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Global payroll is a maze most companies dread navigating. Deel turned it into their moat by streamlining HR across borders, powering remote work, and hitting a $1B+ run rate with over 5,000 employees. Alex Bouaziz, Deel’s CEO and co-founder, grew up nerding out on Nintendo and hunted perfection from Paris to MIT. His relentless curiosity built a platform that’s rewriting how the world hires. In this episode, we explore: • why he wakes up obsessed with your problems, not his product • how a Disneyland obsession shaped his entrepreneurial spark • why he’s doubling down on AI and stablecoins 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. Onward and upward, together. Connect with us: 1. Deel - https://x.com/deel 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/ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:35 Being happy 00:02:50 Big family 00:11:56 Video games and math 00:14:59 Confidence 00:16:12 College and older people 00:23:47 America, Nintendo, Disney 00:26:08 MIT 00:26:59 Helping yourself, cold emails 00:31:51 PhDs are super lonely 00:34:38 Trying to impress 00:39:16 Brex 00:40:06 Deel 00:45:05 Gaming forums and money struggles 00:49:49 San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Paris 00:52:26 Remote work 00:54:32 Growth and value 01:00:42 Marketing and getting old 01:02:09 Next decade 01:04:07 Crypto 01:08:42 AI and payroll 01:12:00 Outro