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My 2 cents. We've found that a smoother transition and long pocket - with push, is the best set up for teaching the 3.
Timmy, in that video, the Yellow is significantly faster than the wake so you're tending to be on the brakes the whole time. The rear leg heavy stance will make exiting the 3 harder, plus it's almost impossible to break the fins loose.
If I were in the boat, I'd have you try a few things. First, if you had a slightly slower board, I'd try that as my first option.
If that didn't work, I'd try two more things. You are getting a good start, but the last part of the rotation is where you are losing it. You can see how the rotation just seems to stop at about 180 and is then really slow. The first thing I'd have you do is leave that trailing hand in the water longer. As you go to do the rotation, try to focus on rotating around that trailing hand - leave it in as long as you can - hopefully, you'll get a rotation that feels like you over-rotated, then, it's just moderating that length of time that trailing hand is in the water.
Lastly, if that didn't seem to change anything, I'd have you go to a spot slight behind where you want to start the rotation and then bend both legs. Not like squats, but a slight bend in both legs like you're preparing to move quickly. Then shift your weight, place slightly more weight on the front foot, by bending that leg more and compensating by straightening out the back leg a little bit. It shouldn't be like boning on a wakeboard, just slightly more weight forward achieved by bending that front leg a tad.
Doing that will cause the board to take off, but it also does two more things. One is that it sets you up for the exit, where you seem to have the problem. You'll want your weight on that front foot coming out of the rotation to regain your speed. The other thing that it will do for many folks, is to unweight the fins. Rather than carving that slow 360, you'll want to basically feel the board spinning in place.
When you do that first 360, it will feel effortless, the board will just spin in one spot and then the fins grab again bringing you out of the 3.
I hope that helps!
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If none of the above is working for you, try pushing the tail around as you enter the 3, using your rear leg. It's a little tricky, but can help with getting that rotation. What you want to do is push in the direction of the spin, which is counter-clockwise, with your rear foot. The timing on this is a bit critical, you need to hold off until after you've entered the rotation, but while your hand is still in the water so that the "force" of your rear foot is directed at rotating the board rather than just sliding in some random direction. 
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