DoorDash CEO Tony Xu Once Pegged His Startup at $100 Million. Now at $87 Billion, He Urges Founders to Grab for More

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger

“It's very hard as an entrepreneur when you're working out of your apartment, to know what that size could be one day,” DoorDash cofounder Tony Xu said.

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu Once Pegged His Startup at $100 Million. Now at $87 Billion, He Urges Founders to Grab for More

Tony Xu once sat in a small apartment and tried to guess how big his food-delivery idea could become. The number he landed on felt bold at the time. One hundred million dollars in revenue. That was spring 2013. DoorDash had about 150 customers and roughly $10,000 in sales. Xu and his cofounders plugged that projection into their Y Combinator application. They got in. The rest is a story of scale few saw coming. Today DoorDash carries an $87 bill…