#122 Tim Draper, Draper Ventures

Today, we are happy to welcome Tim Draper, founder of the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He funded Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, and numerous other well-known unicorns at the seed stage. He is a supporter and global thought leader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies.

In this episode you’ll learn:

– The origin story of the Draper empire and why Tim built and scaled via a completely different model - including a TV show that now has 11 million viewers!

– How Tim thinks about succession and partnership structures as well as putting his name behind the business

– How Tim thinks about Europe and what our biggest opportunity and challenge is

– Why Tim thinks the EUVC LP Syndicate model is “very interesting”!