Playbook for Success

Welcome to "Playbook for Success," the ultimate podcast for professionals in the realms of kids activities, play, childcare, sports, leisure, and beyond.

Hosted by industry veteran Mark Rasche and digital marketing expert Mike Roberts, this podcast is your go-to resource for invaluable insights, strategies, and stories from inspiring leaders in these dynamic sectors.

Join us as we sit down with experts, entrepreneurs, and innovators to uncover the secrets to success, navigate through failures, and glean essential learnings from their journeys.

Whether you're seeking to get to the next level, build a thriving business, achieve your ambitions, or strike the perfect balance between work and life among many other things, "Playbook for Success" is your roadmap to excellence. Tune in and let's learn from the playbook together.

Contributors

Host

Mark Rasche

Mark Rasche is a director of Sport & Activity Professionals and for the last 13 years has consulted, trained, coached and mentored clients in the kids activities, sport, health, leisure, recreation and franchise sectors. He’s helped clients to build their businesses, market to schools, nurseries and parents and prior to running a consultancy, he helped build a large kids activities business in sport, that marketed to schools/nurseries and parents and was franchised to 61 countries around the world.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrasche/

Host

Mike Roberts

With a keen ear for detail and a passion for storytelling, Mike specialises in transforming raw audio into polished episodes that captivate listeners. As the founder of Making Digital Real Ltd, he brings a wealth of experience in digital marketing, ensuring each podcast not only sounds great but also reaches its maximum audience potential.

Whether it's cutting through the noise or enhancing the narrative, Mike's expert editing skills are instrumental in bringing each episode to life.

https://vault.makingdigitalreal.co.uk/

Guests

Guest

Mark Mollenbeck

Mark Mollenbeck is the Managing Director of Booking Autopilot, an innovative platform built to streamline bookings, payments, communications, and marketing for children’s activity providers – especially those operating across franchise networks. Originally from Australia and now based in the UK, Mark brings a strong background in banking, corporate finance, and technology to the world of play and leisure.

With a sharp eye for process improvement and a commitment to simplicity through smart automation, Mark leads Booking Autopilot’s mission to reduce admin, enhance customer experiences, and support scalable growth. He’s also undertaken in-depth research into AI adoption in the kids activity and franchise space, giving him a unique lens on where the sector is headed next.

https://bookingautopilot.com/

Guest

Nick Wild

Nick Wild is a creative technologist, entrepreneur, and content innovator with a rich career at the intersection of music, media, education, and technology. From launching pioneering children’s music projects on early YouTube (racking up hundreds of millions of views) to working with beloved brands like Ragdoll and The Wombles, Nick has always been ahead of the curve in content and IP development.

Today, he leads a content creation agency for educational publishers and co-runs a software company developing AI-powered tools for platforms, franchises, and providers in the children’s sector. Passionate about embracing new technology without losing the human touch, Nick is a strong advocate for AI as a tool for creativity, efficiency, and business growth – not a replacement for it.