Just for the comparison, salesforce's revenue is ~$13B. At current profit rate, ( including that of tableau ), they can generate $15B in about 30 year, may be 20 year given growth and inflation. I run a small business, I don't think I would be able to generate equivalent of deal, nor my banker/investor allowed such a investment, no matter what growth would look like.
Ultimately my take is, small business usually take growth from someone else most of the time ( i.e. new restaurant steal customer from another old customer ), instead of generating brand new growth, while bigger business are actually creating - or - consolidating whole industry for growth in a society-positive way in the long run. ( like uber ).
Still somewhere I would wish I can replicate such method of growth for small businesses.
Wow. I think that’s a very insightful perspective, but come away with a very different perspective:
Big companies play by very different rules than small ones, especially big tech companies right now, and I don’t see consolidation being (broadly) socially positive at all really.
Ultimately my take is, small business usually take growth from someone else most of the time ( i.e. new restaurant steal customer from another old customer ), instead of generating brand new growth, while bigger business are actually creating - or - consolidating whole industry for growth in a society-positive way in the long run. ( like uber ).
Still somewhere I would wish I can replicate such method of growth for small businesses.