Person
Tony Xu
CEO at DoorDash. Mentioned in 5 episodes of Lenny’s Podcast, including the conversations with J.M. Nickels and Jessica Livingston.
Tony Xu
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Role
CEO
Company
DoorDashMentioned In5
- J.M. NickelsJohn Mark Nickels
- Jessica LivingstonThe social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon
- Keith YandellLeading with empathy
- Jessica LachsBuilding a world-class data org
- Gokul RajaramGokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started angel investing, more
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Transcript mentions
… yeah, I mean, I would say I have been fortunate to experience probably three Ubers at this point. 0, the Travis era, and you hear a lot about in the media the kind of bad parts of that, but there were some really good parts too.
… I think that that was something that is ingrained in our culture from Tony Xu, from our founder and CEO, and I think that really resonated with me, and I feel like I've always operated that way as well. And I think that that he...
… There were definitely some themes with Adora Cheung and Tony Xu of DoorDash where they said they really made a mistake early on scaling into different cities before they had nailed the original city. And that's an...
… And if you spend any time with our founder, Tony Xu, you realize that he's a humble leader. He's competitive.
- Gokul Rajaram00:14:29
wesome. That's really helpful advice.
Person
Tony Xu
Role
CEO
Company
DoorDashMentioned In5
- J.M. NickelsJohn Mark Nickels
- Jessica LivingstonThe social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon
- Keith YandellLeading with empathy
- Jessica LachsBuilding a world-class data org
- Gokul RajaramGokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started angel investing, more
Works At1
Transcript mentions
… yeah, I mean, I would say I have been fortunate to experience probably three Ubers at this point. 0, the Travis era, and you hear a lot about in the media the kind of bad parts of that, but there were some really good parts too.
… I think that that was something that is ingrained in our culture from Tony Xu, from our founder and CEO, and I think that really resonated with me, and I feel like I've always operated that way as well. And I think that that he...
… There were definitely some themes with Adora Cheung and Tony Xu of DoorDash where they said they really made a mistake early on scaling into different cities before they had nailed the original city. And that's an...
… And if you spend any time with our founder, Tony Xu, you realize that he's a humble leader. He's competitive.
- Gokul Rajaram00:14:29
wesome. That's really helpful advice.