Pickleball Business Life
Based on Long Island, NY, Pickleball Business Life brings the worlds of pickleball and business together. Hosted by Rocket Rich (Richard Simanoff), a wholesale insurance broker and Pistol Pete (Pete Avella), a furniture broker, the show features conversations with people from all corners of the business world who also share a love for pickleball.
From careers and entrepreneurship to success, setbacks, controversial takes, and pickleball talk, Rocket Rich and Pistol Pete keep the conversations fun and unpredictable.
Whether you own a business, work in one, love pickleball, or just enjoy a good conversation, there’s something here for you.
New episodes drop two Fridays a month.
For guest inquiries/collabs, email pickleballbusinesslife@gmail.com
Episodes
10 episodes
Episode 7: What Happens When a Tennis Players Picks Up a Paddle
On today’s episode, Pistol Pete and Rocket Rich sit down with Vicente Nastasi at Pickle N Par Club in Melville. Originally from Venezuela, Vicente shares his journey through three countries and three racket sports: tennis in Venezuela, padel in...
Trailer: What Happens When a Tennis Player Picks Up a Paddle
Streaming tomorrow at 6pm EST on YouTube and all Podcast platforms.
Episode 6: Why People Are Booking Flights Just To Play Pickleball
What if your next pickleball game could take you to Italy, Portugal, Bermuda, or even a cruise down the Danube? This week we sit down with Haley Goldsmith, travel advisor and founder of Papillon Destinations & Company Inc. to ex...
Trailer: Why People are Booking Flights Just To Play Pickleball
People are traveling to just play pickleball? Stay tuned to hear all about this topic tomorrow with Haley Goldsmith at 6pm EST.
Episode 5: What Happens When You Quit Your Job to Open a Pickleball Facility
Today on Pickleball Business Life, Rocket Rich and Pistol Pete sit down with Lauren Redmond from Harbor Pickleball. Lauren shares how her father's obsession with the sport pulled her in, how her media career led to an unexpected entrepren...
Trailer: What Happens When You Quit Your Job To Open A Pickleball Facility
You ever wondered what happens when you quit your job to open a pickleball facility? Stay tuned for tomorrow at 6pm EST where we sit down with Lauren Redmond, the owner of Harbor Pickleball.
Episode 4: The DUPR Rating Debate: is it accurate or just confusing?
This week we're joined by Alyson McDonough and Daniel Poblete from Next Rally Pickleball, a pickleball event company bringing tournaments, social plays, and play with the pro events to Long Island. Next Rally's upcoming charity even...
Episode 3: How to Actually Get Better at Pickleball
Rocket Rich and Pistol Pete sit down with Andrew Ritter, General Manager and Eric Handelman, Manager at Pickle N Par Club on Long Island, NY for a deep dive into the world of pickleball. The guys cover how Andrew and Eric got started in the spo...
Episode 2: We Met the CEO Of Dinur Cosmetics
On today’s episode, we’re joined by the CEO of Dinur Cosmetics, David Grinburg. We dive into who he is outside the pickleball court, advice he would give to new business owners, the story behind Dinur Cosmetics, and the experiences ...