American - Inventor | March 22, 1969 -
People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.
Tony Fadell
LifePeopleWantUnderstandBuyHow
If you look at most successful startups, they're run by people in their mid to late forties, who've gone through the trenches multiple times and had multiple failures, so they understand.
PeopleYouLookLateRunUnderstand
Having kids makes you think about the world differently.
WorldThinkYouKidsDifferently
While I was designing my home, I was living in different houses all around the world, and I saw thermostats that were just as bad as the ones in the U.S., or houses that needed them but didn't have them. I realised that this was a worldwide problem. I thought, 'Let's fix it.'
HomeWorldThoughtProblemBadFix
I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it.
FamilyWifeDesignYouPersonSay
I knew there were all kinds of interesting things going on at Google, but now that I've seen them, my mind has been blown - in a great way. They have all these amazing projects and people that the world doesn't know anything about. I'm like a kid in a candy store - it's an idea factory.
GreatPeopleMindAmazingWorldWay
No amount of data will tell you if a feature should be in the product, because it doesn't exist. You need to have a very clear leader with a clear point of view... otherwise, you get a mishmash of features and stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense.
LeaderViewDataYouPoint Of View
I don't want the iPod to be my defining thing.
WantDefiningThingiPod
If you don't have an emotionally engaging design for a device, no one will care about it.
CareDesignYouWillDeviceAbout
I used to work about 100 hours a week; now it's about 70. But 40 hours? Forget about it. Either you're all in, or your not.
WorkWeekYouForgetNowUsed
I've learnt something from every failure. The products I helped design at the first two companies I worked for were utter failures. But now I know why.
FailureDesignKnowNowWhyFirst
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