Yes you can all you need is small battery to power the carb solenoid
After that the engine is self energizing
To stop you will need to depower the solenoid or connect a wire to the magneto so you can ground it to the engine to kill the spark.
The engine plug should have the solenoid & magneto wires .
However the engine will have a lot of kick back so it needs to be SECURE and that is SECURE with a capital S an old milk crate will not cut the mustard and it will rip most vices off a work bench
None of those portable fold up work benches will do the job either .