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SILICON VALLEY — Tim Draper, the colorful VC whose Silicon Valley firm was an early backer of both Theranos and Tesla thinks there is a lesson to be learned in how the founders of those companies responded to bad press.
He shared his thoughts while dressed as superhero on stage at 500 Startups’ “Demoween” in San Francisco, where Batch 18 of the incubator later pitched to investors.
“At first, when you deal with the press, they will write one good story about you. Then the next story will be like,…