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EPISODE TRACKLIST
0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Mark’s vision when he was young
3:20 - Mark’s definition of success
4:55 - Mark’s backstory and business career
5:25 - Getting involved with UTR
9:00 - Running UTR tennis tournaments
9:55 - What Mark wanted to bring to UTR
12:10 - Becoming CEO
13:50 - How to change an entire industry
16:50 - What the pickleball ecosystem needs
19:10 - Why pickleball needs UTR
22:30 - The adoption curve
24:20 - UTR’s rating system
30:30 - How players can use their rating
33:00 - New events and more coming soon
34:00 - Will UTR use ALL tournament results?
35:50 - USA Pickleball partnership
38:50 - APP Partnership
42:15 - The social impact of ratings in sports
45:50 - What is the deal with the name?
48:10 - Finding the right people for your team
51:16 - How to successfully manage many ventures at once
53:10 - Mark’s view on who the GOAT of tennis is
55:05 - The skill Mark attributes most of his success to