Recent Episodes

EP. 01

The Barrel Holdings Origin Story: Building a Portfolio of Agencies

EP. 01

The Barrel Holdings Origin Story: Building a Portfolio of Agencies

EP. 01

The Barrel Holdings Origin Story: Building a Portfolio of Agencies

EP. 02

Our Approach to Agency Acquisitions: Valuation Drivers and Deal Breakers

EP. 02

Our Approach to Agency Acquisitions: Valuation Drivers and Deal Breakers

EP. 02

Our Approach to Agency Acquisitions: Valuation Drivers and Deal Breakers

EP. 03

Are You Calculating Your Agency’s Profits Correctly?

EP. 03

Are You Calculating Your Agency’s Profits Correctly?

EP. 03

Are You Calculating Your Agency’s Profits Correctly?

EP. 04

How Specialization Impacts Your Agency’s Growth, Margins, and Valuation

EP. 04

How Specialization Impacts Your Agency’s Growth, Margins, and Valuation

EP. 04

How Specialization Impacts Your Agency’s Growth, Margins, and Valuation

EP. 05

How We’d Generate Leads If We Started Our Agency TodayValuation

EP. 05

How We’d Generate Leads If We Started Our Agency TodayValuation

EP. 05

How We’d Generate Leads If We Started Our Agency TodayValuation

About the hosts

Peter Kang and Sei-Wook Kim are co-founders of Barrel Holdings, a company built around the idea that agencies can be both creatively excellent and operationally sound, with the right habits in place.

They started their first agency together nearly two decades ago. Since then, they’ve weathered feast-or-famine cycles, made their share of missteps, and slowly shaped a clearer, more sustainable way of running agency businesses.

Today, through Barrel Holdings, they support a growing portfolio of specialized agencies. But they still think like operators. They still wonder if the margins make sense. They still ask where the process broke.

The AgencyHabits Podcast is their way of sharing what they’re seeing and learning, not as blueprints, but as open-source reflections. If something they’ve tried helps you make a better decision in your own agency, that’s the whole point.

  • “Having known Peter and Sei-Wook for a long time, it’s great to hear them share their journey while providing useful insights for other agency founders.”

    Anshey Bhatia, Verbal+Visual

  • “Peter and Sei-Wook care deeply about the fundamentals of running an agency business. Their podcast is rich with these lessons.”

    Josh Gross, Planetary

  • “I've learned a great deal from Peter & Sei-Wook over the past 12 years. Excited for listeners to learn from them as well.”

    Lucas Ballasy, Barrel

  • “Peter and Sei-Wook's convos are filled with actionable tactics & ideas that I've shared with my leadership team.”

    Sam Shepler, Testimonial Hero & Product Hype

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Bonus: Download the Agency Positioning 1-pager that we share with our agency leaders at Barrel Holdings.

Join 1,000+ other agency operators and get behind-the-scenes content every week.

Bonus: Download the Agency Positioning 1-pager that we share with our agency leaders at Barrel Holdings.