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DoorDash started as PaloAltoDelivery.com, a static page with a phone number and no app, delivering orders by hand. This is the founder telling how that scrappy test proved demand before any product got built. A concrete reminder that a landing page plus manual fulfillment can validate a billion dollar idea.
A New Beginning: The DoorDash Story
From Stanley Tang (DoorDash co-founder) by Stanley Tang 10 min read
- A simple page and a phone number tested real demand in a day.
- The founders delivered the first orders themselves to learn the job.
- Word of mouth on a fake looking MVP was the signal to build for real.
