Andrew NG states that “large companies are slower than startups for many reasons. But why are even 3-person, scrappy teams within large companies slower than startups of a similar size? One major reason is that large companies have more to lose, and cannot afford for a small team to build and ship a feature that leaks sensitive information, damages the company brand, hurts revenue, invites regulatory scrutiny, or otherwise damages an important part of the business. But if engineers need sign-off from 5 vice presidents before they’re even allowed to launch a minimum viable product to run an experiment, how can they ever discover what customers want, iterate quickly, or invent any meaningful new product?” He recommends a way out of this conundrum. They can create a sandbox environment for teams to experiment in a way that strictly limits the downside risk. Link