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The James Altucher Show

845 - How to build with the iPhone Inventor, Tony Fadell!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Quoting Tony Fadell: 'The best products are painkillers. Why? Because people need them. People, some people buy vitamins because they think they're going to help they are as they might be placebos. Other people buy painkillers, when you have back pain, when you have a headache, you buy that to get rid of that pain. And that's the best kind of product is when this when the individuals that you're trying to the audience you're trying to target, they have the pain, and you have a real answer for that pain.'In this episode of The James Altucher Show! I was joined by the one and only, Tony Fadell, an American engineer, innovator, designer, entrepreneur, coach, active investor, author, inventor of the iPod, iPhone, and founder and former CEO of Nest Labs, to talk about his new book, Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making, and also the history of iPod, and iPhone!Of course, when you have someone with his credential, who has worked with Steve Jobs and invented the iPod and iPhone, we have to talk about the origin of both of the devices, and how it is working for Steve! Also, the origin of the Nest thermostat and Nest Labs!We also talked about what made a good product, and a good idea? His thought on AR, VR versus Metaverse, and his commitment to Futureshape, where he mentors and invest in engineer or scientist working on foundational technology to make the future a reality!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.8

Is a business a painkiller or a vitamin?

0:19.4

I am so pleased to have spoken with Tony Fadal who made all of the products that have

0:25.4

changed your life or at least they've changed my life.

0:28.2

The iPod, the iPod Touch, the iPhone, the Nest Thermometer.

0:33.3

He made and designed all of these things.

0:36.0

Some of these of course were working in Apple and then he built up his own company Nest

0:39.4

which he sold for over $3 billion to Google and he just wrote a book called Build an unorthodox

0:46.0

guide to making things worth making by Tony Fadal and he's donating the proceeds of he

0:53.3

gets from the book to all things climate change related but he to hear his stories about

0:59.9

the development of the iPod and the iPhone and Nest and all the things that were important

1:04.7

to him and what should be important to any entrepreneur.

1:07.8

Particularly are you solving a pain point or are you making things better?

1:12.2

That's more important, we had a great discussion, here it is.

1:27.5

So a lot of time also people doesn't read manual.

1:31.2

You shouldn't have to if it's designed properly.

1:33.4

Yes.

1:34.4

I feel like now like you, I feel like you've designed everything in my life right now.

1:39.2

I've been ready to read your book.

1:42.0

Like I remember the first day and I'm sure you get this story all the time but the first

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