Small vs Large Businesses

Discussions contrast small businesses and startups with large corporations, highlighting differences in resources, luxuries, capabilities, and how certain practices or issues affect them disproportionately.

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Sample Comments

drugme • Mar 10, 2019 • View on HN

It's definitely more a thing for smaller companies.

TheTester • Sep 15, 2021 • View on HN

considering that this doesnt work for more than start ups and small businesses it makes sense, specially considering a lot of those start ups just vanish before anyone can cash in.

mav3rick • Feb 7, 2019 • View on HN

Not every small business has that luxury.

FlorinAndrei • Feb 9, 2009 • View on HN

Small companies can be just as bad.

jameshart • Aug 18, 2023 • View on HN

Small companies are, indeed, small.

walshemj • Feb 18, 2017 • View on HN

most small companies don't have that luxury or the reserves to do that.

zoobab • Aug 27, 2019 • View on HN

Millions of small companies, not few large ones.

CamperBob2 • May 18, 2012 • View on HN

Look on the bright side: if large companies weren't this screwed up, small businesses and startups wouldn't have a chance.

gsich • Aug 10, 2018 • View on HN

Small minded businesses then I guess.

ramraj07 • May 18, 2020 • View on HN

Hopefully not a problem with small businesses?