Tim Draper is a legendary investor and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. He funded Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Coinbase, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC and 15 other unicorn s at the seed stage. He wrote the book, “How to be The Startup Hero.”
Get to know Tim:
- Metaverse theme – Football and interviewing entrepreneurs
- Favorite food – Burgers
- Favorite musician/artist – Doja Cat, Aerosmith, Beatles, Elton John
- Favorite movie – Jeremy McGuire, Risky Business and SciFi movies
- Favorite book – Dune, SciFi books, comic books
Topics:
- Tim’s journey to being an investor
- Does he still hold the 30,000 Bitcoin acquired from the U.S. Marshals Service
- Bitcoin’s adoption and growth
- Are BTC ETFs a good thing?
- Bitcoin price prediction
- SEC and Gary Gensler vs Crypto. Tim’s comments to Gary Gensler in 2018 revisited
- Future of Fund Raising
- US Crypto Regulations
- AI impact on jobs and economy
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Timestamps
02:18 Tim’s journey to investing
15:42 What keeps Tim motivated
18:00 Discovering Bitcoin
27:27 Solving the Fiat money problem with Bitcoin
31:25 BTC ETFs good or bad?
35:02 Altcoin investments
38:47 Future of fund raising
40:28 SEC Gary Gensler vs Crypto
46:19 Crypto Regulations
51:37 Bitcoin price prediction
54:54 Blockchain adoption
57:54 Outlook on AI
01:01:21 Wrap up questions
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