Presentation by Venture Capitalist Tim Draper
I found this PDF of a presentation by legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper:
http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/control/presentation/Tim%20Draper.pdf
In the presentation, he goes into detail on a few major points:
* Businesses solve problems, with some examples:
Energy (EnerNoc, Konarka, GreenFuel)
Security (Lumena, SafeView)
Health Care (Lumenos)
Traffic, Pollution (Skype, Festoon, Visto, TagWorld)
Poverty (Sugar CRM, SocialText, World of Good)
Education (Baidu, DivX, for-profit schools)
Roads, Prisons, Airports (Private Alternatives)
* Governments should compete for great businesses, for capital, and for entrepreneurs.
* Entrepreneurs are heroes who take longs odds on the possibility of an extraordinary outcome.
* Breakthroughs over the next 20 years include:
Fusion Energy
Space Travel
Competitive Governance
3-D Highways
Complete
Video History
Non-invasive Security
Near-Thought Communications
Wireless
Power Distribution
Privatized Education
150-Year Lives
Person on Mars
Desalinated Water
10 Billion People
Cancer & AIDS Cures
Food Drop
Processors>all human brains
Free World Travel
Nanotech
During the presentation (according to the slides), he also sings a song called The Riskmaster, which has been preserved for the world to see here in a number of performances:
http://www.theriskmaster.com/