A.I. Tools For Restaurants Help Hospitality — Interview with Brendan Sweeney and Tony Roy of Popmenu
Every phone call is an opportunity for your business. AI makes it so you never have to miss a call again. Popmenu cofounders Brendan Sweeney and Tony Roy were guests on the Digital Hospitality podcast to talk about how Popmenu Answering and other innovative technology tools are transforming restaurant operations for guests and staff alike. […]
How To Optimize Your Influence | Andrew Duffy (SPARKPLUG) Interview | DH133
SparkPlug aims to propel retail businesses and brands through personalized experiences and optimizing their influence. Andrew Duffy is a Harvard grad with the right amount of book smarts and business sense. Add tech savvy in the ingredients and one of the spark plugs behind the SparkPlug platform understands what it takes to build systems that […]
How To Become An E-Commerce Company | Ride1Up Electric Bikes | DH131
Ride1UP electric bikes (e-bikes) are built for performance and reliability. And so is the e-commerce company itself. Ride1UP developed a product they felt was life-changing: electric bikes. But how did the company leaders make sure they could get their e-bikes to as many people as they could? By becoming an e-commerce company. Ride1UP CEO Daniel […]
Hospitality is at the Heart of Holiday Bowl 2021 | Mark Neville (Holiday Bowl CEO) | DH127
At the heart of the annual Holiday Bowl is hospitality and community. On this episode of the Digital Hospitality podcast, Holiday Bowl CEO Mark Neville talks about the history of the NCAA bowl game in San Diego, the nonprofit’s future at Petco Park, and how the live event gives back to the community. At Cali […]
Every Business Needs a Website with a Heartbeat | Dawn Verbrigghe (Jottful) | DH122
Jottful is the solution to the problem of website creation and management for small business owners. Business owners are busy. It pays to find a sustainable path to having a living, breathing e-commerce website. We all know websites are hard to make and hard to keep alive. They are expensive and difficult. That’s why Digital […]
Why We Switched to 7shifts from HotSchedules
7shifts and Cali BBQ have partnered to simplify our team management — one shift at a time. 7shifts empowers restaurant managers to optimize their workforce to better manage employees, resulting in reduced labor costs. www.7shifts.com Using 7shifts vs HotSchedules — When our Cali BBQ management team considered using 7shifts vs HotSchedules, we found many reasons […]
How to Lead with Transparency and Communication | Jordan Boesch (7shifts CEO) | DH097
7shifts CEO Jordan Boesch faced every peer’s nightmare in the spring of 2020 when he had to relieve dozens of beloved team members of their duties. Everybody wants the dollar signs and status associated with being a CEO. But nobody wants to be a chief executive officer when it’s time to furlough 40 employees. “We […]
Visualize The Dreams You Want to Manifest into Reality | Nabeel Alamgir (Lunchbox Technologies) | DH085
When Lunchbox Technologies CEO Nabeel Alamgir wants something to happen, he visualizes it. Before Lunchbox became a multi-million-dollar valued restaurant tech startup, Nabeel worked his way up the rungs of the hospitality ladder. To accomplish his dreams, he manifests his reality with visualizations to see each step. “I’m a visual thinker, a visual person,” said […]
Rewriting the Rules of Online Reviews | Zack Oates (Ovation Up) | DH081
Your biggest critics are often your biggest fans. But try telling that to a restaurant owner with a Yelp page. Serving as the founder and CEO of Ovation, Zack Oates is helping rewrite the rules of online reviews by making them easier and more valuable for restaurant owners, operators, and customers alike. In any industry, […]
Dare to Dream Bigger | Inside Barnes Tennis Center – Part 2 | DH057
Where is the youth of San Diego blossoming on the daily? The Barnes Tennis Center. Led by General Manager Ryan Redondo, the Digital Hospitality team got an inside look at Southern California’s garden for the next generation of student athletes. At the Barnes Tennis Center, the youth of today are encouraged and inspired to nurture […]