Tony Fadell Quotes & Sayings

“At the end of the day, customer choice is essential. And we don't make products that compete with Apple, nor make products that compete with Google. Our customers come in both iOS and Android flavors, and I hope our customers can still buy the products they want to purchase wherever they want to purchase them.”

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

“Well, you can say there is a self driving car. I'm seeing the automation of vehicles. Really, computer-assisted driving. I think that is really interesting to us because we are taking all of the sensors technologies and putting them in cars and making people safer.”

“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.”

“Your television has changed, your phone has changed. Why don't these other things you need, that the government tells you you must have in your home, change?”

“Most thermostats are built by plumbing companies. But you really need to understand how to build a phone to make them better.”

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

“In Tahoe, you want to be able check on the temperature of the house or turn it on before you get there. Because it's really cold in the winter.”

“Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.”

“Having kids makes you think about the world differently.”