Tim Draper has been in the news for his controversial proposal to split California into six separate states. But he made his reputation as one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists with investments in Skype, Overture, Baidu, Tesla, Hotmail, and Twitch.tv, among many others.
This week, VentureBeat’s Dylan Tweney and Richard Byrne Reilly talk to Draper about the future of California, the state of the startup economy, how he picks entrepreneurs, and why he’s so bullish on Bitcoin.
Plus:
- Drug dealers on Instagram
- The iPhone 6’s missing sapphire screen, and
- A headband that measures your brainwaves to reduce your stress.
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Tim Draper, Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is one of the most successful early-stage venture capitalists of the past 20 years. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometr... read more »
What to Think, Ep. 21: Tim Draper, six Californias, and the future of VC
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