#393: Adam Draper – Where Do Billion Dollar Ideas Come From?

Adam Draper is a venture capitalist. He is the cofounder of Boost VC - where he's invested in companies like Coinbase, Amplitude and Plangrid.

0:00 Intro

1:04 Breakfast With Pops

4:02 Hot Take On Climate Change

14:31 Doing The Research

21:02 Where Do Ideas Come From?

30:51 Grow Your Imagination

34:00 Meeting With Coinbase In 2012 

49:23 Advice To Creators

59:21 How Internet Changes Behavior

1:07:43 How To Get Better At People

1:13:41 Cockroach Mentality

1:17:06 Jet Pack

1:23:01 Parenting Rich Kids

1:37:13 Most Important Company?

1:41:45 Challenge

Adam’s Links

• Book (Breakfast With Pops): https://www.amazon.com/Breakfast-Pops-Venture-Capital-Handbook/dp/B0C1JHXTQF

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamdraper

• Brian Armstrong Blog Post: https://barmstrong.medium.com/the-coinbase-seed-round-pitch-deck-50c8ec91d40b

• Adam Draper On Pomp Podcast (talking about NFTs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b45J2I3qN7s

My Links 

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