STARTUP LEGEND TIM DRAPER OF ABC FAMILY'S "STARTUP U" TO PARTICIPATE IN LIVE TWITTER CHAT WITH FANS TONIGHT

Draper Will Live Tweet at 10:01pm ET/7:01pm PT

Burbank, CA (August 18, 2015) - Premiere venture capitalist and startup legend Tim Draper will live tweet during the East Coast airing of the new unscripted series "Startup U" on Tuesday, August 18th (10:01-11:00 PM ET/PT).

Starting at 10pm ET/7pm PT, fans can tweet Tim Draper (@TimDraper) using #StartupUChat in their message. Tim will answer viewer questions about the series and building startup businesses, and will share some fun behind-the-scenes scoop from the episode.

In "The Hack-A-Thon," now that everyone has pitched their ideas and sized up their competition, they are ready for their second assignment. Charlie informs the entrepreneurs that they will participate in a hack-a-thon; they have thirty-six hours to create an entirely new business idea and present the working prototype to Tim, Jesse Draper (Entrepreneur and Angel Investor) and Ben Parr (Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur & Author). As the deadline rapidly approaches, Shawn, David, Carly and Malcolm's confidence in their project may prove to be their undoing, while Keyonna's team aims to redefine sperm donation.

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