#121 Founder & Co-CEO Brex, Henrique Dubugras: Pivot or Else

Guest: Henrique Dubugras, Founder and co-CEO of Brex In this episode, we cover: Growing up in Brazil and Henrique’s relationship with his mom (01:07); The first company he sold, Pagar.me, and his co-founder Pedro Franceschi (07:11); Becoming “successful” and why it’s fine to have a “f**ked up motivation” (10:35); ADHD, dueling superpowers, and focusing on the right things (15:56); Being an authentic CEO and not reading books (19:51); The radical changes Brex has experienced in the past three years (24:40); Brex’s new spend management product and landing initial customers (30:30); The messages sent by how Brex structures its employee compensation (34:07); How Henrique and Pedro recruited top talent when they were just getting started (38:57); Pivoting a $12 billion company: “We can’t do all these things” (43:33); The challenges of becoming more of an enterprise company than a Fintech one (50:34)