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Chris Koerner: Why copying beats originality in business

What happens when founders stop chasing originality and follow profit: Koerner shows side hustles built on competitor copying and cheap validation.

Steven BartletthostChris Koernerguest
Dec 8, 20252h 11mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 2:36

    Who Are You and What Do You Do?

  2. 2:36 – 5:33

    What Businesses Have You Started?

  3. 5:33 – 8:52

    Is This the Best Time to Start a Business?

  4. 8:52 – 12:53

    Copying Businesses

  5. 12:53 – 20:11

    Experimentation and Testing

  6. 20:11 – 23:00

    Your Experience With Buc-ee's

  7. 23:00 – 30:24

    Is Entrepreneurship for Everyone?

  8. 30:24 – 36:14

    Should We Have Plan Bs?

  9. 36:14 – 39:10

    Passive Income

  10. 39:10 – 41:55

    How Important Is Passion?

  11. 41:55 – 47:10

    How to Know If You Should Pursue an Idea

  12. 47:10 – 48:49

    How to Validate Your Ideas

  13. 48:49 – 52:02

    How to Test a Product

  14. 52:02 – 57:11

    How Important Is It to Learn Facebook Ads?

  15. 57:11 – 58:51

    Ads

  16. 58:51 – 59:54

    The Different Types of Entrepreneurs

  17. 59:54 – 1:02:04

    How Important Is Focus?

  18. 1:02:04 – 1:07:04

    Did You Feel Guilty for Trying to Build Businesses?

  19. 1:07:04 – 1:09:59

    Rejection and Failure

  20. 1:09:59 – 1:12:30

    Team Building and Business Partners

  21. 1:12:30 – 1:15:13

    Equity Split in a Business

  22. 1:15:13 – 1:20:57

    What Would You Do With $500 for a Business?

  23. 1:20:57 – 1:27:53

    Drop Servicing

  24. 1:27:53 – 1:36:16

    Making Money From Vending Machines

  25. 1:36:16 – 1:38:19

    Ads

  26. 1:38:19 – 1:41:09

    What Business Would You Do With $1,000?

  27. 1:41:09 – 1:43:38

    Online Business With $1,000

  28. 1:43:38 – 1:49:11

    What Would You Do With $5,000?

  29. 1:49:11 – 1:50:09

    Don’t Ignore This When Starting A Business

  30. 1:50:09 – 1:52:13

    Which Has Been Your Most Profitable Business?

  31. 1:52:13 – 1:55:36

    Keep Trying and Experimenting

  32. 1:55:36 – 1:56:34

    Any New Business Ideas You’re Trying?

  33. 1:56:34 – 2:00:33

    Business That You Should Stay Away From

  34. 2:00:33 – 2:03:43

    Should You Really Become an Entrepreneur?

  35. 2:03:43 – 2:08:17

    What’s One Thing Steven Did That You Appreciated?

  36. 2:08:17 – 2:11:43

    What’s the Most Popular Question You Get?

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