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🦸 “Superhero Money” — Interview with Tim Draper: The Godfather of VC
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Live from San Francisco, we sit down with Tim Draper, the venture capitalist who wrote early checks into Tesla, SpaceX, Skype, Coinbase, Twitch and more than 20 unicorns. He was the first investor to say yes to Robinhood after its founders heard 25 no's, he bet on Bitcoin when almost nobody knew what it was, and he holds a Guinness World Record for hearing 52 startup pitches in 52 minutes while sitting in a cold plunge. Tim reveals the one question he asks every founder before writing a check, why he kept betting on SpaceX after watching its rockets blow...
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And his investing resume has more wins than Midas making Midas look like he lost his touch.
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Yeddies, put down your pitch decks and get ready to cash checks. Because today's guest for our San Francisco live show is the billionaire Tim Draper, the godfather of venture capital. And his investing resume has more wins than Midas making Midas look like he lost his touch. We think this man must have a time machine because all his big bets turn out to be right.
Before Andresin hooked up with Horowitz, before Justin Timberlake got hired by the Facebook. Before Steve Jobs even thought about putting on a turtleneck, Tim Draper was riding unicorns. You mean feeding unicorns with capital, correct, Jack?
Yeah, because Tim established the Silicon Valley venture capital that we all know right now. And today, Tim's startup portfolio is today's All-Stars on the stock market. And tonight, he's going to tell us how he picks them.
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