Tony Fadell Quotes

• If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

  Tony Fadell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Doubt

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• It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

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  Problem, Easy, Solve

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• Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

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  Way, Dexter Morgan, Norwegian Wood

  "Q&A: Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest, on making home products cool". Interview with Dana Hull, www.mercurynews.com. October 18, 2013.

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• I'm always doubtful. Everything I do is always doubtful. When you're trying to differentiate, there's going to be this gut sense, is this right? If you're not having doubt, then you're not pushing it hard enough, or you're not looking at the details close enough. You need to be feeling that doubt every single day.

  Tony Fadell

  Feelings, Doubt, Trying

  "iPod Creator Tony Fadell: Here's How You Build And Ship World-Class Products" by Aimee Groth, www.businessinsider.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.

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  Team, Passion, Artist

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• Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

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  Cutting, People, Resources

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• There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design. But to put them together and make it robust and repeatable for the mass market? It's an art.

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  Art, Technology, Thinking

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• Learn by doing. Learn through experiences. And this goes back to Steve Jobs' thing - which is the way you open up your knowledge of the world is by discovering it and learning about it, not through books, but by being there.

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  Jobs, Book, World

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• When I encounter a problem - something that's not quite right with a product - I enjoy breaking it down in my mind and exploring possible alternative solutions: Why this? Why not that? I apply the latest in technology and design to reinvent that product and solve my frustrations.

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  Frustration, Technology, Design

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• People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

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  People, Want, Products

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• Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

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  Years, Data, Design

  "Within ten years "everything will have data in it", says Nest CEO". Interview with Dan Howarth, www.dezeen.com. May 26, 2014.

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• Usually, the biggest companies are not the most dynamic.

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  Company

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• The truth is, homes change over time — and technology has to adapt, not try to do everything at once.

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  Home, Technology, Trying

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• Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

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  Home, Google, Growth

  "Google buys Nest Labs for $3.2bn in bid for smart home-devices market" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2014.

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• We built the iPod in weeks. It had to be what I thought it was going to be because there wasnt time for endless refinements.

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  Ipods, Week, Refinement

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• Every person I talk to has a story about how their smoke alarm went off or woke them up with a battery beeping. So you take it off the wall and you take the battery out and say screw this. They hate the products.

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  Wall, Hate, Alarms

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• We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world.

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  Home, Thoughtful, Simple

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• I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

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  Water, House, Design

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• I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.

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  Home, Iphone, Ipads

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