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How to Build the Future: Tony Xu

12 years after starting DoorDash, co-founder & CEO Tony Xu and his employees still do deliveries every year, staying true to their core value: customer obsession. Today, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the US. In this episode of How to Build the Future, Tony explains how their unwavering long-term vision won — helping create a new market while surviving near death and a global pandemic along the way.

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  Why America Stopped Innovating - And How We Can Start Again

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  What Founders Can Do To Improve Their Design Game

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  Customer Obsession Made Gusto A $9.6 Billion Company

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  The Future Of Design With Figma's Dylan Field

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  How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas

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  Building A Supersonic Plane Company From The Ground Up

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  The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup

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  How To Build The AGI Future: Bob McGrew

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  How To Use AI In Your Startup

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  How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad

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  Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder

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  How David Lieb Turned A Failed Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory

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  How To Start A Dev Tools Company with Nicolas Dessaigne | Startup School

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  Twitter vs. X: Product Lessons For Startup Founders | The Breakdown

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  How To Build The Future: Sam Altman