Is it just me? Or do others feel that something is not right when analysts talk about a Big Company as though it were a growth company. There is a lot of talk about AOL, and a lot of articles, like this one from the New York Times. So, AOL's subscriber growth rate has started to decline. What did analysts expect? Yes, you have an initial period of strong growth, then you reach saturation and the growth rate slows.
I think the thing that bothers me about talk of Big Companies as if they were growth companies is the notion that Big Companies are just too powerful already. The idea that they can continue to grow suggests that they will continue to control more and more of our lives. I prefer to see growth from smaller innovative companies.
Posted by Doug Sauder at April 15, 2002 10:01 PM