TIVP049: DoorDash (DASH): Can It Keep Delivering Returns? w/ Shawn O’Malley & Daniel Mahncke

Shawn and Daniel break down DoorDash (ticker: DASH), America’s dominant meal-delivery company that’s rapidly expanding into all forms of local commerce. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:47 - How DoorDash came out of nowhere to become America’s leading meal-delivery service, usurping Uber Eats and Grubhub 00:07:57 - What opportunity DoorDash’s founders saw and the story of its origins as Palo Alto Delivery 00:10:26 - What DoorDash has done to finally crack the code of positive unit economics in restaurant delivery 00:19:21 - Why DoorDash is well-positioned to continue growing both domestically and internationally 00:28:41 - How a tipping scandal nearly destroyed the brand 00:16:21 - Why the COVID-19 pandemic was such a significant boon to DoorDash’s business 01:15:35 - The company’s approach to management comp 01:21:07 - How to think about modeling DASH’s intrinsic value *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform diffe...