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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

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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

Jack Zhang landed in Melbourne at 15 with no money, no English, and no one to lean on.

By 30, he was turning down a billion-dollar offer from Stripe.

In this episode of HD in HD, I sit down with the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex to trace his zero-to-borderless journey—from small-town China to building one of the biggest tech stories ever to come out of Australia.

We get into:

• What Airwallex did differently that Stripe couldn’t in APAC

• The $100,000 mistake that nearly derailed their first client

• How Jack handled 2022’s valuation reset (and why he didn’t panic)

• The AI opportunity he thinks everyone is sleeping on

• how Airwallex hit $1B in volume before raising a proper Series A

00:00 Trailer

00:46 Introduction

01:18 Airwallex

04:58 No English from China to Australia

15:15 My first business, no financial support

23:06 All work, no fun

31:03 Development and coffee

36:26 Nothing is that hard

40:05 Startups

45:40 Brex

46:29 Starting Airwallex

53:27 The whole thing fell apart

57:20 Sequoia Capital and Tencent

1:05:41 Billion-dollar acquisition offer

1:11:59 Managing globally

1:16:20 Motivation and efficiency

1:23:26 Worth billions, hard to turn

1:24:58 Lessons from China

1:29:38 Outro

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.

“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/hdubugras
This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/

In a city built on great food, workers were still eating whatever was quickest.

When Will Shu moved to London, he felt that disconnect firsthand and built Deliveroo to bridge it, transforming a local gap into a network spanning 10 markets.

On this episode of HD in HD, Will shares how his belief in hard work and delayed reward helped him build Deliveroo into a global logistics leader, acquired by DoorDash for $3.9B.

We also get into:

• how they learned to manage riders, restaurants, and regulations 

• how Deliveroo stood apart from competitors like Uber

• what Will believes DoorDash and Deliveroo can learn from each other post-acquisition

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

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1. Will Shu- https://x.com/WillShuRoo

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.

00:00 Intro

25:43 Will Shu's Early Life and Education

32:15 College Life and Career Beginnings

39:26 Wall Street Culture

46:15 The Birth of Deliveroo

01:04:58 Raising Funds

01:16:49 COVID-19

01:23:01 IPO and Market Reactions

01:36:54 AI and Future of Delivery

Global payroll is a maze most companies dread navigating.

How does someone with zero ambition rise to the top of Hollywood?

Barry Diller started out as a ‘wayward’ kid with no plan, then took his first big risk in television by producing original TV movies, a gamble no one in Hollywood thought would work.

In this episode, he shares how trusting his instincts and defying convention guided his journey from transforming Paramount to launching Fox Broadcasting Company and building IAC, now home to 10 publicly traded companies, leaving a lasting legacy.

We also get into:

• why adversity is the greatest training ground for instinct

• what it took to launch Fox Broadcasting against three dominant networks

• why sequels ruined Hollywood’s creative edge

• spotting screen interactivity before the internet took over

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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

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1. Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ

2. Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras

This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth.

00:00 Intro

02:12 Barry Diller's Early Life

15:12 The ABC Network

25:30 Charles Bluhdorn

33:26 From TV to Paramount

42:34 Fox Broadcasting and Media Ventures

48:53 E-Commerce and Building IAC

59:07 Expedia

When regulators tried to shut them down, Tarek Mansour took them to court, and made history.

This week on HD in HD we're joined by the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, the first fully regulated financial exchange for trading on events. He’s redefining how markets work by building a platform where people can trade on everything from elections to the economy, and proving that prediction markets can be both legitimate and transformative.

In this episode, we also get into:

why entrepreneurship has no clear destination, so you might as well enjoy the journey

how trading shaped how he thinks about risk and decision-making

how Kalshi survived its showdown with regulators

the bet that event trading can make humanity more rational

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

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Tarek Mansour- https://x.com/mansourtarek_?lang=en

Brex- https://x.com/brexHQ

Henrique Dubugras- https://x.com/hdubugras

This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/

00:01:13 Brex Sponsorship

00:02:11 Early Years in Lebanon

00:08:41 Success and Stress

00:29:23 Expected Outcomes and Variance

00:41:43 MIT Experience

00:45:59 Goldman Sachs

00:53:08 Y Combinator

01:00:48 Legal Challenges

01:08:14 Raising Funds

01:14:02 The Election Market Challenge

01:35:45 Winning the Lawsuit

01:40:25 Mainstream Success

01:44:01 The Role of Support Systems

How do you go from pitching Sequoia to ringing the bell on a US IPO?

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, co-founder and CEO of Klarna was raised in a home where ambition met accountability. Even as Klarna thrived in Sweden, his parents reminded him: “That’s fantastic. When are you going to get your degree?”

That grounding, paired with Sebastian’s own ambition to measure up to companies like Google and Facebook, pushed Klarna beyond local success to a global stage.

In this episode, we also get into:

• how sci-fi books inspired him to see entrepreneurship as an adventure

• how Klarna brought Sequoia on board

• how Klarna got ahead of Afterpay in the U.S market

• navigating co-founder tensions and pivoting leadership

• turning Sweden’s strict bill collection into Klarna’s advantage

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. Sebastian Siemiatkowski- https://x.com/klarnaseb

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: https://atomikgrowth.com/

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

05:03 Background and Immigration

12:59 University Life

23:55 Gap Year Adventures

37:57 Finding Multiple Jobs

41:57 The Birth of Klarna

53:42 The First Product

01:15:32 Sequoia's Investment

01:34:50 Entering the US Market

01:49:01 AI and the Future

Before founding Synthesia, Victor Riparbelli grew up in Denmark with parents who struck a balance between ensuring his future security and giving him the freedom to pursue his passions, with his father steering him toward technology.

At Stanford, the intense academics and ambitious peers challenged him to question the status quo and honed his approach to creating helpful tools.

We also get into:

• why complex video games were his first playground for building business

• how Mark Cuban became their first investor without meeting them

• why the future of communication is video

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. Victor Riparbelli- https://x.com/vriparbelli

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: https://atomikgrowth.com