Tony Fadell Quotes

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Tony Fadell

Profession : Inventor

Birth : March 22, 1969

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use 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

No amount of data will tell you if a feature should be in the product, because it doesn't exist. You need to have a very clear leader with a clear point of view... otherwise, you get a mishmash of features and stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense.

Tony Fadell

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

Tony Fadell

I used to work about 100 hours a week; now it's about 70. But 40 hours? Forget about it. Either you're all in, or your not.

Tony Fadell

I've learnt something from every failure. The products I helped design at the first two companies I worked for were utter failures. But now I know why.

Tony Fadell