Dalton Caldwell: It's easy to think that your advice can make companies work. A lot of YC founders will kind of start following the advice of these people and they'll make very, very common errors. "There are a lot of investors out there who aren't former founders," he says. 'They haven't really lived these mistakes themselves'
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.
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