Stanley

DoorDash's Application Video for YC S13

Stanley, Andy, Evan, Tony

Stanley, Andy, Evan, and Tony, a team of former Facebook and Square professionals, launched Palo Alto Delivery to address the supply-demand mismatch where local restaurants face high delivery demand but lack affordable logistics. By utilizing routing algorithms to optimize a labor pool of drivers with spare time, the founders validated their solution within a month, securing over 150 paying customers and generating more than $10,000 in revenue. The operation scaled from the co-founders acting as initial drivers to a managed system that automatically transmits orders to restaurants, effectively bridging the gap between consumer demand and underserved small business needs.