Tony Fadell is an entprepreneur and investor with a 30+ history in designing products that profoundly improve people's lives. He is the founder and former CEO of Nest, the company that pioneered the “Internet of Things.” Tony was the SVP of Apple’s iPod Division and led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Throughout his career Tony has authored more than 300 patents. Today, Tony's primary focus is as Principal of Future Shape, which coaches over 200+ startups innovating game-changing technologies. "When you're doing something the world's never seen, most people will misunderstand it because they don't have any model to compare it to. Sometimes you can talk about what you're doing, but other times you can't. And they're just like- they can't relate to it until they see it all in its fully formed thing." - Tony Fadell Highlights from the show: How building innovative products starts with building yourself Continuous self-education as a modality for career growth Why pain is the best place to start building from The Importance of Parenting, Empowerment Read more about Tony's journey and check out his new book, Build: tonyfadell.com Enjoy! --- Today's episode is brought to you by CreativeLive. CreativeLive is the world's largest hub for online creative education in photo/video, art/design, music/audio, craft/maker and the ability to make a living in any of those disciplines. They are high quality, highly curated classes taught by the world’s top experts -- Pulitzer, Oscar, Grammy Award winners, New York Times best selling authors and the best entrepreneurs of our times.