. News: Music Startups CAN Work: MOG CEO David Hyman Responds To imeem's Dalton Caldwell . TechCrunch . October 21, 2010 . November 10, 2010 . David . Hyman.
  7. News: A Social Network Free of Ads . Technology Review . July 20, 2012 . August 14, 2012 . Simonite, Tom . June 18, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130618125618/http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428524/a-social-network-free-of-ads/ . dead .
  8. App.net Made Its Goal. But Can It Make It? . . August 13, 2012 . August 14, 2012 . McCracken, Harry.
  9. News: App.net Reaches Its $500k Funding Goal With 38 Hours To Spare . TechCrunch . August 12, 2012 . August 14, 2012 . Lardinois, Frederic.
  10. Web site: App.net State of the Union . Dalton Caldwell . May 6, 2014 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123034715/http://blog.app.net/2014/05/06/app-net-state-of-the-union/ . January 23, 2017 .

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