When she was first considering an investment in DoorDash, explains Pear VC managing partner Mar Hershenson, she was skeptical of the business model. What convinced her was a meeting in which DoorDash co-founder Tony Xu pulled out some whiteboards, and answered all of her questions with a calm confidence that was based on facts and data, not arrogance.
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