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Mid-market ERP: the incumbents are selling stability to buyers who now want motion

Power & incumbents

The switching-cost moat still holds, but it is being paid for in roadmap credibility. Every quarter the incumbents spend defending legacy modules is a quarter the challengers spend shipping agent-native workflows — and procurement teams have started writing “AI-operable” into RFPs they used to copy-paste.

The signals in this kit point the same direction: two of the three regulation moves captured this spring lower the cost of leaving, not the cost of staying.

The opening: sell migration as a product, not a service. The vendor who makes leaving safe owns the next five years of switching.

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01Capital & positionWho holds the power resources, and where are they misallocated?
02Evolution & value chainWhat is commoditizing, and where is the build-vs-buy line?
03Power & incumbentsWhose grip is weakening, and what would a challenger do?
04Legitimacy & normsWhat counts as legitimate here, and which norms are shifting?
05Aesthetics & tasteWhat is becoming cringe, and what is the emerging taste signal?

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