Timothy Draper is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. ### [The Tesla Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/tesla-story) Ian Wright came to pitch his new business, Wright Motors. We met at DFJ’s offices on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. He brought with him an invention that was strung together. --- ### [The Six Californias Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/six-californias-story) When California passed Proposition 30 that allowed the state to go back and tax people more for their income earned the year before, several of my friends decided to leave the state. --- ### [The Skype Video Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/skype-video-story) I was fascinated by the new peer to peer technology that allowed people to share files. I met with Napster, Streamcast, and Grokster as I searched the industry. I had gotten the distinct... --- ### [The Hotmail Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/hotmail-story) Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith were two 26 year olds. Sabeer was a confident Indian who commanded certainty with his every word. Jack was a focused engineer who believed that he could make... --- ### [The Story of Sandhill Road - Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/sandhill-road) I remember walking around with Tom Ford when he owned 3000 Sand Hill Road, which at the time was the most famous address for venture capitalists... --- ### [The Napster Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/napster-story) One instance of fear killing off a great company was in the case of Napster. I was familiar with the case since one of our network partners, Draper Atlantic, had made the first conversion... --- ### [The Defy Prison Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/defy-prison-story) Defy is a non-profit organization that encourages prisoners and ex-prisoners to learn to become entrepreneurs. People who have spent time in prison have a very difficult time getting a... --- ### [The Yahoo Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/yahoo-story) Here is a story about my own failure to act. My father introduced me to Jerry Yang and David Filo. They were leaving their PhD programs at Stanford University to start a little business... --- ### [The Harvard Business School Reunion Story - How to Be The Startup Hero by Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/harvard-business-school-reunion-story) In the spirit of making short-term sacrifices for long-term success, I use my class at Harvard Business School as an example. I have kept in touch with a few of my classmates, but mostly... --- ### [The Bitcoin Story - Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/the-bitcoin-story) It wasn’t until 2011 when I discovered Bitcoin. Bitcoin was a new currency. One that could be used to store value and pay for anything, not just for advancement in a video game... --- ### [I Will Promote Freedom at All Costs - Tim Draper](https://article.voxsnap.com/timdraper/i-will-promote-freedom-at-all-costs) The more I live, the more I travel, and the more people I meet, the more I realize that freedom matters most. Free people are capable of anything. Free countries outgrow government control.