Chris KoernerSerial Entrepreneur and Content Creator

Have you started yet? #entrepreneur #noexcuses #motivation #business #sidehustleideas

27 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Chris Koerner delivers a short, direct motivational talk urging viewers to stop making excuses and start a low-cost side business. He gives a concrete example — buying silt-fencing supplies and offering erosion-control work to developers found via recent permits — and practical fixes for common barriers (borrow a few hundred dollars, rent a truck, learn skills from YouTube). The central claim: the main competitor is your excuses, and many businesses can be started with minimal cost or downside.

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What exactly is stopping you from buying silt fencing supplies from Home Depot? Finding and calling developers by looking up recent permits issued with the city offering to do their next job for free? Capturing the rest of their business at $3 per linear foot, reusing the supplies, buying supplies for less from a regional distributor to boost margins. In short, what's stopping you from starting a business with almost no cost or downside? If it's your pride, then you either aren't broke enough or you don't want to own a business that badly. If your wallet is stopping you, then go borrow a couple hundred bucks from a friend and rent a truck. If your know how is stopping you, then rewatch this video and go watch a few YouTube videos. The opportunities are everywhere. The biggest competitors aren't your local LLCs, they're your excuses.