The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett Passive Income Expert: How To Make 10k Per Month In 90 Days!
Dec 8, 2025
02:11:56
Serial entrepreneur CHRIS KOERNER reveals how he built 80+ businesses from scratch, turned side hustles into millions, and why ONLY $500 is all you need.
Chris Koerner is a self-made entrepreneur and content creator, known as the “King Of Side Hustles”. With over 1 million followers, he now teaches people how to build and scale a business and he is host of the ‘The Koerner Office Podcast’.
He explains:
◼️The brutal truth about passive income (and what to build instead)
◼️How to turn $1,000 into $10,000 fast, with a step-by-step formula
◼️The #1 habit silently keeping you poor without you realising it
◼️How to use AI tools to launch and scale instantly
◼️The simple framework for testing any business idea with $0
[00:00] Who Are You and What Do You Do?
[02:36] What Businesses Have You Started?
[05:46] Is This the Best Time to Start a Business?
[08:52] Copying Businesses
[13:06] Experimentation and Testing
[20:24] Your Experience With Buc-ee's
[23:13] Is Entrepreneurship for Everyone?
[30:36] Should We Have Plan Bs?
[36:27] Passive Income
[39:23] How Important Is Passion?
[42:08] How to Know If You Should Pursue an Idea
[47:23] How to Validate Your Ideas
[49:02] How to Test a Product
[52:14] How Important Is It to Learn Facebook Ads?
[57:24] Ads
[59:04] The Different Types of Entrepreneurs
[01:00:07] How Important Is Focus?
[01:02:17] Did You Feel Guilty for Trying to Build Businesses?
[01:07:17] Rejection and Failure
[01:10:12] Team Building and Business Partners
[01:12:43] Equity Split in a Business
[01:15:25] What Would You Do With $500 for a Business?
[01:21:10] Drop Servicing
[01:28:06] Making Money From Vending Machines
[01:36:29] Ads
[01:38:32] What Business Would You Do With $1,000?
[01:41:22] Online Business With $1,000
[01:43:51] What Would You Do With $5,000?
[01:49:24] Don’t Ignore This When Starting A Business
[01:50:22] Which Has Been Your Most Profitable Business?
[01:52:26] Keep Trying and Experimenting
[01:55:49] Any New Business Ideas You’re Trying?
[01:56:47] Business That You Should Stay Away From
[02:00:46] Should You Really Become an Entrepreneur?
[02:03:55] What’s One Thing Steven Did That You Appreciated?
[02:08:30] What’s the Most Popular Question You Get?
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Chris Koerner is a self-made entrepreneur and content creator, known as the “King Of Side Hustles”. With over 1 million followers, he now teaches people how to build and scale a business and he is host of the ‘The Koerner Office Podcast’.
He explains:
◼️The brutal truth about passive income (and what to build instead)
◼️How to turn $1,000 into $10,000 fast, with a step-by-step formula
◼️The #1 habit silently keeping you poor without you realising it
◼️How to use AI tools to launch and scale instantly
◼️The simple framework for testing any business idea with $0
[00:00] Who Are You and What Do You Do?
[02:36] What Businesses Have You Started?
[05:46] Is This the Best Time to Start a Business?
[08:52] Copying Businesses
[13:06] Experimentation and Testing
[20:24] Your Experience With Buc-ee's
[23:13] Is Entrepreneurship for Everyone?
[30:36] Should We Have Plan Bs?
[36:27] Passive Income
[39:23] How Important Is Passion?
[42:08] How to Know If You Should Pursue an Idea
[47:23] How to Validate Your Ideas
[49:02] How to Test a Product
[52:14] How Important Is It to Learn Facebook Ads?
[57:24] Ads
[59:04] The Different Types of Entrepreneurs
[01:00:07] How Important Is Focus?
[01:02:17] Did You Feel Guilty for Trying to Build Businesses?
[01:07:17] Rejection and Failure
[01:10:12] Team Building and Business Partners
[01:12:43] Equity Split in a Business
[01:15:25] What Would You Do With $500 for a Business?
[01:21:10] Drop Servicing
[01:28:06] Making Money From Vending Machines
[01:36:29] Ads
[01:38:32] What Business Would You Do With $1,000?
[01:41:22] Online Business With $1,000
[01:43:51] What Would You Do With $5,000?
[01:49:24] Don’t Ignore This When Starting A Business
[01:50:22] Which Has Been Your Most Profitable Business?
[01:52:26] Keep Trying and Experimenting
[01:55:49] Any New Business Ideas You’re Trying?
[01:56:47] Business That You Should Stay Away From
[02:00:46] Should You Really Become an Entrepreneur?
[02:03:55] What’s One Thing Steven Did That You Appreciated?
[02:08:30] What’s the Most Popular Question You Get?
Follow Chris:
Instagram - https://bit.ly/4oFom0i
YouTube - https://bit.ly/3XBUI16
X - https://bit.ly/3Mc0UdJ
The Diary Of A CEO:
◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/
◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook
◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt
◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb
◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt
◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb
Sponsors:
Wispr: https://wisprflow.ai/DOAC
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY
Adobe: https://Adobe.Ly/OneBetter
Ketone-IQ: https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription order
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theexperienceplus.substack.com