Drink Pass

Being a tech start-up ourselves, we’re always interested in testing out the innovative products and services our peers are putting out into the world. With that said, the Drink Pass team has rented an apartment in NYC through AirBnb for this upcoming weekend!

Airbnb has become quite a popular way of vacationing these days and we’re excited to try it out ourselves for the first time (well, first for most of us)! According to Airbnb’s wiki, “Listings include private rooms, entire apartments, castles, boats, manors, tree houses, tipis, igloos, private islands and other properties”. We opted for a luxury midtown apartment this time, but expect a Drink Pass private island party courtesy of Airbnb in the future! Gone are the days of traditional hotels, check out the pics of our cool digs for the weekend!

http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/240542

Drink Pass has been invited to present at the third annual Manhattan Cocktail Classic.

We’re excited to be showcasing our application this Sunday as part of their new “Mixology & Technology” segment!

We’ll be presenting at their Industry Invitational, but if you’re interested in their public festivities do check out the details at www.manhattancocktailclassic.com

Here at the Drink Pass office, we’ve been steadily adorning our office space here in sunny Orange County. Last week, we set up some Drink Pass posters on the wall facing our entrance. More shots to come in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned.

Welcome to the Drink Pass blog! This past week, we launched our website and we’ve been ecstatic with the response so far. In the first of this two-part series, we present to you the story of Drink Pass. This week, one of the co-founders, Andrew Chen, shares his story and how he came across his light bulb moment. Stay tuned for the final part of our series. 

Ecstatic about finally making it past the chaotic line outside a club on a busy Saturday night, I make my way towards the bar with a few friends as I try to pick up the first round. Much to my dismay, I find myself waiting in yet another line. 

As orders are made and people leave with their drinks, I struggle to push my way forward. After about fifteen minutes, I finally reach the counter and try grab the bartender’s attention. Unfortunately, he is too precoccupied taking orders from other patrons to notice me. Meanwhile, I take out my phone to kill some time as I wait my turn, and a thought suddenly crosses my mind.

“I wish I could just order drinks on my phone and never have to wait in this line…”

The thunderous clouds part, rays of light shine through and angelic music plays. That’s it! I’m going to create it and I’ll never have to sit through this wait ever again. No one likes to wait in line, and I’d much rather be hanging out with my friends.

And thus came the idea behind Drink Pass. Technology has allowed great advances in human efficiency, and my time is much better spent on my nights out with my friends than in line at a bar.

A colleague of mine once told me: “I finally realize how you come up with these business ideas… you just think of ways to be as lazy as possible.” I guess it’s a fine line between being lazy and being productive.

At Drink Pass headquarters, a very strong team is making this idea into reality. Alongside my co-founder, Thomas Pham, we have a great product planned for you all. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we embark on changing the way people go out. Thanks for reading!

Cheers,

Andrew Chen 

Co-founder

After months of hard work, we’re pleased to announce that our website is now live! Sign up with your email address to be notified as soon as we launch, and become a part of our private beta.

Drink Pass is going to solve a problem many people face when they go out to a bar or club. Specifically, we are developing an app that lets you order drinks at a bar from your smartphone, as well as see where all your friends are headed to or currently checked in to. Skip the line and let the drink wait for you instead.

Recently, we’ve been busy:

• implementing core features
• establishing connections and relationships with key influencers
• acquiring amazing talent to join our staff

During the weeks ahead, we will continue making tremendous progress in reaching key milestones. Follow the latest updates from this blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

We’re extremely excited about where Drink Pass is headed and would love to have you join us along the ride. Stay tuned!