Chris Koerner

Opportunity costs.

Sometimes they weren't profitable, right?

They weren't failing.

I could see like the path to scale, but shiny object syndrome, ADHD, opportunity costs, whatever you want to call it.

I just decided to put my energy and efforts elsewhere.

What sparked the interest?

I grew up poor, and I lived across the street from a golf course, and these golf balls would fly into my yard, and for whatever reason, I had the thought to sell them, to sell them to golfers.

And so I lived on this busy road in Logan, Utah, and I put up this big piece of plywood, I leaned it against my mailbox, and it said, use golf balls three for a dollar.

And at 8, 9, 10 years old, I would just haggle with these golfers and just sell them used golf balls so I could pay the bills.

Did they know you were so young when they would show up and see the sign?

Probably not.

Looking back, I think it's kind of crazy because I have a 9-year-old.

I mean, I would let him do that, but I just can't imagine him doing that.

Like, talking with 35-year-old golfers about, like, can you do four for a dollar, like...

But that's what I was doing.

Why were you different than your son in that capacity?

Well, my son didn't grow up poor.

And to me, it was just like a necessity, right?

A lot of times people ask me like, why are you an entrepreneur?

Why do you start businesses?