Operators Ep 35: Toby Espinosa (DoorDash)

Toby Espinosa is the VP of Ads at DoorDash.  Toby joined
DoorDash as the 70th employee to launch new markets and has grown
the business development team from 3 to 75 people.  Prior to
joining DoorDash, Toby was an investor at Lux and Henry Crown
& Co.  He is also a lecturer in the engineering
department at Stanford University. 


In this episode we talk about where Toby’s urge to build
companies comes from, why he decided to leave the VC world and
join DoorDash, and what the company was like when he first
joined. He also shares thoughts on the focus of moving very
quickly early on, how he thinks about hiring, and the dynamics
with some of DoorDash’s biggest partnerships.


I hope you enjoy the show.


Full transcript available here.


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