Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. Inaugurates Founding Digital Resident Tim Draper
Key reference points in the video – minute 14 , then minute 20 then from minute 44 onwards About Tim Draper Founder: Draper Associates and DFJ. Founder Draper Venture Network. Global VC. Original Innovation: Viral Marketing. Venture Success: Skype, Baidu, Tesla, Overture, PTC, Hotmail, Twitch, Robinhood, Carta, Coinbase Founder: Draper University of Heroes, leading 5-week program for entrepreneurs. Education: BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. MBA from Harvard Business School Awards: WEF’s “Entrepreneur for the World, Commonwealth Club’s “Distinguished Citizen,” Independent Institute’s “Toqueville Liberty Award,” Forbes’ “Midas List. Worth’s “100 Most Powerful People in Finance.” Top 100 most influential Harvard Alumni. AlwaysON’s #1 Networked Venture Capitalist. Bitcoin: was the successful bidder to buy 30,000 Bitcoin (for a reportedly $USD17 million) being Silk Road Bitcoin confiscated by the US Government in 2014 Palau: was inaugurated as the 1st Digital Citizen of Palau in 2022