Big Company or Small Company

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Big Company orSmall Company

• Which One Is Right For You?

Presented by Eric Camulli Director of
Technology Virtual Hold Technology, LLC
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What drives big companies?

• Stock price
• Quarterly earnings
• Profits
• Size
• Market share
• Analysts expectations

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What drives small companies?

• The need to create
• The need to build
• The need to grow
• The need to focus
• The need to fill a need

What drives you?
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Whats it like at a small company?

• Doing whatever it takes
• Wearing many hats
• Making more with less
• Making it up as you go
• Pushing the envelope

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The Pros and Cons of a Big Company

• PROS
• Job function is narrowly focused
• Wide product portfolio
• Well defined processes
• Surrounded by experience
• Stock options
• Training programs
• Perceived safety in numbers

• CONS
• You can hide
• Hard to control your destiny
• Job function is narrowly focused
• Subject to downsizing and mass layoffs
• More bureaucracy
• More Politics
• Cronyism
• Perceived safety in numbers

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The Pros and Cons of a Small Company

• PROS
• Outwit, outsmart (nimble)
• Adaptable
• Cant hide
• Easier to control your destiny
• Ground floor opportunity
• Less process and restriction
• You make a difference
• Less bureaucracy
• Less politics
• Highly focused effort produces best of breed
  solutions

• CONS
• Less process and restriction
• Limited capital
• Nepotism
• Slop options
• Narrow product portfolio
• Managing and controlling growth (catch-22)

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When Small Becomes Big

• Because of focus, small companies develop best in
  breed products and services. These are eventually
  acquired by big companies who are looking to
  acquire new technology and customers.
• Small company culture is assimilated and lost.
• Inventiveness dissipates due to process and
  restrictions
• Some leave to start the cycle all over again
• Small companies that grow may go IPO
• Preparation requires huge culture change
  (accounting and reporting)

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How Does Virtual Hold Technology Manage Growth?

• Bend, dont break
• Dont settle for less when hiring
• Take time to train new employees
• Implement team building activities

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• Thank you!
• Any questions?