Tech Startup 1998: Google

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11 Rules in a garage

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There were some rules in Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard's famous garage:

Believe you can change the world, work quickly.
Keep the tools unlocked and work whenever.
Know when to work alone and when to work together.
Share tools and ideas. Trust your colleagues.
No Politics. No bureaucracy. (These are ridiculous in a garage).
The customer defines a job well done.
Radical ideas are not bad ideas.
Invent different ways of working.
Make a contribution every day. If it doesn’t contribute, it doesn’t leave the garage.
Believe that together we can do anything.
Invent.

Today we've got great tools to share knowledge and ideas. It's easy to test things out on the web and keeping in touch with customers. But it's getting more complicated to work alone, not to do politics and having time to invent.

What Do You think - is it easier inventing things these days?

Streaming from ideas to products

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The Palo Alto garage at 367 Addison Avenue is one of the most significant artifacts in Silicon Valley.

Most ideas coming up in an environment like a garage or a coffee bar. But turning or better streaming an idea into a market ready product is long way.

I experienced that the most simple tools help you faster to get Your idea ready. Two simple tools I'm using are pencil and paper, because

» I'm faster in sketching my ideas, e.g. workflows
» There's no need for the web or electricity
» I can work outside on a sunny day which is not possible with my MacBook Pro

What simple tools are You using?