BUILD: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Making Cool Stuff

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Learning Thermostat. In his new book, “Build,” he shares everything he’s learned about building great companies and game-changing products. --- Download the Next Big Idea app today at nextbigideaclub.com/app

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:06.4	I'm Rufus Griskem and this is the next big idea.
0:10.2	Today, a master class in building careers, companies and products.
0:30.0	When you think about Silicon Valley's all-time greats, the A team, the inventors and leaders
0:39.2	who booted up the digital revolution, who comes to mind?
0:42.8	Steve Jobs and Bill Gates obviously, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Zuckerberg, Elon Musk.
0:49.2	How about Tony Fidel?
0:51.4	If you're not a tech geek or an unreconstructed Apple fanboy like me, then that name may not
0:56.5	mean anything to you.
0:58.0	But whether you know Tony or not, I'm certain that what he's built has changed your life.
1:03.7	In the words of our curator, Malcolm Gladwell, Tony Fidel has made more cool stuff than almost
1:08.7	anyone in the history of Silicon Valley.
1:12.4	What kind of cool stuff?
1:14.0	Well, he changed the music business by leading the team that created the iPod.
1:19.3	He changed the world by leading the team that built the iPhone.
1:23.5	And he brought the digital revolution into the home by inventing the Nest Smart thermostat.
1:29.3	But before he could achieve such spectacular success, he had to soldier through a series
1:34.4	of failures.
1:36.2	Back in 1991, way before Tony was a member of the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame, he was just
1:41.9	a kid who liked computers.
1:44.0	Actually, he didn't just like them.
1:46.8	He was obsessed.
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