How Friday Beers CEO Built A Comedy Empire With Will Angus & Liam Cullagh | The Sagnik Show

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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