Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

There’s a clear problem: unemployment and a lack of skilled tradesmen. 🛠️

7 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A speaker moves home to address unemployment and a shortage of skilled tradespeople. His company, Wi-Fi, now serves over 200 brands and has a waiting list of companies seeking its services, proving the market desperately needs what he's built.

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Most of the work I'm doing in the Western world is about eliminating jobs, whereas back home in my own country, I see a lot of unemployment. So that's the problem I felt is a problem I need to solve. So I decided to move back and work towards that. This is the kind of work which will give me satisfaction and also make a change in the world, really make a difference. So we have now more than 200 brands who work with us. We have unlimited demand. We are short on supply. I have so much work, there's a waitlist of of companies and products that we need to solve or work for. So that, I believe, is a big— there's a recognition for us that these are the people Wi-Fi is the company who can solve their problem.