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Marcelo Sampaio Wants the Future to Feel Familiar
From affordable computers to crypto index funds, Marcelo Sampaio has spent years making unfamiliar technology easier to use. Now Hashdex’s executive chairman is giving his co-founder the controls and himself room to think.
Carolina Reis Oliveira and the education of a founder
She arrived in Silicon Valley with a doctorate and a company to build. The OneSkin co-founder’s next education would be in choosing partners, changing course, and learning to trust her own judgment.
Hotmart made knowledge a business.
A tiny ebook sale in Belo Horizonte exposed a much bigger problem: getting paid for what you know. Hotmart built the machinery around that moment.
João Resende keeps making room for another world
A failed app company, a shared office, a global creator platform. João Pedro Resende’s career has been a long exercise in getting ideas out of his head - including a fantasy novel ten years in the making.
Patrick Sigrist and the business of getting things moving
Before dollar accounts and private credit, there were restaurant menus and a ringing telephone. Patrick Sigrist’s route from iFood to Nomad and IORQ follows a practical question: why does an ordinary transaction have to be so difficult?
Marcelo Cortes Learned Retail on an Intel 286. Now He Is Teaching AI Some Taste
The Faire co-founder grew up watching his parents run a video shop in Brazil, learned code by trying commands he could not yet read, and built a career around one question: how can software give small retailers better odds without taking away their judgment?
Bruno Koba Is Building the Adviser He Wished He Had
A dinner by a BART station turned two Brazilians' investing frustrations into Astor. Now the former Nubank data scientist and Monashees investor is betting that useful financial advice can become a conversation, not a luxury.