&gt; &quot;The big companies may be innovating on the edges, but their established products are all ripe for disruption.&quot;<p>It looks like a cycle. Come up with new product with a small team, add more employees, add more managers, add more cruft, slow down.<p>Then a startup comes along, moving faster, innovating faster, disrupting until it grows and starts to add more employees, add more managers, add more cruft, slow down.<p>And Then a startup comes along ......