Wait until they have a choice of going out of business or laying people off.

Also most small companies are investor backed. I assure you that their investors don’t care about you.

The CEO of the 1.5 million employee company I work for doesn’t know me from Adam.

But small structures are the norm, or at least very common, aren't they? There are plenty of established, small to medium businesses out there. Someone for whom this is important can certainly find a job like that within one of those.