Opened @amorezionsville in 2003. Now I build what runs it. CFO https://xitter.cf/t.co/8TcisxnRIi · AI @simplyoperated · trades https://xitter.cf/t.co/clRH1Cs3CR · pizzeria app @keepthedough
Joined January 2010
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About a year ago, my restaurant became my lab.
Every tool I build runs there first, on real orders, real invoices, real labor. If it doesn't hold up on a Friday night, it doesn't ship.
Best testing ground there is.
@keepthedough @simplyoperated
Chris Simone retweeted
Bruce Lee was right when he said:
“The most dangerous person is the one who listens, thinks, and observes.”
On our page, comments get answered fast.
Median reply: 8 minutes. 88% inside half an hour.
Allergy questions and complaints still come straight to me. Everything else gets answered while the person is still looking.
Most people building AI have never worked a Friday rush.
Most owners who've worked a thousand Friday rushes haven't touched AI.
The people who know both are a very small group right now. It won't stay small.
@keepthedough @simplyoperated
Why did our page go 20 weeks with nothing?
Because I was running a restaurant. The posting happened when I had time, and a busy week never has time.
That's not a discipline problem. It's a system problem.
Chris Simone retweeted
There is unlimited demand for people with high energy, intelligence, and integrity.
AI can answer almost any question about a business in seconds.
It can't tell you which question matters. That takes years of standing behind the counter.
23 years in, I know which questions to ask. Now I have something that answers them fast.
@keepthedough @simplyoperated
Small entry, big swing. Check yours this week.
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If a supplier credit memo gets entered as a positive, your food cost goes up by double the credit instead of down.
Our invoice reader spots credit memos and subtracts them.
Check how yours get entered.
No time saved. One mistake removed. Worth it.
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Chris Simone retweeted
Catering orders used to come in by email and get typed onto the calendar by hand.
Now they land on the calendar the second they come in.
Not every fix saves an hour. Some just remove the one step where mistakes happen.
A selfie at the neighbor's counter about tripled a shout-out post.
With one: 35,035 views on average. Without: 12,872.
People want to see people. Not your pizza with a coupon on it.
At 18 I was a freshly minted commercial pilot, flying for the sales department at the FBO where I worked. Lots of sketchy planes I'd never flown. I was young and ambitious, and the risks I took look insane now that I'm older.
I told ATC, unbuckled, and reached outside to pull the door shut. At one point I was standing half out of the airplane, alone in the clouds, at 18.
I've run the same pizzeria since 2003. Almost a quarter century of data on one business.
I'm 45. Old enough for the experience, young enough that I've always adopted tech early.
That overlap is the lane AI just opened. Be ready.
@keepthedough @simplyoperated