Lecture 8 - How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, Press

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·Nov 5, 2024

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Yeah, thanks for having me, Sam. Um, I'm Stanley. I'm the founder of DoorDash, and it's really amazing to be here because it wasn't actually that long ago where I sat in your seats. Um, I was class of 2014, graduated in CS, as well as my co-founder Andy.

Um, for

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