About HD in HD: Unscripted Conversations with Henrique Dubugras
Henrique Dubugras founded fintech giant Brex when he was twenty-one years old. In his journey from São Paulo to Stanford to the heights of Silicon Valley he made connections with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Now, they’re not just business connections, but friends.
How Prosus CEO Builds Winning Tech Culture | Fabricio Bloisi
When most founders chase a single idea, Fabricio Bloisi built 120.
The Brazilian entrepreneur is the CEO of Prosus, the founder of Movile, and the Chairman of iFood, and has helped shape companies that now reach billions across continents.
And the spark for all of it began with a teenage ambition “to create a very big global tech company.”
We also get into:
• Movile’s rise from near bankrupt moments to a global tech giant
• how confronting brutal facts became the cultural backbone of his companies
• what the U.S. still underestimates about competition abroad
• where Prosus is heading next with its large commerce model
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. For more information, please go to: https://www.brex.com/?ref_code=bmk_audio_HDinHD
Connect with us here:
1. Fabricio Bloisi- https://x.com/fabloisi
2. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras
00:00 Trailer
01:42 The Early Days
08:34 Scaling and Innovating: The Food Journey
11:28 Balancing Innovation and Execution
30:07 The Rise of iFood: Dominating the Market
33:37 Transition to Prosus: A New Chapter
35:58 Prosus' Global Strategy and Vision
45:16 Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets
24 Nov 2025
From Iranian Refugee to Uber CEO | Dara Khosrowshahi
When Uber needed a reset, only a disciplined leader could see the path forward.
Raised in one of Iran’s leading industrial families, Dara Khosrowshahi watched everything disappear during the revolution as his family rebuilt their lives in the U.S.
In this episode, he shares how, with education as the only constant, he rose to become the youngest VP at Allen & Co., played a defining role across IAC and Expedia, and ultimately led Uber from deep losses to a profitable business.
We also get into:
the immigrant childhood that trained him to adapt faster
why betting on people, not models, became the most important lesson of his career
the early failures at Expedia that hardened his decision making and leadership style
how he rebuilt culture at Uber while operating under intense public scrutiny
the long term vision of turning Uber from a rides company into a real time logistics network
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. For more information, please go to: https://www.brex.com/?ref_code=bmk_audio_HDinHD
Connect with us here:
1. Dara Khosrowshahi- https://x.com/dkhos
2. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras
This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth.
10 Nov 2025
How Max Levchin Built the System Behind 90% of U.S. E-Commerce
“Don’t just believe that things work, actually find out how they work and ask the question, can they work better?”
This has been Max Levchin’s constant pursuit since childhood, leading him to build PayPal, HVF, and Affirm, a perfect example of where engineering meets entrepreneurship.
In this episode, we explore what it takes to begin again after success and how Max Levchin’s relentless pursuit of optimization has defined two decades of fintech innovation.
We also get into:
• how a cryptography thesis became a fintech revolution, PayPal
• the psychology of merging with Elon Musk’s X.com
• why founders are idealists and investors are cynics
• how Max measures success in human lives improved
• and how America’s entrepreneurial DNA became its greatest competitive advantage
This episode was recorded on October 24th, 2025.
00:00 Intro
12:28 The PayPal Story
32:30 Founder CEOs vs. Hired CEOs
43:49 Entrepreneurship
48:47 The Media Industry
55:53 Credit Card Debt in the US
01:06:03 Affirm's Business Model
01:09:01 Challenges and Ethics in Lending
01:24:31 AI and Underwriting Models
01:32:51 Crypto and Stablecoins
01:46:26 Closing Remarks
ABOUT US:
We’re proudly sponsored by Brex—a brand I co-founded, now supporting over 30,000 businesses like Anthropic, DoorDash, and Scale AI, helping them make every dollar count.
I’m grateful for their continued support as I bring you all conversations with some of the most exceptional founders of our generation. For more information, please go to: https://www.brex.com/?ref_code=bmk_audio_HDinHD
Connect with us here:
1. Max Levchin- https://x.com/mlevchin
2. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ
3. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugrasThis episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/
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