A startup is not a smaller version of a large company. Steve Blank
The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years. Bill Gates
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? J. Paul Getty
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation. Peter Diamandis
Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel? Vinod Khosla
Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company. Madagascan Proverb