Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell

"An advice encyclopedia and mentor in a box from the legendary creator of the iPod, iPhone, and Nest."

Every career hit, project fork in the road, or leadership crisis requires a seasoned mentor—someone who has been in the trenches, knows exactly how wobbly things get, and tells it to you straight. In Build, Silicon Valley titan Tony Fadell delivers decades of battle-tested wisdom on design, product creation, team building, and entrepreneurship.

After spending his first ten years failing spectacularly, Fadell spent the next twenty building some of the most iconic, category-defining consumer devices in history. Rather than pushing corporate jargon or flashy Silicon Valley gimmicks, Fadell’s advice is intentionally unorthodox and grounded in human nature and practical execution.

Structured as an accessible advice manual, this book walks you through:

• Career Decisions: How to choose jobs and navigate early-stage career growth.

• Management & Leadership: How to transition from an individual contributor to a great manager.

• Product Design: How to approach product development, user experience, and storytelling.

• Startups & Scale-ups: How to start a company, pitch ideas, run operations, and handle devastating setbacks.

Engaging, candid, and packed with real-world stories of monumental triumphs and mistakes, Build is an essential guide for entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, and anyone striving to build things that matter.