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Postmates was market leader in California prior to Uber merger
“And with DoorDash being the, clearly the market leader in most of the U.S., but not in California and certain regions that That are very attractive. Where we were the number one.”
Hans Tung passed on early investment rounds in Chime and DoorDash
“If I look at some of the misses we had, you know, I did not invest in Chime. I did not invest in DoorDash.”
Bill Walsh's book defined DoorDash's culture of chasing excellence
“The one that has quite a lot of influence on the building of DoorDash is The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh, and just this notion of trying to chase excellence as opposed to the scoreboard. That has been, I think, the defining history of the company …”
DoorDash originated from a store manager turning down hundreds of orders
“If there was one, it really happened inside of a local macaroon store in Palo Alto where the founding team met a store manager who had to turn down hundreds of deliveries. She literally showed us a notebook with payment information of customers and how she had…”
Tisch: DoorDash won a crowded market by finding a specific wedge
“DoorDash is an example. We're going to be the 12th player in this market. The market is big enough for multiple players, but it didn't mean that just entering the market Enables you to be a big outcome. They had to figure out their wedge.”
DoorDash Received Five Term Sheets During Its Series A Raise
“He had a fairly easy series A raise in my opinion, because he had five term sheets and we were competing with five term sheets and I had a jump on the competition, but it happened fairly quickly.”
Tony Xu's mother worked three jobs daily for 12 years post-immigration
“My parents' journey into this country, it kind of is that classic immigrant story where dad was getting his graduate degree, mom was putting food on the table because we had a couple hundred bucks in the bank, and so she worked three jobs a day for 12 years to…”