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Seems like some people are more interested in using Doordash than getting the food from the restaurants directly. I think that Doordash provides a useful service that was not as present or not as good previously. What do you think?

I do not think Doordash is useful, I'm fine with picking up my own food. I also think that Doordash is an example of a business that is lowering the bar for what's considered entry-level employment and will result in erosion of the consumer base and eventual economic or social crisis. Only time will tell.

> I don't see VCs pouring billions in investments into new restaurants.

Serious investors play in their niche: Restaurant investors don't invest in tech either.

If your statement outlines a problem, how would you go about solving it?

I suspect that the 80th percentile best restaurant investor would be better off becoming a 20th percentile retail investor in tech.

Off the top of my head, Sequoia did back The Melt, there was a time a few years ago when VCs did dabble in restaurants.