Tony Fadell — Stories of Steve Jobs, Product Design, Good Assholes vs. Bad Assholes, and More

Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez

“I was reading a book called Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez. It's one of my favorite non-fiction books.”— Tim Ferriss

Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

John Doerr

“this is a great great place to start, which gives a great overview. Speed and Scale. That's John Doerr's latest compilation. I think that's a really great one.”— Tony Fadell

The Hundred-Year Marathon

Michael Pillsbury

“I've been reading books like the 100-year marathon. That's by Michael Pillsbury. Those are two really great books that people should read.”— Tony Fadell

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Ray Dalio

“I'm also been really fascinated by the changing world order by Ray Dalio. these books do a great job of illuminating those things.”— Tony Fadell

TurnTide

Turntide Technologies (inferred)

“So, one company that we invested in is TurnTide. And we've been there well before they before they were named TurnTide.”— Tony Fadell

Menlo Micro

Menlo Microsystems (inferred)

“Another company that we're in is called MenloMicro. MenloMicro's all about the distribution of electricity from place to place.”— Tony Fadell

Redwood Materials

“Some people are looking at it now, battery recyclers are getting into the act, like Redwood Materials, those kinds of things.”— Tony Fadell

Stripe

“I've looked very closely at what Stripe has done, which I think is really innovative and inspiring.”— Tim Ferriss

Climeworks

“And we see Climeworks and we see other people trying to put up these big factories, so to speak, to suck in air and take out CO2.”— Tony Fadell

Charm Industrial

“I want to say that one, you know, Charm Industrial would fall into the second category, I believe, and I've been quite impressed by them.”— Tim Ferriss

Carboculture

“So, there's another one called Carboculture. They're also doing the biochar. So, Carboculture is there. And they're doing it en masse.”— Tony Fadell

Remora Carbon

“I heard of one recently and I can't speak to the company. I haven't done any diligence on this at all, but great name. It's called Remora Carbon.”— Tim Ferriss

My Climate Journey

“There's also things like My Climate Journey. Talks about people who are in the industry and trying to solve things.”— Tony Fadell

Skype

Microsoft (inferred)

“we we go between WhatsApp and we go between of all things Skype. We started on Skype years ago before all of this other stuff. And it works.”— Tony Fadell

WhatsApp

Meta (inferred)

“So, interestingly enough, we go between WhatsApp and we go between of all things Skype.”— Tony Fadell