How to Turn Down Orders

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Stanford students wanted to create a delivery service that was designed for local commerce. They spoke with businesses in Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Mateo about how they deliver goods. Many of the requests were too big or time-consuming by small business owners who couldn't turn them down. The team came up with an unquote quote: "Offer that rush or sorry, not that rush"

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Today’s show:

The contents of this episode were recorded live at LAUNCH Angel Summit in Napa.

DoorDash Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder Stanley Tang joined Jason live on stage at Angel Summit to discuss DoorDash’s founding story, avoiding ZIRP distractions, and the cloud kitchen movement (1:23).

Then, Jason sits down with Kelli Fontaine of Cendana Capital, Sophia Amoruso of Trust Fund, and Paige Doherty of Behind Genius Ventures to chat about becoming and investing in first-time fund managers (36:49).

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(0:00) Nick kicks off the show

(1:23) DoorDash’s founding story with Stanley Tang

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