Family-owned businesses often face the unique challenge of adapting to current trends and practices while remaining true to the company’s original mission. For three generations, Klenswite Pools & Spas management say they have focused unwaveringly on their customers, even in the face of dramatic shifts in the market.
Javier Payan was just 21 years old when he started Payan Pool Service in 1987.
While the 2008 economic downturn brought a host of challenges to the pool industry, Justin Bowie used the time to his advantage. Bowie established JMax Plumbing, a swimming pool plumbing and remodeling subcontractor in Tempe, Arizona, in 2010 after working for a number of years at another local pool plumbing company. There, he started as…
In 1990, when Erik Eikevik was 9 years old, his father sent him to help Gary Kaplan work on a pool. “I remember as a child my dad says, ‘You’re gonna go with this guy you’ve never met [and learn about pools],’ ” Erik recalls of how his father introduced him to the family pool…
Great Valley Pool Service is celebrating a 30-year legacy of success and hard work. What started as a small garage-run business has grown into a vibrant, booming company zeroed in on customer satisfaction. Tracy Bond, co-owner of Great Valley Pool Service, came into the industry with what she says was virtually no experience save for…
Poolsure is a Houston-based, family-owned company modernizing pool maintenance for commercial pools through chemical automation. Poolsure is part of The Aquasol Companies, which started with Aquasol Controllers in 1975. It designed one of the first pool chemical controllers, which it still manufactures today and is ever-evolving with the latest advances. In 2015, the company acquired…
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”