. >> over the next seven years, whitstock perfectened the craft innovating along the way and figuringhow to make the maintenance of a pond relatively simple. >> i thought, there has to be a business here. so i came one the concept of building people's ponds in the backyard like i did for myself. >> greg, then a student at ohio university, went into business that summer. >> as a 21-year-old kid, i built five ponds and had $22,000 in sales and $11 in profit. the business took off from there. the second season i was in business, i had done 12 ponds, 5 my first, 12 my second and in august 1992, my life changed when the "chicago tribune" ran a story on my called yon golden ponds and my business went through the roof. so the fun summertime gig became my career. before i had even graduated college. >> in the early crazy days when the company had just gotten started, craig's dad gary, an engineer, was a big supporter and helped his son with the business. >> i'm an entrepreneur. it was oil and water, i was the gas pedal and he was the brake. >> the strike between the father and son has escalat