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How to Build Things That Change the World: Advice from the Creator of the iPod
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How to Build Things That Change the World: Advice from the Creator of the iPod

Aspen Ideas
Aspen Institute, 2022
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If you want to know how to create wildly successful products, taking advice from Tony Fadell is a good place to start. Fadell holds over 300 patents, he was on the team that brought you the iPod, and he’s the co-founder and former CEO of Nest. He’s now the principal at Future Shape, an investment and advisory firm for deep tech start-ups. In his talk at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Fadell encourages would-be inventors to push the boundaries and take risks if they want to develop truly transformative solutions.

Take-Aways

  • To change the world, you’ve got to be attuned to the problems that nobody else sees.
  • When you notice the pain points in daily life, you can create the product that will act as a painkiller. People want painkillers, not vitamins.
  • When you’re on the right path, industry incumbents will laugh at you, then they’ll get angry, then they’ll sue. It’s your job to lawyer up and change the world anyway.

About the Speaker

Tony Fadell is an inventor, entrepreneur and investor, known best for his work on the iPod and Nest. He’s the author of Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs.

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