At just 20 years old, Bunim Laskin noticed his neighbor’s pool wasn’t getting used and in that moment, an unique business idea was born. In this episode, we sit down with the founder of Swimply, often called “Airbnb for pools,” to unpack how a simple arrangement to help cover pool maintenance costs turned into a venture-backed company spanning the U.S., Canada, and more.

Bunim shares his journey from a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family in Lakewood, NJ (eldest of 12 kids!) to Shark Tank, and the rollercoaster of raising millions, scaling a startup, and weathering the chaos of COVID. We talk about black-market video games in middle school, unconventional beginnings, and what it’s like breaking away from the expected path to create something no one saw coming.

From bootstrapping and bold pitches to battling regulatory challenges and redefining trust in a peer-to-peer marketplace, this is a story of hustle, grit, timing and a little bit of divine poolside intervention.

Whether you're an aspiring founder or just love a good origin story, this one’s for you.

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