In this interview I talk with Tim Draper of Draper Associates. Mr. Draper has been listed as the 7th best venture capitalist in the world on the Forbes Midas List, as well as the 48th most influential Harvard Alum.
In today’s fireside chat Tim and I talk about his career as a venture capitalist, how he evaluates companies to invest in, his most notable investments and why he invested in them, risk management, his outlook on the US economy due to Covid-19, why bitcoin should be the new currency for the US, and the idea of change.
Tim Draper, who is worth $1.5 Billion, is the founder of Draper Fisher Jurveston, Draper Venture Network, Draper University, and Draper Associates.
His most prominent investments include Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Focus Media. In July 2014, Draper received wide coverage for his purchase at a US Marshalls Service auction of seized bitcoins from the Silk Road website. Lastly, Draper is a major proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization.