Also, Swimply will charge 10% of the service fee from swimming pool users. Swimply will then manage the coordination between the users and the host until an agreement is reached. On the other hand, people who would like to use a swimming pool can look through Swimply’s listing and book their date and timings. Laskin pitched Swimply to the Sharks as an Airbnb for swimming pools, but couldn’t agree on a deal with any of the investors. This venture was so successful that in the first five weeks of the website and app going live, they had already catered to 10,000 people! After a year of operations and reaching $1 million in funding, Laskin pitched his idea on ABC’s Shark Tank to grow his business and meet a 3-year projected valuation of $239 million. The duo launched a one-of-a-kind website and app called Swimply which was focused on pool sharing solutions. In 2018, this entrepreneur joined hands with Asher Weinberg, the founder of TribeWorks, a Jewish non-profit organization that helps Jewish entrepreneurs with resources. This website was such a huge hit that the massive amount of traffic it generated crashed their website. This website linked people who wanted to use a private pool with those who had one. In 2017, Laskin used all of his savings to design and launch a website named PoolForU. This is where the idea behind Swimply was born. Soon after, she had not only covered her maintenance costs but had also started generating a profit. The woman who allowed the children to cool off in her swimming pool made similar agreements with other children in the neighborhood. Since their neighbor had a pool, Laskin asked them whether they could use it and one thing led to another until the young entrepreneur agreed on paying 25% of the swimming pool’s monthly maintenance cost. Swimply was the brainchild of a 20-year-old named Bunim Laskin when he and his 11 siblings were planning on ways to cool off during the summer. If one family rented their pool to the other family, it could play out as a win-win situation for both parties. People who don’t have swimming pools are usually not comfortable using public pools. Most people who have a swimming pool in their houses don’t use them all 365 days of the year. There’s nothing quite like somersaulting into a cool swimming pool on a hot summer day, is there? Unfortunately, some of us don’t have swimming pools and what’s worse is that the pandemic has put most public pools out of business. Advertiser Disclosure: Shark Tank Success earns commissions from qualifying purchases.

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