How much do you hate waiting for another beer in a crowded bar?
It irked Josh Goodman enough to invent a pretty obvious solution — self-service beer taps.
Goodman, 36, recalled the exact moment in late 2008 when his frustration boiled over.
“I was hanging out with my friends at a Baltimore sports bar before an Orioles game,” he said. “We just couldn’t get another beer served to us quickly.”
Even more than being annoyed, Goodman was struck by how much money the bar must be losing. Almost immediately, he got to work on a self-service beer concept.
Within a few months, Goodman had launched PourMyBeer in Chicago (where he’d relocated to be with his wife).
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