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Oct 6

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#211 How Playtomic Became the World’s #1...

Marcus Filipsson

About this episode

Welcome to episode 211 of Sports Management Podcast.

Today’s guest is Pablo Carro. The co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Playtomic - the world's leading app for racket sport players and clubs.

We spoke about:

Why he started Playtomic
How to avoid the Swedish example
The benefits of competition
Becoming the leading company in the field
Their US expansion plans

And much more!

Time stamps:

00:01 Intro
00:47 Playtomic Origin story
03:19 Social DNA of Padel & how tech mirrors it
05:13 Scaling globally – passion & persistence
10:27 Sweden’s rise & fall – the social lesson
13:24 Competition makes you stronger
15:29 U.S. expansion – 200 clubs in months
19:13 PwC Global Padel Report insights
28:58 Asia is next – India & China potential
30:00 Outro

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