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title: "From Marine to Business Owner with Pool Scouts"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/bf7e3362-d454-43e8-88e9-e6f80c3c47a6
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/from-marine-to-business-owner-with-pool-scouts-2714363
category: "Remodel & surfaces"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Remodel & surfaces"
published: 2020-12-01T19:14:43.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:27:18.315Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/3336b69c9b66367e0bd46420cfa38ea22203.jpg
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# From Marine to Business Owner with Pool Scouts

**TL;DR:** A Marine Corps veteran has become a franchise owner with Pool Scouts, leveraging his business skills and military experience. The veteran, Berridge, previously worked at Dow Chemical after retiring from active duty in 1998.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-12-01. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/from-marine-to-business-owner-with-pool-scouts-2714363).*

## Story

According to Franchise Times, a Marine Corps veteran-turned-corporate employee, has always dreamed of owning his own business, and now that dream has become a reality with Pool Scouts.

After retiring from active duty in the Marines in 1998, Berridge opted for a less labor-intensive career in the world of project management, spending two decades working for Dow Chemical. Now he's excited to go off on his own and to be an example for other veterans looking to make something of their own.

“I talk to a lot of vets, and I don’t care if you’re Marine Corps, Navy or Air Force, the military provides you the mindset that you have a job to do, and you need to accomplish that mission by adapting and overcoming,” Berridge told Franchise Times. “I really think the military does a great job of instilling in people the mindset to figure out what the issue is, find a solution and implement that solution.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Home Services (sector)
- home services (topic)
- franchise ownership (topic)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- Pool Scouts (company)
- Marine Corps (company)
- veteran entrepreneurship (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/from-marine-to-business-owner-with-pool-scouts-2714363). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/bf7e3362-d454-43e8-88e9-e6f80c3c47a6).