Tuesday, November 20, 2012

A2 Happy Hour

Saw this poster the other day and thought that it was pretty intriguing. Not just because the idea of using a poster to advertise a website seems a little strange (seriously, does this work?). But because of the statement at the bottom of the poster. It's a little blurry but it says:

"This is just a start. Wait for our next big hit!

-Team Thrones.

A similar message appears at the bottom of the A2 Happy Hour website.

I bet you're asking yourself who Team Thrones is. Well I did a little internet sleuthing and and found this on Chengqi Zhu's LinkedIn Page:

Team Thrones is our startup company in the TechArb incubator program in University of Michigan. We are currently building a LBS application for iOS that helps users discover people with common interest and engage in real life social events in a spontaneous and random manner. My primary responsibility is interaction design and application develop.
Does this mean A2 Happy Hour is just a publicity stunt for an upcoming iOS app, or is it part of something bigger?

3 comments:

  1. I think more research is needed. You (obviously) need to go to Happy Hour with these people and report back to your readers . . .

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  2. We've been using this site at work for post work happy hours since May or June. They've changed the format and style of the page but I don't think that constitutes as the next big thing.

    What about pics or videos of people enjoying these happy hour specials to help get a feel for the environment for places people have not frequented before?

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  3. Yeah, the grad student who was running it moved out of town, so he sold it. The new owners are doing their own thing with it.

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