Man that was as a different ethos back then…”Draper realized that his ‘learning curve was flattened out’ in venture capital and detoured into public service”. Subsequently he funded 280 non profits.
The A16z team of today is probably deeply confused reading this article.
I do wish that "Silicon Valley" would have been elsewhere less useful, though. As mentioned, before it became the tech hub, the Santa Clara valley was extremely productive agricultural land that is now paved over.
Maybe the site would be more cheerful if there were a separate section for AI, obituaries and diseases.
Man that was as a different ethos back then…”Draper realized that his ‘learning curve was flattened out’ in venture capital and detoured into public service”. Subsequently he funded 280 non profits.
The A16z team of today is probably deeply confused reading this article.
> The A16z team of today is probably deeply confused reading this article.
Possibly not considering Humpty Dumpty's stated goal of zero introspection.
https://archive.ph/YRgDY
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/william-draper...
Third generation of Drapers doing this, which is its own kind of rare.
I do wish that "Silicon Valley" would have been elsewhere less useful, though. As mentioned, before it became the tech hub, the Santa Clara valley was extremely productive agricultural land that is now paved over.