#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  . 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/ . Andrew Petcash: 🏠 Website: https://profluence.com 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/ Thanks for listening! Hit the “follow” button to stay up to date on new podcasts.