big company

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Elizabeth Weil · across every show →

Everything said about big company, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
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Weil: Conservative Enterprise Clients Block Slack, Remote Access, and Facebook
“And these, this big company said they could never put Slack into an organization where it stands now. They're still on Outlook, and they're not able to log in remotely. They also aren't allowed to access websites like Facebook and bring open that tab.”
Elizabeth Weil Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:47 a16z Podcast | How Big Companies Can Get the Most From Silicon Valley
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Andreessen: A startup's main advantage over big companies is speed
“At best, the thing that a startup can do that a big company can't is they can just be fast.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:48 a16z Podcast | Investing in (Business and Career) Change
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
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Constantinople: Startups lack big-company operational expertise despite aspiring to scale
“A lot of startups don't have that experience of how, how to run, you know, a big company, and that is actually what they all aspire to, so it's sort of ironic.”
Alex Constantinople Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:40 a16z Podcast | Build Your Personal Brand
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Sinofsky: Startups have a major advantage over big companies in GDPR compliance
“Yeah, I really agree with that, because, like, when you're at a big company, and you're hit with GDPR, like, you, I know exactly how this is going to work. Like, you've got all the subsidiaries, and you know, too. Well, you're paralyzed, because you have to, y…”
Steven Sinofsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:16 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR
May 25, 2023
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Ismail: Large companies trigger internal immune responses against self-disruption
“When a big company tries to do anything disruptive, they get an immune system response from the rest of the company and they get attacked.”
Salim Ismail May 25, 2023 ▶ 12:22 The Rise of the Exponential Organization with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail
Aug 14, 2025 neutral
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Bornstein: Enterprises Resist Replacing Core Databases with AI Alternatives
“It's relatively hard to get a big company to swap out their database for some AI powered database, you know, or like, you know, core workflows, billing workflows, whatever, but like these brand new experiences, that's kind of the exciting part of the market an…”
Matt Bornstein Aug 14, 2025 ▶ 30:20 Why AI Characters & Virtual Influencers Are the Next Frontier in Video ft Hedra’s Michael Lingelbach
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