The phrase "as a small operation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a business or organization that is limited in size or scale, often implying a more personal or intimate approach.
Example: "As a small operation, we pride ourselves on providing personalized service to each of our clients."
Alternatives: "as a modest enterprise" or "as a limited-scale business".
Topps began in Manhattan as a small operation in 1940.
South Fallsburg started out, in 1976, as a small operation; SYDA now owns three prewar Catskill hotels.
It began as a small operation in the mid-1980's, when Leonard and Claire Tow decided to organize their annual giving.
She started the Palmyra as a small operation that grew to be a popular meeting place that was part salon, part art gallery and part performance space.
By tying the President's hands on what is planned as a small operation in Syria, Congress would be loosening them for what could be a major war with Iran.
One of them, Famoso Clothing, offers a glimpse of a better future for Myanmar and for Asia.Owned by Daiei Ready Made Clothes Corporation, based in Japan's Nagoya, Famoso was set up in Yangon in 2002 as a small operation to make men's suits exclusively for the Japanese market.
The story follows Mariya Karimjee, a Pakistani woman, as she recounts a small operation she had on a family friend's living room floor.
And we examined CNP and NO, levels in the CSF of the patients who received spinal anesthesia for a small operation as a reference patients.
To diagnose endometriosis properly, a small operation known as a laparoscopy is needed.
Historian Roger Miller, who visited the airfield during this period, describes the airbase as having "a small operations office to check into and out of, a deteriorating and empty mess hall, and about twenty-odd other wooden buildings of World War II vintage".
Bedded pack barns have been used in Vermont as a way for a smaller operation to build manure storage since the state prohibited winter spreading of manure in 1995.
