21 Tony Fadell Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tony Fadell

American Inventor

Born: Mar 22, 1969

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You need to set near-term milestones. Put the assumptions down on paper, and make it to your vision or ultimate product. Your team has to understand where they're going. Your partners need to understand where they're going. Tony Fadell

You Vision Down Assumptions Paper Put Make Partners Understand Ultimate Going Where Product Your Milestones Team Need Set

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead. Tony Fadell

Together Typical Mergers Overhead Reduce Coming Happen Two Competitors

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. Tony Fadell

You People Gone Startups Late Trenches Run Through Had Failures Look Most Understand Times Mid Forties Successful Multiple

I don't look backwards. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I feel really proud of the team and what we were able to accomplish together. But really, where I'm focused is the future and where Nest is going. Tony Fadell

Future Together Backwards Pleasantly Focused Able Nest Feel Look Proud Were Surprised Accomplish Going Where Really Team

You have to look at why people come and work at Nest. Part of it is that a lot of people here already know each other, but we're also on a mission with a purpose. People are personally motivated by energy or safety. Tony Fadell

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems. Tony Fadell

Construction Water Building Energy Systems About Since House Learned Audio Nonstop Been Contractors Working Electricity Designing Basis

It wasn't until the Apple Macintosh that people understood what true hardware-software integration was about. It took one company to line it up: low-cost hardware, cool graphics, third-party products built on top of it, in an all-in-one attractive package that was accessible to consumer marketing. Tony Fadell

People Took Top Marketing Macintosh About Consumer True Until Attractive Accessible Built Understood Line Integration Up Package Low-Cost Products Cool Graphics Company Apple Hardware

I learned the power of 'no.' No is really important. Entrepreneurs are told to say 'yes, yes, more, more.' Tony Fadell

Power Important Say More Entrepreneurs Learned Yes Really

To help you focus, to help you really understand what you're doing, you have to say no a lot. When you say yes to everything, you get distracted. When you say no, you have to get the one thing you're doing really right. Tony Fadell

You Focus Everything Say Distracted One Thing Understand Doing Lot Yes Get The One Thing Really Help Right Thing

When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing lawn mowers, I learned how things work. Tony Fadell

Work Me Old Build Saw Lawn Through Learned How Repairing Years Five Fixing Grandfather Bikes Paint Things Four

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

Home Business Google Software Resources Scale Nest Global Reach Accelerate Globally Across Platform Growth Services Hardware

If you look at where the tried and true of Silicon Valley VC's are investing, it's in people who understand what it takes, who've been through it and have a network of people they can tap and resources to pull together. Tony Fadell

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

Life Buy People Those Understand How Want Products Things Applicable

It can't be that difficult to build a great thermostat. So I decided to figure out: What would the thermostat for the iPhone generation look like? I got this bug. It really infected my brain. I kept thinking about it. This could be a cool product that matters and a cool product that has a great business. Tony Fadell

Great Business Generation Build Matters Difficult Thinking Great Business Out Would About Could Like Look Bug Got iPhone Brain Infected Decided Really Product Figure Cool Kept

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.' Tony Fadell

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. Tony Fadell

Great People World Amazing Mind Seen Google Way Projects Kid Has-Been Kinds About Factory Knew Idea Like Know Great Way Were Been Blown Going Candy Candy Store Store Anything Interesting Them Interesting Things Now Things

I don't want the iPod to be my defining thing. Tony Fadell

Defining iPod Want Thing

If you don't have an emotionally engaging design for a device, no one will care about it. Tony Fadell

You Care Will Design About No-One Emotionally Device Engaging

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