08/30/2026
I get people that ask me all the time. How did you get into the inflatable business??
For those that don’t want a long story, feel free to turn away now. Haha. I can remember the day I turned and looked at my wife Morgan Cobb and started kind of chuckling. She said, why are you laughing? I said… we own an Inflatble business.. that was never EVER something I saw myself doing in the future. Never once did I ever think I’d own an inflatable business! Anyways, story time..
Before kids, I had the best job summer job anybody could ask for. A zip like instructor at Boone Creek Outdoors. I did that for 3 summers and loved it. However it was just Morgan and I. When Colton came along, and Covid inflation hit, just like many others, we were struggling for money. Unfortunelty one of the absolute worst things about being a teacher is that there is no opportunity for overtime. Unless I go back to college, there is no gaining anymore money than what I was making other than another year of experience. Thankfully for being a teacher though, I have summers off, so I was able to explore options. I started doing decks, and other construction type labor intensive things for people. Kind of a handy man. I remember absolutely smoking what I made as a zip line instructor that next summer when I became a “handy man.” However when I started back to work, I didn’t pick up any more jobs because they were to time demanding, thus leading to me have zero customers the following summer.
Without having a clue on what to do for a summer job going into summer 2023 I began praying for a sign on what I could do to make some extra money. My wife said she wanted to get a play set for Colton. I told her, being the clean freak that I am, I didn’t want to mow around one, so I would get an Inflatble from Sam’s Club and then take it up and down all the time! (Spoiler, we got a play set) Once I got a small inflatable, it hit me. Nobody rents out small inflatables that I know of (there’s a reason for that, you aren’t allowed to rent those in the state of Kentucky… who knew). So I posted to marketplace and got a hit. I then got enough hits, I bought another small one. Things seemed to be going pretty well until I received several messages from different companies all letting me know I can’t rent the small inflatables. Has to be commercial grade. I looked at Morgan, feeling very bummed out and thinking, this just started to work.
Not knowing what to do, Morgan and I prayed. I told Morgan, I think the Lord has given me the idea of what to do. Let’s start with one “real one” and see how it goes. We made enough off the two small ones to buy a commercial grade one off marketplace. As we kept praying, it kept renting. Feeling humbled and grateful that it felt the Lord was giving us a clear sign that we had the green light to move ahead, we kept growing at a small pace, eventually got a LLC, and insured. We couldn’t be happier with the power of prayer guiding us into the direction of owning an Inflatble business. I couldn’t have done it without my wife watching my kids every weekend morning and night. Anytime I get the chance at jobs to mention to people, “well honestly, it was an answer to prayer when asking for a summer job,” I do so. I love doing my part time Inflatble job, and who knows where it will continue to take us!
End of story time. For those that made it this far. Have a blessed Sunday!
