The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner
Chris Koerner
Hey, I'm Chris Koerner - serial entrepreneur, business ideas addict, and your new ADHD business ideas best friend. I've started 75 businesses, with 10 of them being worth 7-8+ figures. I love startup ideas!Want to make money, grow a business, or just start a side hustle? You're in the right spot.This show covers:- Real-world growth hacking tips- Deep dives into cool business ideas and AI tools.- Simple business advice for small business & startups- Ways to make money with side hustles and home services- How to invest in RV parks or mobile home parksSometimes I'll chat with another entrepreneur buddy, sometimes I'll go solo.I've built lots of companies, run multiple businesses, and made tons of mistakes (so you don't have to).If you love entrepreneurship, marketing, business ideas or agency life, this show is for you.Let's make you some money with cool business ideas! Find me at TKOPOD.COMChris Koerner of The Koerner Office
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May 12, 2026 • 31min
Forget Apps. Sell These Tiny AI Tools Instead - Ep. #299
Ryan Dozer, AI marketer and entrepreneur who runs a six-figure agency and teaches AI marketing. He explains what Claude skills are and how they act like SOPs for AI. He describes packaging skill stacks, launching a Claude Code product that made $3K in a month, and using Claude Code to turn videos into SEO posts, build landing pages, and automate marketing workflows.
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May 8, 2026 • 48min
How Anyone Can Make $10K+/Month From the Government - Ep. #298
Natalie Rosario, entrepreneur and government-contracting specialist who wins service contracts by subcontracting and using AI and past-pricing data. She explains finding opportunities on SAM.gov, forming an LLC, and pricing strategies. Hear stories of quick wins like catering and large landscaping contracts. Learn why reliable subs, volume, and AI-driven proposals scale recurring revenue with minimal ongoing hours.
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May 5, 2026 • 60min
This Cheap Business in a Box Makes $2K+ a Day - Ep. #297
Marc Hyman, entrepreneur who built Sunburst Nitro Coffee from converted Home Depot tool carts. He explains building a low-cost nitro/iced coffee cart, why kegged and bag-in-box systems beat espresso setups, and where to sell — festivals, markets, car washes, gas stations. He also covers unit economics, simple operations, operator training, and a standout two-day $8K net result.
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May 1, 2026 • 48min
The Most Passive $104K/M Online Business You've Never Heard Of - Ep. #296
Kyle, the Website Landlord, builds simple local SEO sites and rents leads to small businesses. He explains city-and-niche site strategies, flat monthly pricing, and how he scaled to about $100K/month with low overhead. Hear how he wins clients with free trials, the tech stack he relies on, and the niche opportunities that make this a highly passive lifestyle business.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 38min
He Makes $4K/Day With This Weird Middleman Business - Ep. #295
William Lindholm, founder who turned a birthday-cake startup into a cake-based outbound sales business. He explains pivoting to “cold caking,” using mailed cakes to book meetings and spark PR. Short takes cover why physical gifts outshine noisy digital outreach, AI agents for bakery sourcing, viral pitch-deck stunts, and rapid revenue growth after the pivot.
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Apr 24, 2026 • 37min
The Best First Side Hustle Anyone Can Start - Ep. #294
Michael McCoy, co-founder of Prepa Pizza and former basement kit-maker turned multi-million-dollar seller. He talks about testing products at farmers markets, turning samples into sales, scaling with Facebook ads, and using demos and customer support to grow an online food business.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 35min
The Most Profitable Solo Business You've Never Heard Of⏐Ep. #293
Brett Williams, founder of DesignJoy who built a one-person subscription design agency into huge recurring revenue. He explains productized services, launching via Product Hunt and scaling from $10K day one to peaks near $200K/month. Discussion covers AI-first design, practical prompting and favorite tools, pricing growth, and which productized agencies are ripe to start now.
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Apr 17, 2026 • 36min
The Easiest Way to Actually Make Money With AI⏐Ep. #292
Corey Ganim, founder and AI practitioner who built a paid AI assessment service and hosts Build With AI. He explains a $1,000 audit built from 45-minute interviews, voice agent automation, and clean client reports. They cover how the assessment works, simple tool and automation recommendations, upselling to implementation, and practical ways to land first clients like meetups, office hours, and door knocking.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 48min
He Turned $90 Into $50K by Mailing Ads⏐Ep. #291
Josh (Direct Mail Josh), an entrepreneur who builds shared-postcard ad businesses using USPS Every Door Direct Mail. He explains selling ad slots to local businesses, pricing and unit economics, filling routes and margins, using Facebook groups to find advertisers, and tracking response with dynamic QR codes. He also covers best-fit industries, campaign frequency, and how he scaled a side hustle into a profitable operation.
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Apr 10, 2026 • 44min
6 Businesses You Can Start With Almost No Money⏐Ep. #290
Michael Girdley, serial idea-focused entrepreneur behind ventures like Bedrock and Fixed Labs, shares rapid-fire startup concepts. He explores AI persona marketplaces, interactive mentor replicas (talk to Steve Jobs), reviving local investigative journalism, an app that enforces focus, and why AI audits are a low-cost business to start. Energetic, idea-packed conversation with concrete product riffs.
