How Comedians Get Discovered

The life of a stand up comedian can be thankless. You spend hours carefully crafting jokes, only to get three minutes on stage at an open mic. If you want to perform in an actual show, you have to beg five of your friends or family members to come sit through a two hour show where you perform for five minutes (and let’s not forget about the two drink minimum). But the question remains the same: how do I get discovered?

The better question is, what have you been doing to get discovered?