Mark Leschly, successful entrepreneur, CEO, sports team owner, and sports technology legend Mark Leschly sits down to talk about his story, and how UTR Sports is changing the pickleball world forever.

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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