#406: Reid Hailey on The Business Behind Memes

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Reid Hailey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Doing Things Media, a digital content and entertainment company that owns over 20 brands and shows with a combined following of over 60 million. Some of our brands include ShitheadSteve, NeatDad, AnimalsDoingThings, MiddleClassFancy, DoggosDoingThings, GamersDoingThings, and NoChaser. One of our most popular original shows is All Gas No Brakes, hosted by the now-famous internet celebrity Andrew Callaghan. In this conversation, we discuss memes, shareable content, eCommerce products, building community, the importance of IP, and their new show All Gas No Brakes. ============================== BlockFi provides financial products for crypto investors. Products include high-yield interest accounts, USD loans, and no fee trading. To start earning today visit: http://www.blockfi.com/Pomp ============================== Athletic Brewing is re-imagining beer for the modern adult. We love beer. But we also love being healthy, active and at our best. No matter your motivation, if you want to keep a clear head and drink healthier, we are here for you. Athletic makes non-alcoholic beer that you don't have to compromise to enjoy. The beers are fully flavored, clean ingredient, and a fraction of the calories of full strength beer - they fit in any occasion. Check out www.athleticbrewing.com for more details and free shipping nationwide. ============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp
0:05.3	podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off. Reed Haley is the co-founder and
0:12.6	CEO of Doing Things Media, a digital content and entertainment company that owns over 20 brands
0:18.4	and shows with a combined following of over 60 million.
0:22.1	Some of our brands include Shithead Steve, Neat Dad, Animals Doing Things, Middle Class Fancy,
0:28.3	Doggo's Doing Things, Gamer's Doing Things, and No Chaser. One of their most popular original shows
0:34.0	is All Gas, No Breaks, which is hosted by the now famous internet celebrity,
0:38.6	Andrew Callahan. In this conversation, we discuss memes, shareable content, e-commerce products,
0:45.0	building community, the importance of IP, and their new show, All Gas, No Breaks. I really enjoyed
0:51.0	this conversation with Reed, and I hope you do as well. Before we get into this episode, though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.
0:57.8	First up is BlockFi.
0:59.7	I'm an investor in the company.
1:01.1	I sit on the board, and I am a big, big fan, and a happy user.
1:05.0	They provide three products today.
1:07.3	First, you can take crypto, deposit it, and take out a U.S. dollar loan against your crypto
1:11.2	collateral. Second, you can use their crypto exchange to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Or third,
1:16.4	you can use my favorite product, which is their interest-bearing accounts. You can deposit
1:20.5	crypto or stablecoin and earn up to 8.6% APY in that interest-bearing account. Go check out BlockFi. They've been growing really fast and
1:29.7	doing very well. I'm super proud of them and I think you'll enjoy the product. BlockFi.com
1:35.2	slash pomp. Again, go visit blockfi.com slash pomp. Next up is athletic brewing. Athletic brewing is all about reimagining beer for the modern
1:46.9	adult. They've got great tasting beer that happens to have no alcohol and be a mere fraction of
1:51.3	the calories and even the light's beers. In today's modern, mindful, performance-driven world,
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