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Tim Draper's final check list: Is the entrepreneur going after a market that's big enough? 🚀

18 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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So now, what I'm looking for is which of these entrepreneurs— I mean, they're all battle-hardened now because they've been through survival. But what I'm looking for right now is, are they going after a market that's big enough? Is it just India or is it something else? Is it something really strong and unique? Is it a really good, interesting technology that kind of is going to— Change things? Is it easy to replicate? So is it going to be easy for competitors to come in? But those are sort of the things I look for in the entrepreneurs.