Meet The Drapers, The Family That Defined Silicon Valley's Venture Capital Scene

Meet The Drapers, The Family That Defined Silicon Valley's Venture Capital Scene(fastcompany.com)

34 points by monty_singh 14 years ago | 12 comments

bitcrusher 14 years ago |

I know this is tangential, but where in the hell is her shoe?

blatherard 14 years ago | |

Did you notice that the guy in the background is missing his sleeves? I think the photog had a "clever" idea.

joshu 14 years ago | | |

"clever" photo shoots happened a lot to me.

I remember one where they started with having me eat ("delicious," get it?) and then sitting next to a coworker ("social") and then finally PR shut down the shoot when they told me to feed the coworker.

The picture they used? The one where I'm sitting funny and frowning into the sun: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_33/b3997010....

DigitalSea 14 years ago | |

Looks like an iStockPhoto stock photography shoot gone bad to me. I would definitely not purchase that photo if it were for sale, that's for sure.

hyuuu 14 years ago | |

haha that's the first thing I notice too, of all the money she has, she couldnt afford the right shoe

zsherman 14 years ago | |

hahahaha

capkutay 14 years ago |

Interesting questions brought up...can great tech entrepreneurs be bred?

My opinion is no, mostly because it takes a significant amount of good luck and perfect timing to have great success in SV. Even if you were Mark Zuckerburgs son...he could invest in your company, give you advice, introduce you to good partners/customers. This doesn't automatically translate to success.

redwood 14 years ago | |

Also there's a saying that in America great family wealth is typically squandered in three generations. This isn't always true of course, but basically when you're born with a silver spoon in hand, you do have plenty of doors open for you. But you also tend to have less ambition, less grit, less will to survive or die trying etc. Obviously there are many many exceptions but generally it helps to be a self-starter and many self-starters come from less means.

carsongross 14 years ago |

FastCompany still exists?

Who knew.

adventureful 14 years ago |

Maybe the most obnoxious thing I've read this week:

"Katie Anderson, a lanky blond childhood friend of Jesse's, says that growing up in a famous, wealthy family was no big deal for Jesse. "That's the thing about growing up in Silicon Valley. No one's famous and no one's rich . . . because everyone's famous and everyone's rich," says Anderson. "So no one realizes, Oh, not everyone celebrates ski week?"

Like, gag me with a spoon.

sixQuarks 14 years ago | |

What's wrong with that statement? Seems about right to me... now can you please pass me the Polaner All-Fruit?

redwood 14 years ago | | |

It's the nauseating LA-ificiation of Silicon Valley. Yes everyone may be rich (relatively speaking) but the great thing about SV is no one acts rich and certainly no one feels famous. This is the tradition of the valley as demonstrated by Steve Jobs. There are plenty of exceptions but think back to the article that said in SV money represents success but not flashy bullshit possessions.