18 must-read audiobook books like Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell

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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d…

If you liked the audiobook plot in Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt

1. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

By: Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding

Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • business
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • management
  • leadership

2. Against the Odds: An Autobiography

By: James Dyson

3.32

Format: None pages, Paperback

The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more

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  • biography
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
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3. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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4. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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5. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

By: Tony Fadell

4.33

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • business
  • biography
  • leadership
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • management
  • technology
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6. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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7. The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

By: Andrew Chen

4.19

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen H… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • leadership
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • management
  • technology
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8. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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9. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

By: Colin Bryar

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best p… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • biography
  • leadership
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • technology
"I can say confidently that the extra time we spent slowing down to uncover the necessary truths was ultimately a faster path to a large and successful business."

-Colin Bryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

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10. The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

By: Sebastian Mallaby

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year  Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Ec… read more

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  • audiobook
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
"The first notable spinout was Kathy Xu, another woman who managed to flourish in China's venture industry. Rather than studying in the United States, Xu had experienced U.S. instruction at Nanjing Un…"

-Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

Cover of The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob  Fitzpatrick

11. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

By: Rob Fitzpatrick

4.37

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say y… read more

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  • self help
  • business
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • management
  • audiobook
"The world’s most deadly fluff is: “I would definitely buy that."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Compliments are the fool’s gold of customer learning: shiny, distracting, and entirely worthless."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

"Trying to learn from customer conversations is like excavating a delicate archaeological site. The truth is down there somewhere, but it’s fragile."

-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

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12. Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

By: Frank Slootman

4.07

Format: 208 pages, ebook

Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerThe secret to leading growth is you… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • business
  • biography
  • leadership
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • technology
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13. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

By: Marty Cagan

4.24

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

The basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very diff… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • leadership
  • entrepreneurship
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • management
  • technology
Cover of Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Teresa  Torres

14. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Torres's Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value book and Tony Fadell's Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

  • self help
  • business
  • technology
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  • design
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  • leadership
Cover of Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri

15. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

By: Melissa Perri

4.30

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric pr… read more

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  • business
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  • design
  • management
  • technology
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16. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

By: Jimmy Soni

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER National Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups by Ali Tamaseb

17. Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups

By: Ali Tamaseb

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Super Founders  uses a data-driven approach to understand what really differentiates billion-dollar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt

18. Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

By: Eric Schmidt

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • management
  • leadership
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19. Make Something Wonderful

By: Steve Jobs

4.49

Format: 194 pages, ebook

Steve Jobs in his own words A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondenc… read more

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"I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not disco…"

-Steve Jobs, Make Something Wonderful

Cover of After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul by Tripp Mickle

20. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

By: Tripp Mickle

4.10

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the pass… read more

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  • design
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda

21. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

By: Ken Kocienda

4.06

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. Hundreds… read more

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21 must-read nonfiction books like Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell

Transform Your Habits

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard P. Rumelt

4.13

Against the Odds: An Autobiography

James Dyson

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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11 Top audiobook books like Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda

Transform Your Habits

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It

April Dunford

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Colin Bryar

4.22

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