Tim Draper

@TimDraper

Backing the bold ideas that shape the future. Founder of @DFJvc, @drapervc, @Draper_U, @meetthedrapers. Pitch me: [email protected]

Menlo Park, CA

Tim Draper
@TimDraper
Sep 3
An idea is like a keepsake. Hide it, and you forget where it was. Spread it to the world, and it grows more interesting and valuable. Every time I give away one idea, I seem to get three more. Don't worry about who gets the credit. Just move the technological ball forward.
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Tim Draper
@TimDraper
Sep 2
When you go off the main path and do something else, then apply it back to the main path… the path gets more extraordinary. I started @draper_u just to help entrepreneurs get started. Now it's a major pre-accelerator, a great source of deal flow, a powerful network connector
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Tim Draper
@TimDraper
Sep 1
People ask where my optimism comes from. When I was younger, I played football. I joined five benchwarmers in a challenge against the 6 best athletes on the team. So...it seemed hopeless. So we changed the game. We ran routes they weren’t expecting. We lined up in ways that
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Tim Draper
@TimDraper
Aug 28
I am selling my island in Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania. Gorgeous place, but we don’t use it enough. $7.9 million or best offer. Anyone interested should contact me directly at [email protected]
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Tim Draper
@TimDraper
Aug 28
Five years ago, the @RadiantNuclear team was pitching portable nuclear reactors. Today the US Army handed them a $750 million contract for 15 of them. We and @BoostVC were early investors and co-led their Series D recently. The founders made our decision to invest easy. They
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