Pool People
Real conversations with pool service professionals. Every episode, we sit down with pool pros - business owners, technicians, industry veterans - and talk about what it actually takes to build and run a pool service business.
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Pool People #10: Dewey Case — The Science and Standards Behind Safer Pools (opens the original)
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Dewey Case, Aquatics Coordinator for Williamson County Parks and Recreation and Technical Director of the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code, explains the science, standards, and operational judgment behind safer public pools. Dewey and Parker discuss leading a 230-person aquatics staff, when to call a commercial specialist, county bid requirements, the knowledge technicians need, emerging research on filtration, Legionella, indoor air, and cyanuric acid, what the Model Aquatic Health Cod
Pool People #9: Poolify — Building a Tech-Enabled Pool Service Company (opens the original)
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Poolify CEO Rahul Mangalore and COO Ravi Kurani explain how they are building a tech-enabled pool service company by acquiring strong local routes, learning the field work firsthand, and modernizing operations without losing customer trust. Rahul, Ravi, and Parker discuss what running 100 pools teaches you, three-person route crews, the limits of phone-based field software, customer onboarding after an acquisition, what Poolify looks for in route sellers, route diligence, service and repair econ
Pool People #8: Grant Baldwin — Buying Pool Routes and Building Best Day Pools (opens the original)
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Grant Baldwin, founder of Best Day Pools and The Speaker Lab and host of The Pool Pros Podcast, joins Pool Dial founder Parker Conley for a collaborative conversation about entering the pool industry from two very different directions. Parker explains why he chose pool-service software, how he thinks about established competitors and fast-moving new tools, and what it feels like to build without “chlorine in his veins.” Grant shares his transition from professional speaking to acquiring pool rou
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