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Just Go with Nick GlassettAuthor: Nick Glassett
I teach a lot about the bounce house and waterslide rental space, but also talk a ton about all things entrepreneurial, and how crazy it is that mindset really does dictate success. IG and Twitter @Nick_O_Glass Blog: nickglassett.com YT: YouTube.com/user/mnglassett FB: Nick Glassett Language: en Genres: Education, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ai is Already Changing the Bounce House Business
Tuesday, 21 July, 2026
AI is already changing the bounce house business, and the operators who learn to use it now will have a serious head start.Nick Glassett, founder of Louisiana event-rental company The Jump Off and The Jump Off Store, joins Alvin Danzy to recap the first Bounce Into Biz workshop. They break down how inflatable rental operators used AI to build landing pages, custom apps, personalized customer videos, and tools they could put to work immediately.They also explain agentic AI in plain English, why you do not need to be a “computer person,” and how AI can multiply the output of a small rental company without multiplying its payroll.In this episode:What agentic AI actually is and how it differs from a chatbotA student’s eight-second AI birthday video and why it could become one of the inflatable industry’s cheapest customer-retention toolsHow Nick built a tent-rental website in roughly one prompt after putting the project off for three yearsWhy AI-powered search is changing how customers find bounce house and event-rental companiesWhen AI-generated content works and when it backfiresWhy the manufacturer relationships built at Bounce Into Biz may be worth more than walking a trade-show floorEpisode chapters:00:00 Bounce Into Biz Recap02:15 The Eight-Second Customer-Retention Video06:13 Building Landing Pages and Custom Apps08:02 How AI Makes a Small Team Work Like Ten09:28 You Don’t Need to Be a Computer Person10:27 How AI Search Is Changing Customer Discovery11:23 Agentic AI and Nick’s One-Prompt Website18:56 When AI-Generated Content Works and Backfires21:28 Why the In-Person Experience Is So Valuable25:06 Manufacturer Relationships You Can’t Build at a Trade Show31:34 Why Waiting to Learn AI Puts You BehindSee upcoming Bounce Into Biz training dates and reserve your seat at https://bounceintobiz.com. The upcoming Nashville event also includes a two-for-one opportunity to attend both Bounce Into Biz and Christmas-light training on the same trip.About Nick Glassett:Nick owns The Jump Off, a Covington, Louisiana event-rental company serving St. Tammany Parish and the surrounding Northshore with bounce house rentals, water slides, obstacle courses, foam parties, tents, and portable mini golf. Learn more at https://itsthejumpoff.com.He also founded The Jump Off Store, which provides inflatable rental supplies and equipment tested inside a real rental operation. Shop straps, blowers, anchoring equipment, cleaning products, repair supplies, and other tools for inflatable entrepreneurs at https://thejumpoffstore.com.Presented by Leisure Activities.
