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DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day

From Y Combinator · Published Jul 21, 2021 · Watch on YouTube

TL;DR

DoorDash enables restaurant delivery by managing its own logistics and partnering with merchants, using iPads at restaurants and driver onboarding software. It claims a 44-minute average delivery time in the suburb of Palo Alto, 30% weekly order growth, and $15M in annualized sales for restaurants.

Key insights

  • Over 70% of the United States lives in areas where restaurants do not deliver, making the market underserved.
  • Aggregator services like Seamless and Grubhub do not solve the problem because they only list menus without providing delivery.
  • Courier services that pick up takeout orders are slower and more expensive because they lack merchant partnerships.

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