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title: "Pool and Landscape AZ: $0 to $8.5m in 4 years — by building pools | Trends by The Hustle"
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A decade ago, in the wake of the recession, Tim Maas watched his construction business crumble into financial ruin.

“It was a smoldering pile of ashes,” he says. “I lost everything.”

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