We had the good fortune of connecting with Nikki & HookahStan and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Nikki & HookahStan, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
Honestly, when we started Influence Hookah it was something my husband Hookahstan loved to do smoke hookah. His 30th birthday was coming up and I wanted a company to provide hookah service for his private birthday party. Unfortunately, after a few google researches at the time here in Houston, there were no companies that provided private hookah catering. I Nikki was an at-home mother at the time and was looking to start a small business so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to give it a try.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
The art of hookah came from trying to persuade people or like our name influence others to smoke a hookah. We wanted to create a more upscale hookah experience so we began placing exotic fruits, sparkling water, mint leaves, and even ice cream in our hookahs. We also wanted to create fun novelty moments so HookahStan even placed a popeyes spicy chicken sandwich on a hookah to get people to like and share his spontaneous off-the-curb hookah experiences. What makes us different from other Hookah companies across America is that not only do we have fun with making hookah we teach what products to use, how to make your hookah the proper or Influence way, and how a clean safe hookah is supposed to look when you purchase one at a bar.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
We would like to give our shoutout to the people we call our Hookah Influencers who follow us on all social platforms. These are the people who support our art of hookah and the very reason we were asked to do this interview. Over the years our Influencers have been the ones who shared our hard work by word of mouth or a share click on Instagram with their friends, co-workers, and family!

Website: influencehookah.com

Instagram: influencehookah

Facebook: influencehookah

Youtube: Influence Hookah

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