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Fanton: LATAM Tech Worker Energy Is 2-3x The European Average
“If you pick somebody in Rappi or iFood or MercadoLibre, the energy and the passion of those people is, in my experience, two, three X is no more of what I see in, in the average here in Europe, right?”
Fanton: Exceptional Founders Are Driven By Family Issues And Chips On Shoulders
“If you look at the most exceptional people, not many come from very stable, amazing backgrounds, right? Actually, I look at founders, and I see a lot of them have some issues with their families, they have something to prove, a tip on your shoulder, right?”
Fanton: Total Engineering Headcount Will Decline Due To AI Automation
“So I think everybody, everything should move in that direction. So there should be less of the folks that are just doing mundane things and hopefully creativity together with it works more. But if it was something repetitive, it will go away, right? So in the …”
Fanton: Product Manager Roles Will Survive But Product Teams Will Shrink
“No, I don't think so. I think all the teams become smaller and more productive and more cross-functional.”
Fanton: Playing Chess And Guitar Is A Strong Heuristic For Exceptional PMs
“If you know how to play chess and play guitar, your will be a great PM because it's the creative side together with analytical side. Chess is a great proxy for analytical capability and playing instruments is an amazing proxy. For creativity.”
Fanton: Most Digital Products Built Today Are Mainly Crap
“Now, if you look at all the products in the world today, they're mainly crap.”
Fanton: Super Apps Fail Without Cohesive Integration Between Services
“The super app concept of we can do this and that. So, so awesome. And people are like, well, I can use three different apps for it and I'm fine. And I think we were losing the, we were missing the glue between them. And I still see a lot of super apps making t…”
Fanton: OpenAI Will Combine iOS And AWS To Dominate Tech Infrastructure
“I'm a huge believer in OpenAI would be massive, personally, because I think it's full stack. You have B to C. It's a very, very powerful combination. And it will be both now, right? It will be iOS plus Amazon Web Services. So everybody will depend on that plat…”
Fanton: Long-Term Visions Are Pointless Compared To Compounding Short-Term Improvements
“The truth is your vision, whatever you thought you will be, is so far away from where you're going to be in a year or two that is a bit pointless.”
Fanton: Excess Capital Induces Operational Laziness In Startups
“I think money always creates a little more laziness, right? Because there is always a way to buy something.”
Fanton: Property Finder Hires Grads Because They Are Inexpensive
“I, I'm hiring a lot of grads now in property finder. They're not expensive. They don't need the money really.”
Fanton: Top Athletes Are Distinguished By Competitive Mindset Over Raw Talent
“If you look at the number one players in the world, in any sports, it's the mind. Jordan, Federer, Nadal, Ronaldo. You think Messi's chill? They're not chill, right? They're like freaks, competitive. It's all about their own improvement.”
Fanton: Achieving Product-Market Fit Takes 2-3 Years Of Zero Validation
“In reality, I don't think people realize you're two, three years with nothing. Some days you feel like you're the worst, most stupid person, like, in the planet.”
Fanton: The Cost Of Product Debate Is Negligible Compared To Building
“What is the cost of having a conversation for three hours about it? Very low compared to building anything.”
Fanton: Never Wrote PRDs After His Early Years At Microsoft
“I don't think I've ever done a PRD myself, except the first few years in Microsoft.”
Fanton: Achieved 40x Return On $50K Mercado Libre Investment Over 14 Years
“I remember I bought 1415, 50,000 dollars or something, or I know some number, not a small number, and I kept it and it's 40 times until today.”