Chris Koerner's guest appearances

Chris Koerner

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

The Fort - An Entrepreneurship Podcast

The Edward Show

James Beshara

Rob Walch

Neil Patel

Barbara Corcoran

Chris Guillebeau

Brian Scudamore

Wade Foster

Aaron Fifield

Drew Canole

Tony Robbins

Omar Zenhom

Webinar Ninja

Laura Roeder

Melanie Duncan

Bernie Sanders

OwlTail

E26: Chris Koerner (@mhp_guy) is crushing. He finds local boomer-run businesses that are:  In demand. Not online.  He takes them online, 2x prices, and crushes. It’s human nature to avoid what we’re uncomfortable with, and Chris exploits this. Boomers are afraid of new tech. Chris isn’t. He takes the money left on the table with these offline brick-and-mortar boomer-run businesses. Brilliant. + I give updates on my TikTok success. This is crazy. + I may have just learned a wild Twitter/X engagement hack. Very excited.

E26: Chris Koerner (@mhp_guy) is crushing. He finds local boomer-run businesses that are: <ol> <li>In demand.</li> <li>Not online.</li> </ol> He takes them online, 2x prices, and crushes. It’s human nature to avoid what we’re uncomfortable with, and Chris exploits this. Boomers are afraid of new tech. Chris isn’t. He takes the money left on the table with these offline brick-and-mortar boomer-run businesses. Brilliant. + I give updates on my TikTok success. This is crazy. + I may have just learned a wild Twitter/X engagement hack. Very excited.

How Chris Koerner Makes $300,000/mo Selling Goods Online From Brick & Mortar Boomer Businesses

Chris Koerner is the Co-Founder and CEO of SendEats.com where they offer 3PL for Ecommerce so that companies can focus on building their brand. On this episode, Chris starts with a great story about his mission to Hungary for the Church of Latter-Day Saints, his entrepreneurial journey starting and selling E-commerce businesses before starting SendEats at the beginning of the pandemic, and some of the ups and downs they've experienced in their year of operation. Finally, Chris tells an incredible story of partnering with the Crypto giant John McAfee, his passion for crypto, and some parenting stories. Enjoy! Follow Chris on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: www.FortCapitalLP.com Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Chris Koerner on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/serialtrep (03:19) - Chris’ Background (05:33) - Chris Mission for The Latter-Day Saints in Hungary (09:22) - What is the goal of the Mission? (10:39) - How did you know if you were doing a ‘good’ job on your mission? 7 Habits of Highly Effective People  (13:51) - Were you good at handling rejection before the mission? (14:11) - The Backstory of Starting Sendeats.com (20:08) - What's something you missed at the beginning but you’re working on now? (23:16) - When is someone big enough to outsource their e-commerce? (23:43) - What does your 80-hour week look like? (26:19) - Where does the risk lie in your business? (27:09) - Do you need an insurance policy for each customer? (27:49) - Partnering with Amazon, Shopify vs. Amazon (33:04) - What has COVID done for E-commerce adoption? (34:57) - How are you finding customers? (35:13) - Is there a customer you won’t take? (36:37) - How do you bill customers? (37:21) - What’s the most difficult product you ship right now? (42:11) - How are FedEx and UPS working to protect themselves from Amazon? (42:57) - What do you look for in a building? (43:23) - How well-positioned is DFW from a logistics standpoint? (45:37) - Is physical location the most important factor in logistics? (46:32) - How are you receiving products? (47:05) - What’s the hardest part about the business? How do you tackle these issues? (48:42) - Are there technology opportunities in this space? (49:53) - Who are your competitors? (51:04) - Does Amazon still win? (51:44) - Does faster shipping change actually change anything on the shipping end? (53:19) - What value do you get out of Trends? (54:57) - What’s your plan with this company? (55:47) - Will you end up taking over the insurance side of this business? (56:39) - Cardboard Box Supply  (57:08) - What’s the worst day you’ve had in this business? (59:38) - Partnering with John McAfee (1:13:50) - How does 2017 feel vs. now when it comes to Bitcoin? (1:15:00) - How did you get into Crypto? (1:16:48) - Why do swaps exist? (1:18:02) - Whatever happened to John? (1:19:06) - Are we still early in Crypto? (1:19:34) - Chris’ Crypto Pyramid Scheme Story (1:23:03) - What’s something you think about a lot? (1:24:23) - Was there any experience you had as a child that shaped you? (1:26:30) - Raising Kids &amp; Screen Time (1:30:17) - Wrap Up The FORT with Chris Powers is produced by Straight Up Podcasts

Chris Koerner is the Co-Founder and CEO of <a href="https://sendeats.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SendEats.com</a> where they offer 3PL for Ecommerce so that companies can focus on building their brand. On this episode, Chris starts with a great story about his mission to Hungary for the Church of Latter-Day Saints, his entrepreneurial journey starting and selling E-commerce businesses before starting SendEats at the beginning of the pandemic, and some of the ups and downs they've experienced in their year of operation. Finally, Chris tells an incredible story of partnering with the Crypto giant John McAfee, his passion for crypto, and some parenting stories. Enjoy! Follow Chris on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/FortWorthChris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris</a> Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: <a href="http://www.fortcapitallp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.FortCapitalLP.com</a> Follow Chris on LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/</a> Chris Koerner on Twitter: <a href="http://www.Twitter.com/serialtrep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Twitter.com/serialtrep</a> (03:19) - Chris’ Background (05:33) - Chris Mission for The Latter-Day Saints in Hungary (09:22) - What is the goal of the Mission? (10:39) - How did you know if you were doing a ‘good’ job on your mission? <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1982137274/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1982137274&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mywebsit0c1a3-20&amp;linkId=402035b03ecc8a81948d6dac49ca0a76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 Habits of Highly Effective People</a> (13:51) - Were you good at handling rejection before the mission? (14:11) - The Backstory of Starting <a href="http://Sendeats.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sendeats.com</a> (20:08) - What's something you missed at the beginning but you’re working on now? (23:16) - When is someone big enough to outsource their e-commerce? (23:43) - What does your 80-hour week look like? (26:19) - Where does the risk lie in your business? (27:09) - Do you need an insurance policy for each customer? (27:49) - Partnering with Amazon, Shopify vs. Amazon (33:04) - What has COVID done for E-commerce adoption? (34:57) - How are you finding customers? (35:13) - Is there a customer you won’t take? (36:37) - How do you bill customers? (37:21) - What’s the most difficult product you ship right now? (42:11) - How are FedEx and UPS working to protect themselves from Amazon? (42:57) - What do you look for in a building? (43:23) - How well-positioned is DFW from a logistics standpoint? (45:37) - Is physical location the most important factor in logistics? (46:32) - How are you receiving products? (47:05) - What’s the hardest part about the business? How do you tackle these issues? (48:42) - Are there technology opportunities in this space? (49:53) - Who are your competitors? (51:04) - Does Amazon still win? (51:44) - Does faster shipping change actually change anything on the shipping end? (53:19) - What value do you get out of <a href="https://trends.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trends</a>? (54:57) - What’s your plan with this company? (55:47) - Will you end up taking over the insurance side of this business? (56:39) - Cardboard Box Supply  (57:08) - What’s the worst day you’ve had in this business? (59:38) - Partnering with John McAfee (1:13:50) - How does 2017 feel vs. now when it comes to Bitcoin? (1:15:00) - How did you get into Crypto? (1:16:48) - Why do swaps exist? (1:18:02) - Whatever happened to John? (1:19:06) - Are we still early in Crypto? (1:19:34) - Chris’ Crypto Pyramid Scheme Story (1:23:03) - What’s something you think about a lot? (1:24:23) - Was there any experience you had as a child that shaped you? (1:26:30) - Raising Kids &amp; Screen Time (1:30:17) - Wrap Up The FORT with Chris Powers is produced by Straight Up Podcasts

#135: Chris Koerner - Building a 3PL & Fulfillment Behemoth for Small eCommerce Businesses

Chris Koerner, founder and CEO of LCDcycle – a company that recycles broken iPhone screens and supplies wireless repair shop with wholesale electronic parts. Aside from being a motivational speaker and winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year award, Chris is a guy who appreciates the haters. Famous Five:  Favorite Book? – Delivering Happiness What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk   Favorite online tool? — Flipboard Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— I try but I don’t If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Tell myself to appreciate the haters”    Time Stamped Show Notes:  01:46 – Nathan introduces Chris to the show 02:31 – LCDcycle was founded in 2013 02:43 – Chris opened a smartphone repair shop in college in 2010   02:51 – Sold it for $ 30,000   03:50 – They started in Alabama 04:10 – They got more customers in the Texas market 04:45 – The supply parts to repair shop 04:58 – First year revenue   05:08 – Did $ 2.1 million for the first full year   05:13 – For 2014, they did $ 4.8 million and $ 8.8 million in 2015 05:36 – They are doing cold-calling to get customers 05:57 – Uses a lead generation tool to scrape the repair shops details 06:25 – Gross margin average is 31% 06:55 – Team size is 12 07:08 – They are self-funded   07:31 – Started with $ 30,000 07:41 – Chris asked his family and friends for a loan   08:16 – Total volume of parts shipped   08:27 – About million parts   08:45 – Most of their shipments are iPhone screens 08:53 – Average price point for the shops 09:17 – Spending $ 23 for raw material 10:15 – 8% net margin 10:30 – Supplies are coming from China 10:49 – LCDcycle sells new screens and buying the broken screens from the repair shops   11:05- Broken screens are being sent to China   11:27 – Their revenue is shrinking this year to $ 6.5 million 11:41 – There’s a shortage in supplies last year so there was a spike in sales 12:25 – They’re supplying to 700-800 unique shops 12:36 – Reorder rate 13:45 – Chris raised money last year 14:21 – Chris would sell to a bigger company 15:20 – Connect with Chris through his Facebook 17:30 – The Famous Five    3 Key Points:  You have a good chance of developing a great company—you just need to be willing to navigate through the failures. Believe in yourself. Expansion—even in the face of risk—is worth it. Always appreciate the haters.  Resources Mentioned:  Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers. Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts. Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+ Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books. Assistant.to – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email. Facebook – Chris’ personal Facebook account. Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives 

Chris Koerner, founder and CEO of LCDcycle – a company that recycles broken iPhone screens and supplies wireless repair shop with wholesale electronic parts. Aside from being a motivational speaker and winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year award, Chris is a guy who appreciates the haters. Famous Five: <ul> <li>Favorite Book? – Delivering Happiness</li> <li>What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Favorite online tool? — Flipboard</li> <li>Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— I try but I don’t</li> <li>If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? – “Tell myself to appreciate the haters”</li> </ul> Time Stamped Show Notes: <ul> <li>01:46 – Nathan introduces Chris to the show</li> <li>02:31 – LCDcycle was founded in 2013</li> <li>02:43 – Chris opened a smartphone repair shop in college in 2010</li> <li> <ul> <li>02:51 – Sold it for $ 30,000</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:50 – They started in Alabama</li> <li>04:10 – They got more customers in the Texas market</li> <li>04:45 – The supply parts to repair shop</li> <li>04:58 – First year revenue</li> <li> <ul> <li>05:08 – Did $ 2.1 million for the first full year</li> </ul> </li> <li>05:13 – For 2014, they did $ 4.8 million and $ 8.8 million in 2015</li> <li>05:36 – They are doing cold-calling to get customers</li> <li>05:57 – Uses a lead generation tool to scrape the repair shops details</li> <li>06:25 – Gross margin average is 31%</li> <li>06:55 – Team size is 12</li> <li>07:08 – They are self-funded</li> <li> <ul> <li>07:31 – Started with $ 30,000</li> <li>07:41 – Chris asked his family and friends for a loan</li> </ul> </li> <li>08:16 – Total volume of parts shipped</li> <li> <ul> <li>08:27 – About million parts</li> </ul> </li> <li>08:45 – Most of their shipments are iPhone screens</li> <li>08:53 – Average price point for the shops</li> <li>09:17 – Spending $ 23 for raw material</li> <li>10:15 – 8% net margin</li> <li>10:30 – Supplies are coming from China</li> <li>10:49 – LCDcycle sells new screens and buying the broken screens from the repair shops</li> <li> <ul> <li>11:05- Broken screens are being sent to China</li> </ul> </li> <li>11:27 – Their revenue is shrinking this year to $ 6.5 million</li> <li>11:41 – There’s a shortage in supplies last year so there was a spike in sales</li> <li>12:25 – They’re supplying to 700-800 unique shops</li> <li>12:36 – Reorder rate</li> <li>13:45 – Chris raised money last year</li> <li>14:21 – Chris would sell to a bigger company</li> <li>15:20 – Connect with Chris through his Facebook</li> <li>17:30 – The Famous Five</li> </ul> 3 Key Points: <ul> <li>You have a good chance of developing a great company—you just need to be willing to navigate through the failures. Believe in yourself.</li> <li>Expansion—even in the face of risk—is worth it.</li> <li>Always appreciate the haters.</li> </ul> Resources Mentioned: <ul> <li>Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal  for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal  developers.</li> <li>Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.</li> <li>Freshbooks – The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.</li> <li>Leadpages  – The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+</li> <li>Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.</li> <li><a href="http://Assistant.to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Assistant.to</a> – The site Nathan uses to book meetings with one email.</li> <li>Facebook – Chris’ personal Facebook account.</li> <li>Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives</li> </ul>

EP 462: $8.8M 2015 Sales of iPhone Repair Parts with CEO Chris Koerner