A decade ago, Sal Khan envisioned using technology to tailor education to individual and community needs.
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.