DoorDash

8 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Jeff Jordan · said 45 times in 24 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Everything said about DoorDash, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Vertical marketplaces outperform horizontal ones by optimizing for specific use cases
“Early in people marketplaces, you had the horizontals of TaskRabbit or Zarli, where you could ask people to do anything, and the paradox of choice and the lack of optimization against specific verticals, no one knew what to do with it, so they really didn't do…”
Jeff Jordan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:45 a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Groceries
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Consumer-owned smartphones serve as zero-cost infrastructure for gig marketplaces
“The interesting part is that each of these drivers on DoorDash or Instacart or elsewhere, they bought a smartphone for themselves, play games or do other things, and now suddenly this becomes this tool that allows them to tap in to this network. And it allows …”
Sam Gerstenzhang Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:56 a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Groceries
Mar 23, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moore: AI lets smaller marketplaces replicate DoorDash-style recommendation engines
“If you're not DoorDash in the past, it's really hard to build that kind of customized algorithm, but this is now becoming accessible to a lot more marketplaces at different stages, which is exciting.”
Olivia Moore Mar 23, 2023 ▶ 38:39 The Marketplace 100: A Glimpse Into the Future of Commerce
Nov 28, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Gardner: Instacart, DoorDash, and Uber remain active Marqeta enterprise customers
“Instacart and DoorDash are still our customers today. Uber Eats and Uber still our customers.”
Jason Gardner Nov 28, 2023 ▶ 16:02 Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
Jun 20, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Khalaf: 17% of observed Whole Foods shoppers were Instacart or DoorDash couriers
“I went to Whole Foods, and I tried to see what percentage of the people coming are paid shoppers versus individual shoppers. How many are holding an Instacart badge or a DoorDash? It was actually 17% over a period of two hours. That was zero two years ago.”
Simon Khalaf Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 19:57 Zach Perret (Plaid) & Simon Khalaf (Marqeta): New Applications in Fintech
Jul 22, 2026
Assertion Supported
Kalanick: DoorDash held only 5% market share when he left Uber
“DoorDash was five percent market share when I left.”
Travis Kalanick Jul 22, 2026 ▶ 14:20 Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z
Jul 22, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: DoorDash CEO Tony Xu struggled to raise capital in 2017
“Tony, God bless him, had a hell of a time getting his round done at the time. Like right at that period, he was doing a round at DoorDash and he had to really struggle to get it done.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 22, 2026 ▶ 14:32 Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z
Aug 17, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
Gaybrick: Stripe and DoorDash Are Adopting Tempo As Default Blockchain
“Still in the early stages of building out, getting a lot of great traction. You were working with companies like DoorDash, you know, making it sort of the default, but not only blockchain in Stripe and feeling very optimistic about it.”
Will Gaybrick Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 42:58 Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George
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