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Tony Xu

13 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 12, 2018 by Tony Xu · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Nov 12, 2018
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Xu personally went door-to-door to sign DoorDash's first 50 restaurants
“I went door to door to door to sign up our first 50 restaurants, and later on we evolved into phone calls and other, other ways of reaching the restaurants.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 32:15 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018
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DoorDash founders and early employees did all deliveries for a year
“It was my co-founders and me, and the early employees at DoorDash. We did all of the deliveries for the first Almost the first year.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 29:36 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018
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DoorDash received its first customer order 45 minutes after launching
“We got our first order 45 minutes actually after launching.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 20:00 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018
Disclosure
Every DoorDash employee must complete delivery shifts once a month
“Every single person did deliveries and customer support every single day for the first year. And actually we still do this today. We do this, you know, once a month instead of, you know, every day every single person in the company.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 33:44 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018
Disclosure
DoorDash founders worked as Domino's and FedEx delivery drivers for research
“So on the first piece we would, you know, do deliveries for services like Domino's or FedEx, and we would learn, well, how, how does deliveries actually work?”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 15:01 DoorDash: Tony Xu
Nov 12, 2018
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Tony Xu changed his name at five, inspired by Tony Danza
“And as I was learning English, watching lots of TV to do it, I saw many episodes of Who's the Boss starring Tony Danza. And so pretty much at the age of five, I walked with my dad to the immigration office and legally changed my name.”
Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 ▶ 5:00 DoorDash: Tony Xu
May 21, 2020 negative
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Tony Xu: The COVID-19 Restaurant Halt Was Unprecedented in Three Decades
“In the three decades I've been observing the restaurant industry, I don't think I've ever seen something like this where business effectively just halted to a stop.”
Tony Xu May 21, 2020 ▶ 2:08 How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore
May 21, 2020
Assertion Supported
Tony Xu: DoorDash Invested Tens of Millions in Merchant Marketing
“And that's actually why we invest tens of millions of dollars in marketing for them so that they can get as close as they can to the sales that they once were seeing before this pandemic in the forms of marketing.”
Tony Xu May 21, 2020 ▶ 5:29 How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore
May 21, 2020 positive
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Tony Xu: Restaurants Donated Meals to DoorDash Drivers During the Pandemic
“I see this also in the restaurant community where restaurant owners are not just trying to bring positivity in the form of say, donating meals to those who really need them. They're doing that also with the dashers”
Tony Xu May 21, 2020 ▶ 7:50 How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore
May 21, 2020
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Tony Xu: DoorDash Provided Free Delivery to Healthcare Workers
“Giving free deliveries to all healthcare workers nationwide, you know, to the largest hospital systems, hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers daily.”
Tony Xu May 21, 2020 ▶ 6:42 How I Built Resilience: Live with Tony Xu and Marcia Kilgore
Oct 2, 2025
Insight
Founders waiting to feel fully ready to expand are probably too late
“The final thing I would say, I think if you're feeling fully ready, you're probably too late so there should absolutely be some element of risk, but I do think you can manage the risks if you can disentangle the problem.”
Tony Xu Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 12:39 Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash
Oct 2, 2025
Insight
Founders should reference-check VCs by calling their failed portfolio companies
“I would ask for examples of founders and entrepreneurs who perhaps did not make it in their portfolio and ask to, you know, call three or four of them. And then you'll get a pretty good triangulation in speaking with, you know, the founders of the company, esp…”
Tony Xu Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 29:55 Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash
Oct 2, 2025
Insight
Finding a single end-to-end leader limits project expansion, regardless of capital
“What I've tended to find with projects at any company, no matter how much resources or capital you have what tends to be the rate limiter is do you have a great single leader lead? It doesn't have to, you know, manage a large team or anything who can actually …”
Tony Xu Oct 2, 2025 ▶ 11:36 Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash
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