How This Former Drug Dealer Opened Multiple Successful Restaurant Brands | Ivan Flores E107

The Rich Somers Report

Rich Somers

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

5 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Rich sits down with Ivan Flores - Restaurant Entrepreneur, Podcast Host, and CEO & Founder of Encinal Brands, home to several Mexican franchise restaurants including The Buffalo Spot, Blue Burro, and Taco Masa. Ivan grew up in Tijuana, Mexico and in 2013, he opened his first restaurant in Long Beach, California. Encinal Brands now has more than 50 restaurants across the United States and is on track to open 150 more in the next 5 years.Rich and Ivan start off by analyzing what the drug de...

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0:00.0	The biggest reason why I got on social media because I wanted to see my journey what I'm all about as an entrepreneur so they could get that information.
0:08.0	But then I also saw that a lot of people wanted to know who the owner of the Buffalo spot was. I think just saying my story and
0:15.1	then there's a lot of people like that grew up where I grew up think it can't be done.
0:19.1	So you know I'm just going to share my real story. Yeah I was a drug dealer so what?
0:22.2	Yeah I was I had a so what yeah I grew without a father
0:26.2	so what yeah I was called stupid at school so I flunked the grade I mean if I was able
0:30.5	to make it you could too and a lot of people think that only these big people
0:34.7	could make it, you know?
0:35.6	And no, dude, like anybody from the bottom
0:37.4	can make it as long as you work hard, you're persistent,
0:39.5	you have faith, you have courage, you have passion, and a lot of people don't understand that.
0:44.0	Welcome to the Rich Drummers Report
0:46.0	where we talk real estate, business, and wealth building,
0:49.0	all while keeping it real.
0:50.0	No fluff, no BS.
0:52.0	I hope that you enjoy the show.
0:59.0	All right guys, welcome to another episode of the report.
1:02.0	Today we are back in the studio and I got a
1:04.8	special guest who grew up actually as a drug dealer but now is crushing it in the
1:10.4	restaurant space with multiple successful brands and locations.
1:14.0	I got Ivan Flores.
1:16.0	Ivan welcome to the show brother.
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