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

They built what filmmakers needed to revolutionize media production 🤯

15 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker recounts a late‑night discussion with one or two filmmakers that revealed a clear, unmet need for a tool they later named Emulsify. The filmmakers described a workflow problem without realizing they were describing the product the team was about to build, leading to an "aha" moment that guided the product’s development. The speaker also highlights how Tim Draper’s distinct perspective on technology and its evolution could add strategic value to the company’s direction and future growth.

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speaking to one of the filmmakers, probably 2 in the night, discussing. We had a long conversation with him, and at a point of time, he started talking to us about this. If this was something which I would have, it would have made a lot of sense to me. So we were getting what users wanted. We were building it from, like, without him knowing what we were building. He was telling us that this is what I need. That was the biggest aha moment we had when we started building Emulsify. So for us, the way Tim views the world from a different perspective. The way he views tech in different perspective is something that would add a good value to what we are building as well. How he sees things evolving will also help us not just build our own company, but eventually what we will end up becoming.