Restaurant owners were sold the idea that cloud-based systems were going to be more reliable and convenient. Future-proof.
But what happens when your internet goes down?
I spent nearly 15 years of my life working in restaurants, managing restaurants, installing POS systems, and managing the installation of POS systems.
The industry nickel and dimes small business owners left and right.
I’m going to do something about it.
You can’t put "figure out what’s actually going on" into a Jira ticket.
Strategy work starts with fragments like conflicting stakeholder accounts and symptoms. If you force that ambiguity into a task manager too early, you just end up executing the wrong plan more efficiently.
This is exactly why high-stakes discovery feels so manual. We’ve been forced to use 'After Clarity' tools for 'Before Clarity' problems. It’s time for infrastructure that matches the way we actually think.
The software landscape has a massive hole. We have Project Management for execution and BI for monitoring, but nothing for the Pre-Clarity stage.
We’re building ExecSuite to be the first infrastructure layer for the messy discovery phase that comes before the plan.
@pederzh@manufact@pietrozullo Yes! We got our application in two hours before the deadline for the summer batch.
Can you share anything on the timeline between applying, interviewing, and getting a decision? I've heard general timeframes, but curious to get that from a fellow last-minute applicant.
@jportukalian I'm 43 and was tired of making excuses, myself.
Applied for the first time for S26 and it has really helped me give myself credit, mentally, for all the work I've put in to get to this point.
@theshafquat@xuster As someone who just applied for the first time, what do you think you've learned from your previous applications that makes you more ready this time? I'd love to know how the past applications went for you. Have you made it to interview, etc?
@SkunkWorks0x Nice work! We also applied - I'm just really enjoying seeing what others who applied are building, and trying to connect with others who are at the same general stage as us.