The Pace Of Change Continues To Accelerate

It took 50 years for markets to consolidate down to a few dominant players. Now it takes ten.

Countless industries went through gradual reorganization from hundreds or thousands of small players down to a couple of giants. But until very recently, the keyword was “gradual.” There’s no longer going to be a monopoly in each industry. In the next ten years, I expect to see about 100 dominant players in 50 distinct markets worldwide, in most cases with a duopoly of two giants per market.

Those giants won’t be equally strong. The first company to establish a Data-Driven Digital Networks (DDDN) will usually apply its first-mover advantage to take about half of the total addressable market. A second, more reactionary player will take about a quarter of the total addressable market. The remaining 30% (give or take) will go to small players who find ways to survive but have no hope of catching up to the giants. The monopoly has now become a duopoly.

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