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Spring and summer season just a few weeks ago, greg went from having a business that was through the roof to a business that was collapsing under the weight of the recession and then to a business with a collapsed roof. >> the building was condemned. we were basically out of business. >> and just like the conflict with his father, the challenge of rebuilding aqua scape became a rallying cry for whitstock and his remaining employees. this picture says it all. now, several years later, aqua scape ...

Tough. >> it was a conflict that couldnt be resolved and the two parted ways leading to years of estrangement. >> we worked together for the first three years and he became my first competitor. >> the challenge from his father drove greg to work harder than ever. >> that was a big motivation for me because i wanted to prove not just to him, but to myself that the i could do it. and we did. >> acqua scape was enormously successful, especially during the housing boom when building a pond was the t...

Is so high. its been a real coup for us and a real asset for us that we did manage to get so many of these top flight search engineers to work for our company. >> ziprecruiter has been a crazy adventure for ian and his partners. today the company has more than a thousand employees and operates around the world. and he says while he still is as obsessioned as the early days, theres one big thing that has changed. >> there comes a point when you pick your ed hd up and you say, you know what? nothi...

Together or apart. without them, i wouldnt have been able to do it. >> gregs adventures in pond building started at just 12 years old when he built his first pond in the backer yard with his dad. >> that first pond leaked, turned green and even my prize turtles migrated away. that was the beginning of my odyssey with water features. every summer, i would spend my summers ripping it out, rebuilding it and mcgyvering up my filtration smgs. >> over the next seven years, whitstock innovated along th...