How This ‘Average’ Guy Built 75 Businesses?

Get working capital for your business with the Revenued Flex Line! https://info.revenued.com/apply?refsource=Influencer&subrefsource=Up-Flip From collecting golf balls as a resourceful 8-year-old to becoming a successful business owner, Chris Koerner's journey is the epitome of the American Dream. Growing up in a struggling family, Chris learned early on that success comes from spotting opportunities and working relentlessly to seize them. After returning from a church mission in Hungary at age 19, Chris dove headfirst into starting a business. Beginning with rental properties, he gradually built and sold various successful small businesses, including iPhone repair stores and wholesale operations. Today, he's involved in over 75 businesses, showing the true spirit of a serial innovator. What sets Chris apart isn't just his business acumen; it's his commitment to lifting other small business owners up. He now runs a unique program that funds and mentors university students with promising business ideas. His criteria? High energy, integrity, humility, and gratitude… the same values that fueled his own success. In this episode, Chris shares raw insights about building a business from scratch, why passion isn't always necessary for short-term success, and how his challenging childhood shaped his entrepreneurial journey. He also reveals his practical strategies for identifying profitable opportunities and building strong teams. Start your own subcontracting business. Get access to Chris’s step-by-step blueprint 👉 https://www.upflip.com/course/the-subcontractor-startup OR… 🎓 Join UpFlip Academy to “copy-paste” the top million-dollar service businesses you can start in weeks and profit from in months - https://links.upflip.com/academy-yt More UpFlip Official Resources: 📕 FREE access to 137 Most Profitable Businesses - https://next.upflip.com/episode-244 🎙️ Follow the UpFlip Podcast - https://links.upflip.com/podcast-yt 📩 Join the UpFlip Newsletter - https://links.upflip.com/newsletter-yt 👉 Follow Chris for more biz ideas- https://www.instagram.com/thekoerneroffice Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 00:54 - 75 businesses in 15 years?! 01:08 - Types of businesses 01:51 - Perks of working from home 02:39 - The business that started it all 04:01 - Stay curious, stay unstoppable 04:50 - Point at anything, I’ll turn it into a biz! 06:59 - A future pickleball club 07:34 - Math behind an idea 08:18 - Chase the “what ifs” 09:15 - Predicting trends with John McAfee 11:18 - Fan blitz 14:16 - Brewing a seasonal business 16:13 - Flip every failure into a fortune 17:11 - Validate an idea (the proven way) 17:49 - Test it, nail it, scale it 18:59 - Sample tree trimming project 19:55 - Tree business margins 20:29 - From software to tree trimming 22:05 - Timing isn’t luck. It’s leverage! 22:58 - Ignorance is a superpower 24:40 - Drop the pride first (it’s okay!) 26:33 - Creative marketing… in a bar?! 27:37 - Thinking outside of the box 29:07 - So many ideas, so little time 30:53 - The hard way or the easy way? 31:52 - It wasn’t always a win 33:03 - An eye-opening mission 33:35 - Circumstances don’t decide, you do! 34:48 - Ideas on overdrive 36:08 - No fancy routines 37:41 - 2 different generations, one opportunity 38:29 - The “barbell” theory 39:40 - Partnerships don’t always work 40:54 - Book recommendation 41:26 - All or nothing kind of person 42:24 - Clarity beats complexity 43:16 - Find the one who thrives in chaos 44:55 - Incentivize your rockstars 46:14 - Red flags are there for a reason 47:24 - Things aren’t what they seem 47:54 - Rocks, pebbles, and sand 48:38 - The most overlooked strategy 49:54 - Use your patience wisely 50:30 - Outro #business #smallbusiness #startingabusiness