Jack Barrett and his brothers Max, and Sam are the founders of Friday Beers. We chatted about the company's founding, raising $6 million, building out an iconic sketch crew, and reviving comedy.
Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:14 Friday Beers' Beer launch
03:00 Founding of Friday Beers' Instagram
06:37 Dealing with copyright
09:14 Bring back comedy
11:53 Raising $6 million
13:33 Almost Friday TV: Will Angus & Liam Cullagh
15:12 Fundraising from Jared Goff
17:27 Scaling sketch comedy
21:06 Barstool Sports' influence
23:22 Scripted comedy on social
26:33 Brand deals
29:46 Almost Friday IG posts
33:20 Political correctness in comedy
36:07 Winning in digital media
40:17 Why sell beer?
44:40 How Jack runs Friday Beers
46:45 Leaving finance for media
50:54 Almost Friday Media's mission
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