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Chess.com
Coverage of Chess.com in the Nexus archive.
- DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu advised entrepreneurs to avoid setting low revenue goals, recalling his initial $100 million projection for the company, which is now valued at $87 billion. DoorDash's first-quarter revenue reached $4 billion, and total orders grew 27% to 933 million. Xu and other founders, like Chess.com's Danny Rensch, emphasize the importance of ambitious, unconventional thinking in building successful ventures.