Owning a restaurant can be a stressful endeavor that goes beyond how good the food tastes. Aside from employee and expense tracking, if equipment breaks in the middle of dinner service, it can be catastrophic for profits and reputation. Andy McKoski, formerly the owner of Tex-Mex chain Tin Lizzy’s Cantina, saw how equipment maintenance, while critical, […]
Two years ago Jonathan Allen was working at a market research firm helping companies who wanted to learn more about their customers, their product-market fit, and make informed decisions about the future. But he soon became frustrated with what he saw as an incredibly slow timeline, with in-person focus groups or research campaigns requiring weeks […]
In 2015, almost a quarter of U.S. employees voluntarily quit their jobs. These losses are increasingly draining employers’ resources — total costs associated with a turnover, including hiring, training and waiting until the employee is productive, can exceed 150-200 percent of an employee’s actual yearly salary. Employers not only have to worry about whether a […]
Field work companies — think landscapers, home services (HVAC, pest control), or event rentals — have to balance a mobile workforce often using a passenger seat as a desk with an office team that needs to keep track of what clients have been serviced. These companies struggle to stay organized and on top of increasing paperwork with sometimes-ineligible handwriting, and […]
Sheehan Toufiq’s first entrepreneurial endeavor was in college, when he started selling various household goods on eBay and Amazon. While the growth of his business should’ve been cause for celebration, Toufiq grew frustrated with the struggles of shipping logistics as he would spend entire days packing up orders, often being forced to skip class and unable to […]