Large Developer = Orchestra Conductor, Small Developer = Band Leader (a video interview).
That is one of the analogies I used to describe how a small developer are different in an recent interview with Ben Stevens. Ben has assembled some great content, including some excellent long form interviews with Andres Duany , Brandon Donnelly, and Witold Rybczynski. Click through to Ben's site and there is a long form interview and some excerpts on Economies of Scale and Economy of Means and a Lightning Round of Q&A.