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Chris Koerner

ARCHETYPE

The Operator

Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.

Chris Koerner registers as The Operator because his credibility is built entirely on doing. A serial entrepreneur and side-hustle educator, he teaches from the scar tissue of ventures actually launched rather than strategies merely imagined. On The Diary of a CEO he brought that same ground-level orientation, favouring speed, testing, and tangible action. His leadership style is unpretentious and kinetic, measuring ideas by whether they survive contact with a real market.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY OPERATOR

Follow the profit until you can afford to follow your passion. The statistical likelihood that what we love and what makes us money overlaps in the beginning is almost zero.

ADVISING AGAINST PASSION-FIRST APPROACH

I don't assume that other competitors are idiots. I assume they're doing that because they've learned the hard way. And if I copy them, then I won't have to learn the hard way.

ON COPYING PROVEN BUSINESS MODELS

Focus is overrated and momentum is underrated. I want you to get something back from the world because the most likely way to sell is to start with the lowest amount of friction.

ON VALIDATING BUSINESS IDEAS QUICKLY

THE DIARY OF A CEO

The Diary of a CEO: “Passive Income Expert: How To Make 10k Per Month In 90 Days!”

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