Build
An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
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Narrated by:
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Roger Wayne
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By:
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Tony Fadell
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.
So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box.
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work - from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs deciding whether to sell their companies - Build is full of personal stories, practical advice and fascinating insights into some of the most impactful products and people of the 20th century.
Each quick 5-20 page entry builds on the previous one, charting Tony's personal journey from a product designer to a leader, from a startup founder to an executive to a mentor. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very first iPod and iPhone. Every chapter is designed to help readers with a problem they're facing right now - how to get funding for their startup, whether to quit their job or not, or just how to deal with the jerk in the next cubicle.
Tony forged his path to success alongside mentors like Steve Jobs and Bill Campbell, icons of Silicon Valley who succeeded time and time again. But Tony doesn't follow the Silicon Valley credo that you have to reinvent everything from scratch to make something great. His advice is unorthodox because it's old school. Because Tony's learned that human nature doesn't change.
You don't have to reinvent how you lead and manage - just what you make. And Tony's ready to help everyone make things worth making.
© Tony Fadell 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critic reviews
Tony Fadell has made more cool stuff than almost anyone else in the history of Silicon Valley, and in Build he tells us how. This is the most fun - and the most fascinating - memoir of curiosity and invention that I've ever read.
Malcolm Gladwell, Host of the Revisionist History podcast. Author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers.
Tony Fadell is one of the world's great experts in starting companies and creating insanely great products. He's distilled his wisdom in this book, providing wildly useful mentorship in a delightfully readable set of stories.
Walter Isaacson,
Author & Biographer of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein & Leonardo DaVinci
Tony Fadell distills his epic career into refreshingly candid, often contrarian advice that you can put into practice right away. Whether you're looking to build a great product, a creative team, a strong culture, or a meaningful career, Tony's guidance will get you thinking and rethinking.
Adam Grant,
Author of Think Again & Host of the TED podcast WorkLife
Super hacks for building a team, building a company [and] how to spot a good idea. All of the chapters are 10/10 solid gold. This book is fantastic.
Chris Evans
Tony Fadell is the legendary technologist, engineer and entrepreneur who's lived so many lives in the pressure-cooker of Silicon Valley bringing visionary ideas into existence, one after another. The chance to now share his insights, instincts and wisdom is essential reading and a precious gift for any inventor hungry to change the world.
Thomas Heatherwick,
Award Winning Designer & Founder Heatherwick Studio
Based on hard won, real life lessons as an entrepreneur, Tony Fadell's Build delivers priceless advice for any young person who wants to build something great or change the world for the better. I wish I had this book when I was 21.
Ben Horowitz,
Founding Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
A highly personal and sparky guide to building your career and creating cool stuff.
John Thornhill, Financial Times
With 30+ years of experience in Silicon Valley and 300 patents to his name, Fadell has been part of epic successes-and failures-and this book is full of stories, insights and lessons related to them
Josh Rubin,
Cool Hunting
If you're at all interested in the history of tech and the products that made it so, Build is a must-read. We've not seen anything of this scale published before, so any tech fans should snap it up'
Stuff
Unlike a lot of business books, this books doesn’t endlessly reiterate common sense and waste your time. Build treats the world of building business (or anything really) like the multi faceted problem it is, there are no right answers and their are a thousand pit falls.
Hearing actionable knowledge from Tony Fadell who created Nest and worked with Apple on the iPhone and iPod is pretty amazing. (Check out the Tim ferris episode if you want more)
Added bonus the narrator was great, I much prefer authors narrating their own work but this is one of the better performances by far.
Business book of 2022
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It can be frustrating when a book is spun out of a single idea however what this book brilliantly does is give you insight and guidance for all aspects of your business life . It is genuinely a cut above the vast majority of publications.
I am an avid user of Audible I use my travel time to continuously educate myself.
With Build it’s so much more it’s an encyclopaedia for running and growing your business . I quickly decided I would buy the hardback, take into work and always have for guidance.
Well done Tony , outstanding job
A lifetime of advice
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Recommended for any business founder or entrepreneur.
Thought provoking and educational
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Thought provoking
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Reason its not a perfect 15/15: bit too long. Taken me a while to get through it. I’ll probably get the paperback as it does say in the intro its a toolkit of sorts to refer back to.
Common sense on steroids
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