Chris Koerner
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And the only data point I had was one news article I read about some guys.
But he's like, no.
I went to my boss at the Thai restaurant where I was waiting tables.
He said no.
Everyone I knew said no.
Until I went to a guy that I met on my mission in Hungary.
He was Austrian, but he was living in Hungary.
And I knew he owned a few businesses.
And I told him, and he's like, no question, how much do you need?
And I had some Pell Grants.
I had some credit card advances.
But I needed $20,000.
And he gave me the $20,000.
And I put my Pell Grants in, my credit card advance, and started the business.
Why could you not just do that from your dorm?
That's what everyone told me to do.
Right.
Um, and that would have been wise, but I looked at it as, um, every day that I don't open, I'm losing money.
Like I'm effectively losing money.
And so if I start small and scale this, um,