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Tony Xu’s unfilled bakery orders sparked DoorDash

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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Tony Xu founded DoorDash after a California bakery showed unfilled delivery orders.
Xu was a Stanford MBA student touring Bay Area restaurants with future co-founders.
The baker displayed a binder of orders she could not fulfill.
She lacked manpower to complete the delivery requests.
DoorDash’s stock rose 5.61% in recent trading.

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Tony Xu founded DoorDash after a California bakery showed unfilled delivery orders.
Xu was a Stanford MBA student touring Bay Area restaurants with future co-founders.
The baker displayed a binder of orders she could not fulfill.
She lacked manpower to complete the delivery requests.
DoorDash’s stock rose 5.61% in recent trading.