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David Marcus sits down with legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper — founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Associates, and Draper University. Tim has backed some of the world’s most transformative companies including Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Robinhood, and Coinbase, and was an early, vocal advocate of Bitcoin.

We cover:

  • 🧠 How Tim spots opportunities in industries ripe for disruption
  • 🚀 Why he’s “crazy optimistic” about Gen Z founders, AI, and space exploration
  • 🪙 Bitcoin’s network effect and its most underappreciated use case
  • 🦾 Robotics, AI, and biotech: the next industrial revolution
  • 🌍 Why decentralization — not government planning — drives real innovation
  • 🪙 Why gold is outdated and Bitcoin is better technology for value storage
  • 🤖 “Humans with AI” vs. “Humans without” — and why the future is bright

Tim also shares stories ranging from Don Henley to Elon Musk, and reflects on optimism as a competitive edge in venture capital.

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