Evan Moore (@evancharles) / X

Evan Moore

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Evan Moore

@evancharles

ex founder (DoorDash, Opendoor, Vevo) and VC (Khosla), supporting founders

San Francisco

Joined March 2008

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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Feb 23, 2019
At my lemonade stand, I figured that the product wasn’t lemonade, it was to feel good about supporting a kid learning about business. So I found a cuter kid from down the block to man the stand, paid him 25% of sales, and cut the lemonade with powder to reduce cost of lemons.
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
On 5/29/13 (my birthday!), I filed to incorporate Palo Alto Delivery Inc., later renamed DoorDash Inc. It's mostly not my story to tell. But I'll share a bit today about how it started. My goal is to give aspiring entrepreneurs a window into one founding story.
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Aug 25, 2023
Replying to @danghentschel
I’m sorry you had to find out this way
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Apr 9, 2022
Is there a way to block in bulk the 60k people who liked this tweet?
Tristan Snell
@TristanSnell
Apr 6, 2022
I’m bored with Elon Musk. I’m bored with Jeff Bezos. I’m bored with Mark Zuckerberg. I’m bored hearing nonstop about a few lucky billionaires, who invented nothing, freed no one, and saved no lives, being treated as superhuman celebrities. They’re just rich dudes. Yawn.
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Jun 11, 2025
I’ve done much better as a lone investor after leaving KV, and since some investors follow me, I thought I’d share why I think that is. I wish I knew this 5 years ago.
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 17, 2022
I’m convinced watching someone load a dishwasher would be more effective than most job interviews
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
Replying to @evancharles
We would never have come up with this idea in a conference room on a whiteboard. We needed to be with customers trying things out, learning until we found a set of insights that were obvious only in retrospect.
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
Replying to @evancharles
One of our most memorable lessons from YC was "do all the things." We came with a list of 20 ideas for how to grow, and asked the YC partners which to prioritize. I think it was @paultoo who said something like "How would I know? Do all the things."
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
Replying to @evancharles
We probably took "do things that don't scale" too far. It was absurd. But there was a major upside to doing so many orders ourselves: we understand the details:
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 6, 2020
Moving to SF today after many months away. Excited to finally be a contrarian.
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Mar 9, 2023
There is a bank run going on at SVB purely because junior VCs have nothing better to do than text their founders “Hey did you see what happened with SVB’s stock? Might want to pull your cash out in case there’s a run on the bank”
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
Replying to @evancharles
We ignored them. We stayed focused on delighting customers, merchants, and drivers. That company is long dead.
Evan Moore
@evancharles
Jun 24, 2025
Thank goodness @paultoo was hungry when we came in for our YC interview
Paul Buchheit
@paultoo
Jun 24, 2025
DoorDash (S13) is now a $100B company!
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Evan Moore
@evancharles
Dec 10, 2020
Replying to @evancharles
We went door to door and asked business owners to tell us about their work. The most useful question, for me, was "tell me everything you've done since getting here today."