What I like about "big before small" is that while you can't replicate what the big company does, you can selectively adopt certain "big company lessons, tools,

What I like about "big before small" is that while you can't replicate what the big company does, you can selectively adopt certain "big company lessons, tools, processes" at a startup. At a big company, you also may gain a view into how scale works to understand where your changes at a startup will have the most bang for your buck.