Dubugras: Core platform bets should be sequenced, not run in parallel
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Henrique Dubugras, co-founder and CEO of fintech startup Brex, discusses resource allocation and operational strategy when scaling companies with host Harry Stebbings.
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“If your bets need, like, core platform investment, right, like, you need the entire company to mobilize to make it happen, then I would say, like, hey, sequence it, like, choose one. It's not that you're never going to do this bet again, just, like, you need to sequence it.”
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