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DIR By: Muslima Akter
Date: August 29, 2023, 10:38 pm
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The small logo for Inc. 5000 INC. 5000METHODOLOGY The Founder of
This Balloon Decor Company Is the Air Apparent in the Events
IndustryA call from Bumble inspired her to launch Balloon
Therapy Events, a party decor company that blew up. BY BRIT
MORSE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR, INC. @BRITNMORSE Balloon Therapy
founder Jessica Porter Brown. Photography by Eric Helgas While
working as a school counselor in Dallas, Jessica Porter was
known around her neighborhood as a big-time decorator, throwing
over-the-top graduation and birthday parties for family and
friends. But her designs grew even bigger after a 2019 trip to
Los Angeles to see building-size balloon installations by
Geronimo Balloons.
Consumer Products Three-Year Revenue Growth: 523% Back home,
with help from YouTube videos, Porter ordered balloons and
chicken wire and threaded her first garland in her parents'
living room. The result: a 15-foot cascading wave of blue
balloons intertwined with palm fronds. "It was awful," says
Porter, 36. "The chicken wire scratched the **** out of a wall,
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a photo on Instagram--and
got a call from Bumble. The dating app was planning a retreat in
Dallas, saw her Insta, and asked if she could do the
decorations. She spent nights researching balloon manufacturers
and recruiting students to help during free periods. Her
firefighter husband inflated balloons at the station. And when
Bumble swiped right on her bubbly creation, she learned a
pricing lesson. "I charged $800 instead of the $8,000 it should
have been," she says. A few months later, she quit her job to
start Balloon Therapy Events. Today Porter's garlands,
custom-built for each event, range from 10 feet to as big as her
customer's imagination.
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Skulls, rabbits, unicorns, margaritas, hot dogs--you name it. "I
want these balloon backdrops to be the talking point of the
party, and not just an afterthought," says Porter. "We're in
Texas, so the bigger the better, baby." It wasn't long before
customers and students alike started requesting balloons for
events outside of Dallas. So when entrepreneur Junior Desinor
approached Porter with the idea to franchise the business, she
brought him on as CEO. "We're both hardworking alpha
personalities, so we clicked instantly," she says. And with the
post-pandemic events industry back in full swing--U.S. revenue
is expected to reach $538.6 billion by 2030, up from $94.8
billion in Covid-stricken 2020, according to Allied Market
Research--business is blowing up. The company now boasts seven
franchises, and revenue is expected to hit $3 million by the end
of 2023. Still, Porter has even bigger designs in mind.
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