Afshin Mousavian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Atlas.

Atlas centralizes data from systems like point of sale (POS), scheduling & payroll, inventory management, and spreadsheets to provide operators with automation that saves time and recommendations that optimize performance.

Chapters

- Early experiences at Jet Cooper and Starting a Hospitality Business

- Identifying Challenges in the Hospitality Industry Beyond Food Delivery

- Automation in Hospitality

- Deep Dive into Tipping

- Navigating Compliance and Taxation in Tipping

- The Importance of Partnerships in the Space

- The Impact of Digital Payments on Tipping

- The Role of AI in Hospitality

- Balancing User Experience and an Impactful Product

Chapters

00:00 From Entrepreneurial Beginnings to Restaurant Ventures

05:44 Identifying Challenges in the Hospitality Industry

13:55 Navigating Compliance and Taxation in Tipping

20:40 Transforming Complexity into Opportunity

24:42 The Passion Behind Hospitality

27:02 Innovating Hospitality Management

31:34 Partnerships and Market Strategies

34:52 Navigating Tipping and Taxation

39:31 The Role of AI in Hospitality

42:45 Balancing User Experience and Technology

46:26 Overcoming Challenges in Business

Keywords

entrepreneurship, hospitality, restaurant technology, tipping solutions, compliance, UX design, Atlas Operations, e-commerce, Shopify, business challenges, hospitality, passion, innovation, partnerships, tipping, taxation, AI, user experience, technology, challenges