Startups are young and formless for the first couple of years. You may have a solid business plan and an operations strategy in place, but there’s nothing confining you to those structures. Big corporations are forced to keep their models the same to keep the board of directors, the investors and their customer base happy. As a startup, you can do whatever you want.
This agility comes in handy when something disrupts the industry, such as a new technological development or an even newer competitor. Big businesses must absorb the blow and respond slowly as their massive gears begin to turn. As a startup, you can turn on a dime and rebuild everything from the ground up, if necessary.