{"id":751760,"date":"2013-05-16T18:14:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=646361"},"modified":"2013-05-16T18:14:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:14:22","slug":"former-groupon-ceo-andrew-mason-app-nets-dalton-caldwell-join-yc-as-part-time-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/751760","title":{"rendered":"Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, App.net\u2019s Dalton Caldwell join YC as part-time partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Famed Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator announced Thursday<\/a> that it’s added a new full-time partner and five part-time partners, and among those five are former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason and App.net’s Dalton Caldwell.<\/p>

The incubator, which was extensively profiled by the New York Times Magazine<\/em> recently<\/a>, has emerged over the past few years as a powerful force in the early-stage startup scene in Silicon Valley. The group has both full-time and part-time partners who advise startups in the program, and Caldwell and Mason are both young, notable faces in the technology world.<\/p>

Caldwell was the founder of the music-sharing service Imeem and now runs App.net, an open developer network for apps. I profiled Caldwell back in December, when he talked with me<\/a> about his evolving attitudes toward the Valley ecosystem and the benefit of paid services.<\/p>

Mason departed from Groupon about three months ago in a fairly memorable firing<\/a> announcement that included jokes about Battletoads and fat camp.\u00a0Mason wrote in a blog post that he would be launching a new company<\/a> when he moves to San Francisco. “I’ve accumulated a backlog of ideas over the last several years, my favorite of which I’ll be turning into a new company this fall,” he wrote.<\/p>

And in more entertaining news, Mason wrote that he will also be recording motivational business music in L.A. Hopefully he got a coupon for the recording studio fees. <\/del>From Mason’s blog post<\/a>:<\/p>

\u00a0I came to realize that there was a real need to present business wisdom in a format that is more accessible to the younger generation.\u00a0It was with this in mind that I spent a week in LA earlier this month recording\u00a0Hardly Workin’<\/em>, a seven song album of motivational business music targeted at people newly entering the workforce. \u00a0These songs will help young people understand some of the ideas that I’ve found to be a key part of becoming a productive and effective employee. \u00a0I’m really happy with the results and look forward to sharing them as soon as I figure out how to load music onto iTunes, hopefully in the next few weeks.<\/p><\/blockquote>
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