The Power of Six
There are many examples of how factors of six can be very powerful. For example, bees construct their hive in the shape of the six-sided hexagon, because the hexagon is the most efficient, least wasteful shape found in nature. There are examples in business too. There is a Big 6 in media - GE (NBC), Disney (ABC), CBS, News Corp (Fox), Time Warner (CNN) and Viacom. These six companies control over 90% of our media - what we read, watch or listen to. There is also a Big 6 in high-tech. Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Netflix touch nearly anyone with a smartphone or computer. They have a combined market capitalization of $4 trillion - these six companies represent only 6% of the Nasdaq 100 companies, but carry nearly 40% of the index value.