#104 - What was Tim Draper doing in his 20s

Interview with one of the best investors of all time

Jul 4, 2022

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Happy 4th of July weekend!

For Episode #104, we were joined by the legendary Tim Draper.

Tim is a notable venture capital investor, and founder of Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. Some of his investments include early bets in companies like Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Twitch, Carta, Webflow, Robinhood, and Coinbase.

Tim is regularly featured on major networks, in publications, and in social media as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets, and Bitcoin. He has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's "Entrepreneur of the World." He has also been highly ranked on several notable lists including one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by Crypto Weekly, #1 most networked venture capitalist by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum.

In this episode we spoke about:

The Formula for Risk Taking in your 20s
Tim’s Honest Thoughts on Bitcoin
What Originally Peaked his Interest about Venture Capital

On this week’s segment of Need To Know Things for Twenty-Somethings, we spoke about:

Gen Z making cash cool again
Jeff Bezos VS President Biden
Shell, the oil and gas company, is searching for a TikTok Manager

One more thing!

I’m searching for all Gen Z founders that are building products in the:

Creator Economy
Gig Economy
Web3

If this is you, or someone you know, please DM me ASAP!

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