The Most Profitable Business You Can Run From a Phone

Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast · 28 min · 2026

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This episode shows how a profitable business can be run with little overhead using just a phone, which lowers the barrier to getting started. Viewers get a practical step-by-step approach they can adapt to launch their own lean venture.

Starting up Bootstrapping vs funding Founder stories and case studies Operations and systems

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