001: How I Made $150k Selling a Meme

The Koerner Office - Business Ideas, Advice & Deep Dives - A podcast by Chris Koerner

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In this episode of Startup Gems, we share a remarkable startup success story. Two entrepreneurs transformed a viral internet meme, the nut button, into a thriving business, generating over a hundred grand in revenue in just a year.They initially invested twelve hundred and fifty dollars each to order a thousand nut buttons from Alibaba. Their simple, high-conversion website and paid social media ads didn't yield immediate results. However, a viral video on Twitter, featuring a dog playing wit...