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Tony Fadell's Build - An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making is a practical and insightful guide to innovation, product design, and leadership. Written by Tony Fadell, a legendary product creator and entrepreneur, the book shares lessons learned from decades of experience building groundbreaking technology and leading successful teams.
Through real-world stories and practical advice, the author explains how great products are created and what it takes to turn an idea into something meaningful. The book explores important topics such as product development, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and building successful companies. It provides valuable insights into the challenges of creating products that truly improve people’s lives.
This guide also focuses on the mindset required to innovate and succeed in business. Readers learn about creative thinking, decision-making, learning from mistakes, and building products people love. Build offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the process of designing and launching products while inspiring readers to create things that matter.
Through real-world stories and practical advice, the author explains how great products are created and what it takes to turn an idea into something meaningful. The book explores important topics such as product development, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and building successful companies. It provides valuable insights into the challenges of creating products that truly improve people’s lives.
This guide also focuses on the mindset required to innovate and succeed in business. Readers learn about creative thinking, decision-making, learning from mistakes, and building products people love. Build offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the process of designing and launching products while inspiring readers to create things that matter.
416 pages, Paperback
Published December 26, 2024
About the author
Tony Fadell
3 books150 followersAnthony Michael Fadell is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He was senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple Inc. and founder and former CEO of Nest Labs.
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August 9, 2026
A comprehensive look at the confluence of ideas, people, and corporate politics, "Build" does a nice job of using concrete examples. Tony Fadell includes useful diagrams and anecdotes, never shying away from hard truths (a chapter on assholes is particularly insightful).
Some of the concepts feel a little dated and tend to lose sight of work-life balance at times, but overall this is a fascinating and instructive read. At a seminal moment for the technology industry, "Build" serves best as a catalog of the questions we should be asking ourselves, one another, and our customers.
Some of the concepts feel a little dated and tend to lose sight of work-life balance at times, but overall this is a fascinating and instructive read. At a seminal moment for the technology industry, "Build" serves best as a catalog of the questions we should be asking ourselves, one another, and our customers.
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