Signed, I Trained My Competition

Diary of a Balloon Artist · Sep 1, 2026 · 26m

Episode 1: Signed, I Trained My Competition 🎈📖

The diary is officially OPEN… and y’all wasted no time getting messy. 👀

For our very first diary entry, a balloon artist writes in about bringing on an assistant, pouring time into teaching her the business, showing her the ropes, and trusting her as part of the team… only for that assistant to turn around and start a balloon business of her own.

So where’s the line between training your team and training your competition? And when someone learns the business while working under you, do they owe you anything when they decide to branch out on…