Fernando Fanton scaled Monzo to 10M users, helped Just Eat hit an $8B exit, grew Mendeley’s user base 4x, and is now shaping the future of Property Finder with AI-powered home search across the MENA region.Hear how he breaks barriers in product, scales teams fast, and shares bold predictions for AI and MENA’s tech future.Is trust more powerful than speed in a product? Can AI replace designers and PMs? Fernando Fanton answers these and more, sharing lessons from Monzo, Just Eat, and Property Finder to help you break barriers in product leadership. We cover:How Monzo scaled to 10M usersWhy Just Eat won (and why it wasn’t luck)The truth about product culture, discovery & deliveryThe biggest mistakes founders make hiring CPOsAI’s future impact on product teamsWhy most products fail and how to fix itHis bold predictions for MENA tech over the next 5 yearsTimestamps:00:00 - Trailer00:18 - Who is Fernando Fanton?02:41 - The biggest barrier he broke early in his career06:10 - Scaling Mendeley 4x and early ML lessons11:48 - Inside Just Eat’s $8B acquisition17:30 - 1M orders vs 1M customers — which is harder?21:55 - Building Monzo’s product engine to 10M users28:44 - Why most product teams lose focus33:12 - Discovery, experimentation & iteration: the Monzo way39:20 - The one mistake founders make hiring product leaders43:55 - AI’s real impact on product teams (not hype)51:30 - How to scale product orgs without breaking culture57:10 - The hardest decision he’s made as a leader1:02:22 - MENA tech predictions for the next 5 years1:07:40 - When should a founder hire their first CPO?1:12:00 - The un-Googleable moment in Fernando’s career1:16:02 - The next barrier Fernando wants to break1:18:55 - Quickfire: Speed or trust? AI prototype or customer?1:21:00 - Final message for the audienceIn this episode of Breaking Down Barriers, Fernando reveals the real playbook behind hyper-growth products - the decisions, culture, philosophy, and hard barriers that most teams never talk about publicly.Make sure to like, comment and subscribe to hear more great stories for some of the top product and tech leaders in the ecosystem.

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