

#120: Tito Machado & Scott Mendelssohn, DUPR executives | Building the backbone of pickleball ratings
Coming off an $8M funding round, DUPR is going both downstream and horizontal in pickleball.
DUPR is a rating algorithm and app to find other pickleball players at your skill level. The score ranges from 2 to 8.
Tito Machado is the CEO and Scott Mendelssohn is the Head of Analytics.
Chapters:
(01:10) Entrance into pickleball
(04:45) Company overview
(06:30) Understanding the DUPR score
(09:50) Acquiring users
(12:05) Plan coming off $8M funding
(15:45) Building community & engagement
(20:00) DUPR collegiate championships
(24:20) International expansion
(29:55) Trends to watch in pickleball
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DUPR:
Website: https://mydupr.com/
Tito LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilberto-tito-machado-19004670/
Scott LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mendelssohn-44555150/
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Andrew Petcash:
🏠 Website: https://profluence.com
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/
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