The easy part of owning a business is coming up with an idea. It can be putting it together that’s the hardest. Through sweat, tears, trials, and tribulations Ricky found success by putting in the work and not giving up. He is very excited to share his story of how he went from 0 in the bank to a million in his first year.   

 

Ricky Ortiz is a Serial Entrepreneur who comes from a hard-working family. Ricky has experience as a business owner from formerly owning a Valet service at clubs, and restaurants, a Food truck, and a Videography business that specializes in the music industry. Today Ricky owns an El Camino food truck and bar as a tribute to what he and his brother wanted to start from the beginning.   

 

After countless efforts of starting businesses and facing the adversity of family passing, learning the ropes of entrepreneurship, Ricky was not an overnight success. Ricky speaks about his personal life, and the process it took for him to open his business, El Camino. There are many lessons and struggles, but Ricky always found his way to not give up and apply what he learned. 

 

What You’ll Learn: 

• Seeing the value of why Marketing is a benefit and not an expense
• Why it is important to know when to ask for help when starting a business
• The parts of being an entrepreneur that no one talks about
• Why Ricky found his passion for videography and marketing
• The impact of what starting a family had on Ricky for him to move forward
• Doing the research on what you are investing yourself into
• Why owning a business is an uphill battle of investment and hope
• How Ricky found his niche in the food and beverage industry

 

Connect with Ricky: 

El Camino Website

El Camino

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 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.

Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Be sure to check out this and other powerful episodes of Working for a Dream in Apple Podcasts.