The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner
Serial entrepreneur Chris Koerner shares business ideas, growth hacking tips, and advice for startups and side hustles. He covers topics like AI tools, investing in RV parks, and home services, drawing from his experience founding 75 businesses. The show features solo episodes and interviews with other entrepreneurs.
Episodes
$200K in 45 Days From One Airbnb (Start With $0 Down) - Ep. #314
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Simple $30K/Month Online Business You Can Start for $200 - Ep. #313
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Alex Kirby and we talked
He Lost His Job, Then Built a $11K/Month App - Ep. #312
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Caleb Panza, co-founder of P
Forget AI. Make $10K+ With These Offline Side Hustles - Ep. #311
beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chrisAlso, they're not telling anyone what it is yet, but beehiiv's Summer Release Event on July 16 is worth clearing your calendar for. RSVP: http://beehiiv.com/summer-rele
5 Ways to Make Money From an AI the Government Fears - Ep. #310
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━In this episode, I break down why Anthropic’s Fable
He Made $6K in 3 Hours Selling Lemonade - Ep. #309
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$532K in One Month Selling Land They Didn't Own - Ep. #308
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He Found a Side Hustle With No Competition - Ep. #307
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Derek from Backyard Movie Theater to talk about
The $60K/Month Side Hustle AI Will Never Replace - Ep. #306
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Mike Stuart, a tile guy from Iowa who started a conc
His Random Weekend Project Now Makes Millions - Ep. #305
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Jon Cheney again and we went deeper on how he actually f
He Built a $10K/Month AI Business With Zero Tech Skills - Ep. #304
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Phil and we talked about how he started an AI automation age
I Told an AI Agent to Make Me Money. It Did. - Ep. #303
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Brandon Doyle again and we tested what happens when an AI ag
The Best Side Hustle for Beginners (Any Age) - Ep. #302
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Forget Big Apps. That Tiny Tools Are Making Millions - Ep. #301
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The Credit Card Side Hustle No One Talks About - Ep. #300
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Forget Apps. Sell These Tiny AI Tools Instead - Ep. #299
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Ryan Doser to talk about how he’s turning Claude skills into a real digital
How Anyone Can Make $10K+/Month From the Government - Ep. #298
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Natalie Rosario to talk about how she makes money through government contracting
This Cheap Business in a Box Makes $2K+ a Day - Ep. #297
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Marc Hyman and we talked about how he built a simple iced coffee cart business using
The Most Passive $104K/M Online Business You've Never Heard Of - Ep. #296
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Kyle, also known as the Website Landlord, and we talked about one of the most interestin
He Makes $4K/Day With This Weird Middleman Business - Ep. #295
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with William Lindholm, who built a wild new business around cold caking, sending cakes to prospec
The Best First Side Hustle Anyone Can Start - Ep. #294
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Michael McCoy, co-founder of Prepa Pizza, to talk about how he turned a simple pizza dough kit i
The Most Profitable Solo Business You've Never Heard Of⏐Ep. #293
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Brett Williams from DesignJoy and we talked about how he built a one man productized service busines
The Easiest Way to Actually Make Money With AI⏐Ep. #292
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Corey Ganim and we broke down a simple but really smart service business built around AI assessments for
He Turned $90 Into $50K by Mailing Ads⏐Ep. #291
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6 Businesses You Can Start With Almost No Money⏐Ep. #290
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He Can't Code but His AI Agents Make Him $5K/Month⏐Ep. #289
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The Most Profitable Business Everyone Overlooks⏐Ep. #288
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━Mike Yoder started a drone deer recovery service in Ohio and made $50,000 in his first 10 weeks. Four years later he's doing over $3
He Found a Way to Make $1K/Hour From His Phone⏐Ep. #287
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━Kip Roland went from a suspended Amazon account and a newborn baby to building a $450K/year live selling business — starting with zero follo
How a Non-Coder Made $2.5M in One Year Using AI⏐Ep. #286
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━Meet Jon Cheney. A year ago he woke up, had an idea, and built an entire business in a weekend with zero coding experience and $400. By Tuesday
They Banned My $35K/Month Page So I Started a Business⏐Ep. #285
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━Get Plans of Grandeur for $47 (video-only price) 👉 https://buy.stripe.com/4gM14o4xF7NS33Y9av3841u10% of all revenue goes to the National Kidney Foun
He Gave an AI $200. It Built Him a $100K Business in 13 Days⏐Ep. #284
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com and ride the AI wave with a community of consultants learning how to charge $500 to $5k/month at https://playmakersai.com/━If you want to check out what
The Simplest $7M Business You've Never Heard Of ⏐Ep. #283
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How to Make $1.6K/Day on Facebook Marketplace⏐Ep. #282
beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOw
Stop Buying Things. Start Buying Assets that Pay for Themselves⏐Ep. #281
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The Easiest $3K/Day Business Nobody Is Talking About⏐Ep. #280
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━Everything I've ever done to grow from zero to five million followers. All in one place — Plans of Grandeur Content Mastery 10% of all gross revenue
The Most Overlooked Way to Get Rich (Proven Blueprint)⏐Ep. #279
Here are three very specific ways of getting rich with low cost franchising. Explore any of these franchises here: https://go.franzy.com/chris-koernerI sat down with Alex Smereczniak from Franzy to talk about why franchising might be the most overlooked path to wealth creation in America. We broke down how to think about risk tolerance and brand maturity, why some franchise models command high
The Easiest Way to Profit From AI Right Now⏐Ep. #278
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━HoldCo Bros are back! In this episode, I bring Nik Hulewsky back on and we basically try to dunk on that whole AI Twitter doom loop of “what are you bui
From Homeless to $50K/Month With This Simple Service⏐Ep. #277
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━In this episode, I sit down with Matt and Joni from Sonoma Strong Hauling to hear one of the most incredible comeback stories I’ve ever encountered. Mat
Laid Off 2 Days Before Christmas, Now He Makes $60k/Month Reselling⏐Ep. #276
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My 7 Favorite Business Ideas This Week. Ep. #275
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$1K/Day Profit by Sending Letters⏐Ep. #274
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How to Buy Big Things With Little Money⏐Ep. #273
Try Quo free + get 20% off your first 3 months: http://quo.com/tko20 Missed calls are one of the easiest ways to lose customers without realizing it. Quo (formerly OpenPhone) is the AI-powered business phone system that helps make sure that doesn’t happen.With one shared inbox for calls, texts, and voicemails, your whole team has context and Quo’s Sona AI can answer calls, take messages, and quali
11 Business Ideas I’d Start If I Were a Beginner⏐Ep. #272
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━In this episode, I break down 11 of my favorite beginner-friendly business ideas that are affordable to start, realistic, and actually scalable. These are real businesses I’ve
Openclaw is BOOMING! Here’s How to Profit⏐Ep. #271
⚠️IMPORTANT UPDATE⚠️: This episode was recorded on Saturday during the initial viral surge of Moltbook. Since recording, several major security vulnerabilities have been reported, including potential API key leaks and prompt injection risks. I wasn't aware of these specific exploits at the time of filming, but they definitely reinforce my warning in the video to be careful with permissions.━Ri
This Business Makes Vending Machines Look Dumb⏐Ep. #270
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Forest Coughtry to break down one of the most underrated businesses I’ve seen in a long time. Forest moved to Montana knowing nobody, started a small wh
How I Make $35k/Month With Other People's Content (Legally)⏐Ep. #269
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How To Get Paid $2,500 + Monthly Checks for "Drag & Drop" AI Employees⏐Ep. #268
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He Copied an Idea I Posted and Built a $2,600/Week Business⏐Ep. #267
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6 Simple Side Hustles You Can Start With Zero Experience⏐Ep. #266
beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com
$0 to $60k in 30 Days: How to Land Your First High-Ticket Jobs ⏐Ep. #265
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Jameson to break down how he went from a high paying finance career to building a multi million dollar home services business from scratch. We talked about why test
Companies Are Panic Paying for This Skill. Here’s How to Get In⏐Ep. #264
Ride the AI tidal wave together. Join the community of consultants learning to charge $500–$35k/mo (per client): https://playmakersai.com/━Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━In this interview, I sit down with B
How 15 & 17 Year Old Teens Built a $1M/Year Business⏐Ep. #263
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━This story is absolutely wild. Kirk and his brother started their business, Junk Teens, when they were just 15 and 17 years old. They went from riding bicycles to the dump to f
How to Make $2k+/Day With Vending Machines⏐Ep. #262
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Quinn Miller to catch up on how his vending machine business has grown and where he’s taking it next. We talked about why vending is such a strong cash flow busines
My 2025 Profit Reveal: A Full Breakdown of Every Income Stream⏐Ep. #261
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━"How'd You Do It?" Podcast: My new passion project with my wife where we ask parents how they raised their kids in the faith: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ILzjEkp0dW8vP
The Obvious $1M/Yr Subscription Business No One Talks About⏐Ep. #260
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If You Want to Start a Business in 2026, You Need to Hear This⏐Ep. #259
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━In this episode, I talk about the parts of entrepreneurship that people rarely tell you about and why so many founders feel blindsided once they’re in it. I share a simple GRIT framework I’ve
40 Genius Ways of Making Thousands from Unwanted Land⏐Ep. #258
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━In
She Turned $1 Into $5,000 With This Overlooked Side Hustle⏐Ep. #257
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my community at https://TKOwners.com━beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━I sat dow
How I Cloned Two Stupid Simple Apps to Make $30M⏐Ep. #256
Join my AI Consulting Community (PlaymakersAI):https://playmakersai.com/Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Will Cannon again and we talked about how he went from scraping and selling lead lists to buil
23 Beginner Friendly Businesses You Should Start In 2026⏐Ep. #255
Join my AI Consulting Community (PlaymakersAI):https://playmakersai.com/Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━If you are new here from the Diary of a CEO episode, welcome. I am really glad you are here. And for everyone who ha
Small Town Beginner Made $50K in His First 2 Months (No Experience)⏐Ep. #254
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Cold Email Isn’t Dead. You’re Just Doing It Wrong⏐Ep. #253
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Quick update before you dive in. We’re shifting our upload schedule from three times a week to two. Instead of Mo-Wed-Fri, we’ll now be posting every Tuesday and Friday. With all the new formats w
The "Form Factor" Hack That Built a $500M Empire⏐Ep. #252
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chrisAnd right no
Marcus Lemonis: "Business Is Not Freedom" (Lessons Learned from The Profit)⏐Ep. #251
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chrisAnd right now, for
Making $15k/Month Selling Simple Garage Shelves⏐Ep. #250
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Is it possible to build a full-time business exclusively on Facebook Marketplace? In this episode, we sit down with Alex Hansen, aka "The Shelf Dude," to find out how he turned
How to Start a Couch Flipping Business with $0⏐Ep. #249
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Manage your business finances globally and save on fees with Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com━Want to make $10k/month on Facebook Marketplace? In this episode, we sit down wi
8 Untapped Business Ideas You Can Start This Weekend ⏐Ep. #248
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Manage your business finances globally and save on fees with Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com━This was honestly one of my favorite HoldCo Bros sessions ever. We broke down the math
I Helped Them Stop Wasting Money on the Wrong Audience⏐Ep. #247
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Try PickFu and get 50% off your first poll with code TKOPOD at https://www.pickfu.com/#_r_tkopodHoldCo Bros are back! In this episode, Nik and I dig into a super interesting business idea
We Tried Building a Money-Making App in Under an Hour (No-Code)⏐Ep. #246
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Brandon Doyle (https://x.com/_BrandonDoyle_) again, and this time we tried to build a money-making app in under an hour using Emergent, a new vibe coding tool. We let a random
The New Best Way to Make Money Reselling Online?!⏐Ep. #245
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━If you want to learn more, join Shannon’s mastermind at https://shannonjean.com/mastermind━In this episode I’m back with Shannon Jean to dive deep into the world of live selling and how creato
We Turned Random Words Into $20K/Month Businesses Ideas⏐Ep. #244
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Sam Thompson (https://x.com/ImSamThompson) again, and this time we tried something completely different. We used a random word generator to come up with totally random words and then c
This Is How You Actually Go From $0 to $100K Reselling Online⏐Ep. #243
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━If you want to learn more, join Shannon’s mastermind at https://shannonjean.com/mastermind━I sat down with Shannon Jean again and we dove deep into how anyone can start reselling with zero dollars.
He Built a Simple App and Sold It for $200 Million⏐Ep. #242
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Dan Porter and we talked about building products people can’t stop using. We unpack how Draw Something went from a scrappy side project to number one in 60 countries with ~25 million daily
How to Start a $20K/Month Business Selling to Lawyers⏐Ep. #241
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━I sat down with Sam Tho
Make $1K Per Job While Outsourcing the Hard Work⏐Ep. #240
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Jeff from Houston, Texas, who built a concrete leveling business making around $1,000 profit per job even though he’s only been doing it for three months. We talked about how he subcontrac
The $300K/Year Business That Almost Never Fails⏐Ep. #239
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━I sat down with Tyler Purcell, who owns four laundromats while also running a wealth management firm managing over $250 million. We talked about how he grew The Laundry Spot brand into a multi-million dollar
Six Hard Lessons That Would Have Saved Me Years⏐Ep. #238
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━In this solo episode I’m doin
He Listened to This Podcast and Made $32K in His First 2 Months⏐Ep. #237
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Back in July 2024, after hearing about this idea on our podcast in episode #37, Tyler Mumford decided to give it a shot. He launched his stump grinding business in Provo, Utah, and within his first two months
You Can Make $1K/Hour With This Seasonal Side Hustle⏐Ep. #236
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━In this episode I talk with Wesley Parkin from Grounds Guys Keller about how the Christmas lights business really works. We go over real numbers on what homeowners pay, how margins grow from year one to year thre
The Truth About the Music Industry’s Money Game⏐Ep. #235
Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com━Beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris━I sat down with Ace Enders from The
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