I had a similar experience when I worked as a contractor in a big corporations coming from a start-up background. You could tell that the corporation had a diff

I had a similar experience when I worked as a contractor in a big corporations coming from a start-up background. You could tell that the corporation had a different risk appetite than a start-up. At a start-up, your highest risk is running out of runway. At a corporation, your income is rather safe, so your biggest risk is getting sued. No point launching a product one year early, if it costs 4% of your total annual income.