Chris Koerner
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And I would...
go to my neighbor's yards, I'd go across the street, I'd dig through the ditches and I'd pull out all these golf balls, I'd wash them.
And then I put up this huge piece of plywood in front of my house that said golf balls three for a dollar.
And that was my first business.
And at the time it was just normal, it was natural.
I didn't know any different.
And now I have a nine-year-old and I was nine when I did that.
And we live on a busy road today.
I lived on a busy road then.
And the thought of him negotiating, haggling with grownups wearing polo shirts on our doorstep is unfathomable.
But that's what I was doing.
And that planted the seed.
That kind of taught me that business is approachable.
Preferably, it's approachable.
Approachable and scalable can be the same thing.
They don't have to be at odds with one another.
And how many businesses have you started since then?
I lose count.
I have a spreadsheet, but it's at least 80.
And what are the outcomes been?