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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: belief
7 Jun 2026 Lenny's Podcast Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell
“You are so into marketing that piece of building that I think a lot of builders don't think about at all.”
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- Speaker
- Lenny Rachitsky
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 7 Jun 2026
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…Oh, the iPod wasn't big enough. It took three generations of the iPod before it became successful. You got to fail a few times until you find your way. You are so into marketing that piece of building that I think a lot of builders don't think about at all. The technology's in service of the customer, not we're going to jam the technology down the customer's throat. A customer only sees what they see through the lens of marketing.…
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