Derek Bowen
CEO of Pool Rental Near Me — bootstrapped national marketplace founder and Class A truck driver building a Swimply alternative on off-hours
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CEO of Pool Rental Near Me — bootstrapped national marketplace founder and Class A truck driver building a Swimply alternative on off-hours
Derek Bowen is the CEO and co-founder of Pool Rental Near Me (PRNM), a peer-to-peer pool rental marketplace operating in 40+ U.S. states with a flat 10% host fee. He bootstrapped the company entirely without venture capital while working full-time as a Class A CDL truck driver and raising three kids as a single father. PRNM scaled from 50 daily Google impressions to over 1,800 in twelve months through a programmatic SEO strategy targeting hyperlocal pool rental demand. The marketplace was built on Sharetribe with a custom multi-product ecosystem including BookMyPool.com (host SaaS), RentalWaivers.com (digital liability waivers), a 142-course Pool Host Learning Academy, and 56 free host tools. Derek speaks credibly on bootstrapped marketplace economics, programmatic SEO at scale, gig e...