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Pitch The Tide – Beth Hussey: Founder of Shifty

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Interview Takeaways

  • Built by a Restaurateur – Created by longtime operator Beth Hussey, Shifty was designed from real restaurant experience to solve the training and turnover challenges that tech outsiders often overlook.
  • Training Made Simple – Shifty replaces paper manuals and inconsistent onboarding with digital checklists, flashcards, and mobile tools that make learning fast, repeatable, and measurable.
  • Culture That Keeps Teams – By improving communication, engagement, and accountability, Shifty helps restaurants build stronger cultures where employees feel supported, stay longer, and perform better.

In this episode of Pitch The Tide, Beth Hussey, founder of Shifty, steps up to share how her platform is transforming restaurant training and retention. A lifelong operator turned tech founder, Beth built Shifty to solve one of hospitality’s biggest pain points: high turnover and inconsistent onboarding. Her solution replaces clunky binders and outdated manuals with a mobile app that makes training fast, interactive, and fun through checklists, flashcards, and real-time feedback. Designed by someone who has lived the chaos firsthand, Shifty helps restaurants simplify operations, empower managers, and build teams that actually stay.

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Every Friday at 10am PT / 1pm ET, Shawn P. Walchef hosts Pitch the Tide live.

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About Cali BBQ Media

Digital Hospitality is an interview-based video podcast hosted by business owner Shawn P. Walchef (@shawnpwalchef) and produced by his Cali BBQ Media company. The weekly digital series explores the ways successful businesses and entrepreneurs have merged old and new with innovative digital strategies that harness the power of the Internet and social media. Shawn is the founder of Cali BBQ Media and creator of the Restaurant Influencers podcast on Entrepreneur Media.

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