There are many ways to obtaining happiness.  Some find it in the work they do.  Some find it in hobbies or continuing education. Others find it in things, while others find happiness in working with other people or being outdoors. At the core of your pursuit of happiness, it's important to remember that doing what you love first will always bring you everything else you could ever want or need. 

Danielle Dubois started her journey most people do.......college, graduation, and working in corporate America. Her first stint was working for one of the Top 5 Medical Device companies in the world.  But there was a problem........she wasn't fulfilled. 

After figuring out what made her tick, Danielle embarked on a journey that has led her to become a Houston Influencer amongst the foodie community as "The Hangry Houstonian."  

Danielle is invited, summoned, and commissioned to try restaurants from all around Houston, share, tag, and post up her findings on social media.  As of the date of this podcast episode, she has over 132K followers on Instagram and has built a company that now employs her Mother, Father, and a few other family members. 

What You'll Learn: 

• Where Danielle Dubois is originally from and how she got her start
• When she started being the Hangry Houstonian
• What she did to become the Hangry Houstonian and build a brand bigger than herself
• The name of the company she worked for where she made great money and had a 401K and retirement only to give it up in pursuit of something more 
• How long it took Danielle's parents to really get on board with her new venture
• How fashion bloggers on Instagram inspired her to become a household name in the ever-popular and diverse Houston Foodie Community
• Why she focuses on Mom and Pop Restaurants 
• How she was able to get one video to go viral that created long lines out the door of one Houston restaurant
• The importance of getting outside your comfort zone, exploring new cultures, and one story that allowed her to dial in what she offers 
• How she decides which restaurants to work with and why she highlights certain items over others 
• The type of camera she uses 
• The great debate between the effectiveness of social media versus traditional advertising methods such as billboards, print, and TV. 

Favorite Quote: 

"Follow your passion and the money will come!" 

-Danielle Dubois 

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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.

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