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🦸 ā€œSuperhero Moneyā€ — 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 up three times, and what happened when a self-driving car he was testing swerved into oncoming traffic. Plus how he lost his first Bitcoin in the Mt. Gox collapse, the condition he put on Robinhood's founders before investing, the industries he says AI will disrupt next, and his one piece of advice for building the next billion-dollar business.


0:00 - Intro: Tim Draper Live in San Francisco

3:48 - Tim Draper's Guinness World Record: 52 Startup Pitches in a Cold Plunge

5:40 - Meet the Drapers: Why Tim Draper Became His Own Media Company

9:48 - What Tim Draper Looks for Before Writing a Venture Capital Check

12:20 - Why Tim Draper Looks for Controversial Startups

13:20 - How Tim Draper Backed Tesla and SpaceX Before Elon Was Elon

15:35 - SpaceX Rockets Blew Up 3 Times: Why Tim Draper Kept Betting

19:10 - How Tim Draper Bet on Bitcoin Before Almost Anyone

23:40 - Tim Draper's Bitcoin Prediction: Inflation, Debt and the Halving

26:50 - Why Tim Draper Was Robinhood's First Investor After 25 Rejections

28:45 - The Industries Tim Draper Says AI Will Disrupt Next

32:30 - How to Invest Like a Venture Capitalist in the Public Stock Market

34:50 - Tim Draper's Case for Capitalism and Free Markets

39:15 - Why Tim Draper Says Not to Fear AI Taking Your Job

44:30 - Rapid Fire: Tim Draper's Favorite Brand and Stock Ticker

46:10 - Takeaway: How to Build a Billion-Dollar Business


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