Site Upgrades and Opportunities for Bar Owners and More Cities

July 18, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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We first created Bars For Us to solve a specific problem we faced in finding bars in Raleigh, since that’s where we mostly lived and we wanted to create something to help us and our friends.

Since we launched the site last Sunday we realized there were a couple pretty big opportunities to help more people, and we’ve spent the past week working on upgrades to the site to make it possible.

Today we were able to launch the first upgrade, which focuses on two things:

It’s been a lot of hard work over the last couple of days to get ready for this, and we’re now excited about growing the site in Raleigh and beyond.

Bars For Us & Startup Weekend on NBC

July 17, 2008 at 9:17 pm
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Check out CNBC and NBC on Friday and Saturday to learn more about Bars For Us!

The segments will give viewers a chance to learn more about Startup Weekend as a whole and the startups created in Raleigh last weekend at RTP Startup Weekend. Bars For Us was one of four; the other three are Scavenja, MyFriesSuck and Dealcastr. We’re all excited about the upcoming coverage.

Here’s how you can watch:

  • CBNC at 10:00 am, Friday
  • CNBC at 4:00 pm, Friday
  • NBC Today Show at 7:30 AM, Saturday morning
  • NBC Weekend Nightly News at 6:30, either Saturday or Sunday

All times EST. Check out the CNBC News Team on Twitter for immediate updates on coverage.

If you miss the segments on TV, you can catch up on CNBC.com starting tomorrow. Additional coverage, including the confessional videos, are already making their way up now.

Users: get ready for a deeper and richer site. And as always, we love to hear your comments and suggestions through the feedback from or on Twitter @barsforus.

Bar owners: if you are interested in advertising on Bars For Us and highlighting your event and drink specials on the site, contact Bars For Us by email using this page, calling us at 415-267-7610, or by messaging us on Twitter @barsforus.

Don’t live in Raleigh and want to help launch Bars For Us in your city? Again, email or call 415-267-7610.

UPDATED 7.18.08

  • The 10 AM CNBC segment on CNBC.com.
  • The Weekend Today Show segment is getting pushed to NEXT weekend due to some breaking news.

We’re seeing some issues with some browsers, and we are working on it

July 14, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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During initial development of the Bars For Us service during RTP Startup Weekend we had a limited amount of time for us to debug and test Bars For Us.

Our team predominantly worked with Firefox 3 and currently see no issues using this browser. However, it has come to our attention that Internet Explorer users are pulling up Bars For Us and it’s just not looking right.

Rest assured that these issues are being looked at!

We would appreciate any outside help so if any readers see issues with Bars For Us then please send us feedback. Please include details on the browser you are using and resolution of your screen so that we can best understand what is going on.

We are now live and serving Raleigh!

July 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm
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Bars For Us is now alive and kicking on BarsForUs.com!

Please check it out. We’d love any feedback, praise and gifts of beer you can provide!

Bars For Us is now on Facebook and MySpace

July 13, 2008 at 12:00 pm
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We’ve launched a Facebook fan page and a MySpace page for Bars For Us in Raleigh. Stay up to date and share Bars For Us with your friends in Raleigh!

What is Bars For Us?

July 12, 2008 at 11:00 am
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Bars For Us takes the guesswork out of finding your city’s best bars.

Bars For Us has created an easy way for people to find bars using the criteria most important to them. Bar listings are displayed on a map and change dynamically as people refine their search. Bars are able to highlight their listing by displaying advertisements and extra information about their special nights, offers and drink specials.

In later evolutions Bars For Us will allow people to register to follow and share their favorite bars, and bars will be able to register to deliver highly targeted and relevant promotions to their followers.

Bars For Us helps people find the best bars for them and helps bars promote and advertise, using a simple to use user-interface and a detailed database of information about bars.