Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher
Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" was instrumental to
the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been adopted as a standard
marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. Previous successes include:
Skype (EBAY), Overture.com (YHOO), Baidu (BIDU), Parametric Technology
(PMTC), Hotmail (MSFT), PLX Technologies (PLXT), Preview Travel (TVLY),
Digidesign (AVID), and others.
Tim launched the DFJ Global Network, an international network of early-stage
venture capital funds with offices in over 30 cities around the globe.
Tim has been recognized as a leader in his field through numerous awards and
honors, and has frequent TV, radio, and headline appearances. He was #52 on
the list of the 100 most influential Harvard Alumni, and #7 on the Forbes Midas
List. He was named Always-On #1 top venture capital deal maker for 2008.
Tim is the course creator and Chairman of BizWorld, a 501c3 organization built
around simulated teaching of entrepreneurship and business to children. He
also serves on the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.
He was a member of Singapore's International Economic Council and Ukraine's
Orange Circle. He was on the Board of U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from
Harvard Business School. |
