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Land of the Giants: Delivery Wars

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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From Couch to Company: The Birth of DoorDash

This chapter details the origin story of DoorDash, focusing on a group of Stanford students' early pitch to Y Combinator. It explores the founders' insight into the restaurant delivery gap and the potential of utilizing idle drivers, setting the stage for a billion-dollar marketplace.

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