Early stage companies have to get a few critical decisions right despite making many mistakes along the way.
Big companies that move fast face the same reality - lots of poor decisions, but with longer feedback loops. Existing processes and captured customers delay the 'no' that startups hear immediately.
By the time big companies realize they've failed, there's post-hoc rationalization and distributed accountability to soften the blow.
Founders can't hide. Decisions are exposed. Failures are immediate.
That brutal transparency fires me up every day.