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Summary

Tony Fadell's 2022 memoir and management guide — the creator of the iPod and Nest thermostat tells his story and distills lessons about product development, team building, and career growth for anyone building things.

Core Contribution

Provides the most detailed first-person account of Apple's product process and post-Apple startup building — Fadell's principles (make what you hate, obsess over details, always think customer first) reflect his experience building two transformative consumer hardware products.

Historical Influences

Tony Fadell Steve Jobs

Intellectual Lineage

Tony Fadell Harmony Books

Allied Works

Creativity Inc The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Contemporaries & Peers

Creativity Inc No Rules Rules

Minds Influenced

Product management practice Lenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Build Tony Fadell as product

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