6. The customer defines a job well done.

7. Radical ideas are not bad ideas.

8. Invent different ways of working.

9. Make a contribution every day. If it doesn’t contribute, it doesn’t leave the garage.

10. Believe that together we can do anything.

11. Invent.

A recent Fast Company article, “Google Reveals Its 9 Principles of Innovation,” offered a series of productive ideas that any enterprise, large or small, can adopt to borrow Google’s innovative culture for its growth efforts:

1. Innovation comes from anywhere.

2. Focus on the user.

3. Aim to be 10 times better.