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.
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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 Vercel Saves Dev Teams $10M+ in Time | Guillermo Rauch
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How Vercel Saves Dev Teams $10M+ in Time | Guillermo Rauch
Before founding Vercel, Guillermo Rauch, was a self-taught teenager in Argentina earning his first dollars online to help his family.
From early open-source work to remote freelancing, this episode traces how his drive to figure things out led to solving web performance at scale.
We also get into:
• how his dad instilled a mindset of pushing tech boundaries
• what growing up during Argentina’s economic swings taught him
• why he sees Minecraft as a healthy game for his kids
• why he believes speed without direction is meaningless
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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. Guillermo Rauch- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rauchg/
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This episode was produced and distributed by our friends at Atomik Growth: https://atomikgrowth.com/
00:00 Intro
02:00 Early Years
04:50 Parenting, First Experiences with Computers
07:40 Screen Time Rules
11:40 Video Games & Developing Programming Skills
15:30 Freelance Coding & Earning in U.S. Dollars
19:40 High School
24:10 Startup Offer
30:30 Silicon Valley & First Acquisition
41:45 Founding Vercel
54:40 AI Wave: v0, Agents & “Token Factories”
01:14:28 Vercel's Success and Client Impact
01:20:58 The Role of AI in Development
01:40:49 Iterating Towards Greatness
01:52:27 Balancing Luck and Skill
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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.
