The Koerner Office

Part two with Shannon Jean on general principles of entrepreneurship: making your first dollar, building an audience, finding a niche,…

Sam Thompson and Chris pitch two concepts: a one-day conference for business ideas with hackathon-style execution and prizes, and an AI…

Short solo episode reverse-engineering the Sierra Auto Fair: how an auto fair works, what Chris doesn't like about the model, and how to…

HoldCo Bros update on their perfume vending machine business (strong August sales, scaling challenges), then three car-related ideas: an…

Shannon Jean returns to brainstorm: digital detox centers for kids and adults, a ghost-kitchen-adjacent concept, and the strongest thread —…

Brandon Doyle, running agencies since 2008 across SEO, email, Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat ads, shares his journey from SEO freelancer to…

HoldCo Bros episode with four-plus ideas: turning Uber/Lyft drivers into a distributed sales team, standing out in the wedding industry…

Guest Tyler Purcell, the 'Laundry Guy', owns four Ohio laundromats running at about 40% profit margin while also running a wealth…

With Sam Thompson on starting a cold-email agency: tools and tactics for campaigns from 100 to 10 million emails using AI, leveraging…

HoldCo Bros revisit stump grinding ($9K in 15 days from a listener), selling free tree trimmings as BBQ wood to restaurants, self-storage,…

Guest Alex Hanson, founder of The Shelf Dude, scaled custom shelving from a weekend side hustle to six figures almost entirely through…

Teen founder Kirk McKinney built Junk Teens into a $900K/year junk-removal business after stumbling onto valuable discards at a local dump,…

HoldCo Bros with NikonomicsPodcast interview Isaac French of Live Oak Lake on turning $20K into a $2.3M micro-destination investment that…

Mark Janasik, founder of chef-driven coffee house Southern Grounds in Florida, shares how he bootstrapped a multi-million-dollar…

Chris tells the origin story of his multi-million dollar business: a Buc-ee's visit, a viral marketing stunt, a $3,000 gamble, and building…

HoldCo Bros brainstorm eight ideas: local and niche newsletters with influencer partnerships, Botox business economics, a…

Chris tells his own story: from broke to multiple million-dollar businesses, a spreadsheet of 72 ventures, partnering with John McAfee, the…

Raymond runs a luxury Sprinter van rental service in Las Vegas, renting high-end vans at $170/hour to celebrities, hotels, and bachelor…

Chris distills 6 years and 31 RV/mobile home park investments into 18 value-doubling levers: physical improvements, backfilling pads,…

HoldCo Bros episode: Chris and Nik recount accidentally launching a perfume vending-machine business that went viral on Instagram,…

Guest Josh Scott (SwimSRQ, Swim Academy) on the swim-school business plus four tangential ideas: renting a house for its pool, swim lessons…

Chris recounts a failed $50M real-estate partnership where the third partner didn't pull weight, tensions rose, and Chris was pushed out.…

Episode on masterminds as a business strategy (value, cost, membership dynamics), AI-powered creative prospecting, the White Whale Fund…

A short webinar recording on the host's perfume vending machines: $3,250 per unit upfront, $700–$3,000 net profit per machine per month…