Barry Frank
Owner
Barry served as a Marine combat swimmer and a SWAT sniper, then turned $500 into a company that has run for 27 years. He owns several businesses and brings that operator's eye to every client.
We built our own brand first
Club13 Studios started inside a pickleball club, and that's still where we test everything.
Our story
Club13 Pickleball needed a brand, a website, software to run the club, screens on the walls, a network that holds up on a busy night and socials people actually watch. So we built all of it ourselves.
Along the way, other business owners started asking who did our work. The answer was us, so we made it official.
Club13 Studios brings that same all-in-one approach to small and growing businesses: sports, lifestyle and consumer brands, teams, colleges and Greek organizations, and franchise operators.
The team
Paden Portillo
Strategy & Tech
Paden spent 10+ years in Austin startups across fintech, banking, telecom and consulting, and leads an AI team at a cybersecurity company. A UX engineer by trade, he built Club13's software, website, digital signage and network.
Mike Gould
Creative Director
Mike has done creative work on brands including DIRECTV, the Dallas Stars, IBM, 7-Eleven, Dave & Buster's, Domino's, Wendy's, Bank of America, Best Buy and Chick-fil-A. He leads the look and feel of everything we make.
Brenda Contreras
Social
Brenda runs Club13's socials, including campaigns with Major League Pickleball (MLP). She knows what makes people stop scrolling and what makes them come back.
Shawn Salyer
Partner — [Role TBD]
[Bio TBD — pending from Shawn]
More than a vendor
We run businesses too, so we know the work doesn't stop at a logo or a website. Growing takes money, partners and the right introductions.
When it helps, we connect clients with financing partners and business contacts from our own network. People we already trust with our own business.
Club13 Studios is part of Club13 Pickleball (BS Pickleball LLC).
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