Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. Funded Coinbase, Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC and 15 other unicorns at the seed stage.
He is a supporter and global thoughtleader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies, having won the Bitcoin US Marshall’s auction in 2014, invested in over 50 crypto companies, and led investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others.
He authored a book called, “How to be The Startup Hero” and several songs including “The Riskmaster,” “The Bitcoin Hustle,” and “Take My Money,” all sending a message that entrepreneurs are worthy of all our support.
He created viral marketing, a marketing method for exponentially spreading an electronic service from customer to customer, instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and Skype and other applications, particularly effective for mail and communications applications. Arguably, social media, crowdsourcing and growth hacking are all outgrowths of viral marketing.
He is regularly featured on all major networks as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets and Bitcoin, and has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum’s “Entrepreneur of the World,” and is listed as one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by CryptoWeekly, #1 most networked VC by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. Global Guru listed Tim as one of the top 30 Startup Gurus in the world.
In promoting entrepreneurship, he created Draper University of Heroes, a residential and online school based in San Mateo, Ca to help extraordinary people accomplish their life missions. The school has trained 1200 entrepreneurs, from 84 different countries, who have built 400 companies including NVision, and crypto leaders, QTUM, Spacecash, and DataWallet.
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May 20, 2024 | 6,471 | -1 | -0.1% |
April 17, 2024 | 6,472 | -1 | -0.1% |
February 19, 2024 | 6,473 | -1 | -0.1% |
January 16, 2024 | 6,474 | -1 | -0.1% |
December 31, 2023 | 6,475 | -1 | -0.1% |
November 30, 2023 | 6,476 | -1 | -0.1% |
November 16, 2023 | 6,477 | -2 | -0.1% |
November 06, 2023 | 6,479 | -1 | -0.1% |
October 28, 2023 | 6,480 | -1 | -0.1% |
October 19, 2023 | 6,481 | -3 | -0.1% |