EPISODE · May 13, 2026 · 9 MIN
Chapter 20 - The Neutral Connector
from The Convergence · host Robert Eberhard
Bell's patents expired in 1894, and six thousand telephone companies fragment a network that only works when it is one network. Visa, Stripe, and AWS followed the pattern that follows: fragmentation, neutral connector, interoperability, compounding value. The most defensible position in the sports technology stack is not the most powerful one. It is the most trusted one. Trust cannot be purchased or replicated at any speed.
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Bell's patents expired in 1894, and six thousand telephone companies fragment a network that only works when it is one network. Visa, Stripe, and AWS followed the pattern that follows: fragmentation, neutral connector, interoperability, compounding value. The most defensible position in the sports technology stack is not the most powerful one. It is the most trusted one. Trust cannot be purchased or replicated at any speed.
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