Inspiration struck Andrew Chambers about about eight years ago while attending several birthday parties for young children. So many of them had bounce houses that he figured he’d stumbled upon a great new business opportunity. In order to differentiate himself, he figured he’d make an online reservation system that would be easier for harried parents than making phone calls.

Chambers started on the reservation system first and ended up never buying a bounce house. Chambers cites competition, insurance and online videos of what happens to bounce houses in gusty winds as for why he never got into the business. But the online reservation idea did lead to him creating Renterval, a cloud-based software for rental businesses that helps them manage inventory and even do online sales.

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