🦸 “Superhero Money” — Interview with Tim Draper: The Godfather of VC
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Who is Tim Draper and how did he become the “Godfather of VC”?
Yetis, 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 of his big bets turn out to be right. Before Andreessen hooked up with Horwitz. 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. Right, 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. Because he was right about Tesla.
He was right about SpaceX. He was right about Twitter. He was right about Skype. He was right about Ring. He was right about DocuSign. He was right about Coinbase. He was right about Twitch. When the Robinhood investors, when the Robinhood founders got rejected 25 times facing 25 no's, Tim Draper was the very first man to say yes. Tim Draper bought Bitcoin at $4. Not $400. Not $4,000. Not $40,000. $4. The slice. That's the price of a slice. That's the price of a slice. But Tim is not just getting rich. He invests specifically in companies with a vision to change the world. He actually once proposed splitting California into six separate states. We'll ask him about that. He also founded a startup university whose mascot is actually Batman.
and he turned his family into a reality TV show about investing. But most impressive to us, Tim, he's
actually
got the wildest
wardrobe in all of
Silicon Valley. Oh, if he's not wearing a Looney Tunes-themed tie tonight, then the stocks are going to drop tomorrow.
That's a sell signal. Besties, and on top of it all, this man is a yeti. He is in the audience right now. So,
besties, please welcome the Superman of seed funding, the Iron Man of equity, the Wolverine of...
Whoa! That is a big price!
Our guest tonight for the live show is the one investor you need to know, Tim Draper.
And this interview with Tim is the best one yet.
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My wife and I bought tickets to this. Well, actually, she got them for me for Father's Day. And we were getting ready to go. I mean, we were ready to go, and then you gave me the call. I went, I'm already going to be there. And I just, a shout out to my wife. She got all except for one of your trivia questions. Did she really? Yeah, she is your biggest Jetty fan.
Oh, my God. We have to get another bell made. She
would have won the bell, but she didn't want to.
I'm going to break the T's and C's. I'm going to entitle her to two hugs. Two hugs.
And she can ring the bell
on the
way out. Oh, by the way, I'm a huge fan, too.
Thank you.
You
guys,
you entertain and educate, and I feel like anybody, I mean, you're creating a whole group of MBAs here. They come out of this. I mean, you all know, you listen to this and you go, whoa, I'm way smarter than I used to be.
That is the highest compliment. Thank you so much for saying
that. Thank you. Oh, it's fantastic.
What is the Guinness World Record Tim Draper set by hearing 52 startup pitches in a cold plunge?
We're really honored you're here tonight. And, you know, we're so impressed by the way that you get attention. and continue to do so in novel and creative and on-brand and bright ways, to use the word that Nick and I like.
And we've learned from you from all the ways you do that. The one we want to highlight, though, it's one accolade we forgot to mention. It's your Guinness record.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Tim Draper and how did he become the “Godfather of VC”?
0:00–4:09
2
What is the Guinness World Record Tim Draper set by hearing 52 startup pitches in a cold plunge?
4:09–9:13
3
What single question does Tim Draper ask every founder before writing a check?
9:13–15:18
4
Why did Tim Draper keep betting on SpaceX after three rocket explosions?
15:18–20:29
5
How did Tim Draper get in on Bitcoin at $4 and what happened to his first coins?
20:29–26:26
6
What condition did Tim Draper place on Robinhood’s founders before investing?
26:26–32:20
7
Which industries does Tim Draper say AI will disrupt next and why is education the biggest opportunity?
32:20–39:12
8
What is Tim Draper’s one‑sentence advice for building the next billion‑dollar business?
39:12–47:40
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