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The Side Hustle King: “I’m making $8K/DAY from easy businesses”

2025-06-18 Entertainment
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The King of Side Hustles: Profitable Business Ideas Through Reverse Engineering

Discover counter-intuitive strategies from a multi-millionaire who intentionally avoids traditional "focus," instead leveraging mathematical certainty, viral novelty, and copying proven competitor models.

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  • Generate significant cash flow by running multiple, diverse side hustles concurrently.
  • Validate business ideas using front-loaded ad spend or direct customer sourcing before major investment.
  • Succeed in local or niche economies by identifying and executing on statistically proven business models (Math as a Service).
  • Build massive barriers to entry by achieving high-profile media exposure, even via controversial publicity stunts.

This episode features Chris, who earns approximately $3 million annually from six distinct revenue streams, often making $8,000 in daily free cash flow. He counters the common advice to focus by embracing "Shiny Object Syndrome" and actively pursuing diverse, often unusual, business concepts. The conversation details actionable, replicable businesses ranging from physics-based carnival games to niche e-commerce and service arbitrage, emphasizing the power of copying established, profitable models.

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*Want to scale? Get the Side Hustler's AI Prompt Database: https://clickhubspot.com/dvm* Episode 717: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Chris Koerner about how to make millions from local side hustles. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:13) Idea: Hole-in-one golf challenge (12:24) Idea: Bitcoin mining (16:00) Idea: Garage shelving (17:18) Idea: Tourist traps for home markets (20:13) Idea: Toasted tours (24:56) Idea: Buc-ees snack arbitrage (38:01) Idea: Pet cremation (45:29) Idea: b2b stump grinding (48:13) Idea: Pickleball court (58:15) Focus is overrated (59:34) Say yes to everything (1:05:11) copy-paste millionaires — Links: • The Koerner Office - https://tkopod.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Top Comments (10)

@thekoerneroffice 2025-06-18

Thanks for having me guys! As a huge fan of the pod, this was a great honor. To all those watching: GO START SOMETHING ALREADY! CHASE THAT SHINY OBJECT BABY!!

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@sundaycricket2 2025-06-18

This is the type of content MFM was meant for

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@trendsetterdti 2025-06-18

Yes I love Chris and his mission against gatekeeping!!!! BRING HIM BACK for part 2!!!! Great episode 👌🏼

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@dcheetham8603 2025-06-18

The most impressive thing is that (I believe) Chris has four kids AND does all this craziness. No excuses, play like a champion indeed.

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@StartupAviator 2025-06-25

Best episode yet. Bring this guy back 100 more times.

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@jtgordon 2025-06-18

I listen to all of Chris' pods. Please bring him back!

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@authorceramics 2025-06-18

That golf course is in one of New Zealand’s busiest tourist areas it’s not a random place on the side of the road. It’s a massive tourist town with a huge influx of people wanting to spend. It’s an epic idea

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@MyFirstMillionPod 2025-06-18

*Want to scale? Get the Side Hustler's AI Prompt Database:* https://clickhubspot.com/wfb

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@KayFabe87 2025-06-20

Buccees is phenomenal. He was not exaggerating about the cleanest public bathrooms you will ever find anywhere.

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@electricelliot7906 2026-01-04

Hi New Zealander here. The hole in one is not in a "Random Spot" it is literally off the main state highway through the town with the largest Lake. I cant think of a busier piece of road or perfect placement for advertisement. I woukd say almost every tourist who comes here would pass this. (Albeit in the North Island)

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