The people at google or facebook don't poses some secret talent that the rest of us do not. Most senior developers could have built what facebook and google release given enough time and money.
The problem is that you simply can not keep up with 100 developers working full time building the same product as you but giving it out for free.
There's no reason why individual developers would have to compete on their own and cutting down on the immense amounts of red tape one needs to navigate to operate across friendly borders like ca/us/aus/uk/nz or even between states would go a long way to leveling the playing field.
I'd go as far as saying the first 5k of self employed income per year should not be subject to any filing/registration requirements and what registration/regulatory fees and paperwork should be exactly zero for companies with <100 people and <10m in annual revenue. Corporate income taxes too should be no more than 1-2% until >>100 employees and >> 10m annual revenue.
If we want small businesses to thrive and compete with big businesses we need to make it as frictionless as possible.
