When we start the process of becoming a business owner, it can be unexpected what's to come. It takes a certain kind of person that’s willing to devote their free time, and sacrifice time with family to become successful and achieve the vision they set. Mike Trinh is a monster when it comes to being an entrepreneur- He is an example of what hard work is.

Mike Trinh is a Former UFC & Bellator Fighter, Serial Entrepreneur, Gator Wrestler, Restaurant owner, and Food Truck owner. Based out of Houston Mike started his business by selling shrimp out of the back of his truck off highway 6 in Houston, TX while fighting at the same time. 

Patrick does his first-ever eat-in episode as he travels to Mike's Seafoods to get a great bite to eat and interview his special guest, Mike Trinh. Mike addresses that his journey was not all successful. It took sacrifice and long nights of wondering about the unknown. After talking about how he started his business Mike and Patrick discuss the different trends that are always changing in the seafood industry and what values Mike sticks with to stand out and make his customers happy. 

 

What You’ll Learn:

• The process of going from Professional Fighter to Business Owner
• What Mike did to manage his fighting career and business at the same time
• What it takes to start your own restaurant
• Knowing the constant trends in the food industry and adapting to them
• How Mike set his food truck up with the help of some family members

 

Connect with Mike:

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Mikes Seafood

Mikes Seafood locations:

Houston-Highway 6

9449 S Texas 6, Houston, TX 77083

(281) 879-8500

Cypress

20320 FM529, Cypress, TX 77433

(281) 815-3017

 

 

How to Get Involved:

Patrick Bolanos is a serial entrepreneur, business owner, and CEO of Trailer King Builders in Houston, Texas.

He was raised in Nicaragua, exposed to extreme poverty, and also had the fortune of being exposed to life in the United States traveling back and forth to both countries.

After college, Patrick’s career took him into the corporate world of banking where he learned the important lessons of understanding what you’re selling and why it’s important to believe in it.

Back in December of 2017, Patrick was fired from his job as a CFO for a Restaurant Group.  With only $500 to his name, rent due, his wife, 3 children at home, and one on the way, he was forced to figure out how to pull his family out of this financial abyss that was strangling his life.

With no knowledge of how to build a trailer, Patrick simply figured all of it out and has now built it into the thriving empire of what’s now become Trailer King Builders.

This show highlights the failures, successes, lessons, and insights of Patrick and his guests. Bring your notepads and pens. You’re in for a real-life education.

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