Tavolo

Thanks Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ) for highlighting our startup joining the Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator! https://lnkd.in/eddYNCsQ

🎊 Thank you and congratulations to Cloudburst and the launch of No-Code Coffee. I learned about Salman Elmi | Tavolo journey and got a chance to talk to other tech enthusiasts who share a similar passion for solving problems and helping people with tech. Thank you Zack Steven for sharing some wisdom and fueling inspiration and ideas 💡 in my 🧠. #communityiseverything #nocode #ai #tech #entrepreneurship #Minnesota

Glad I went to the inaugural 7am "NoCode Coffee" to see Zack Steven interview Salman Elmi, who shared bootstrapping wisdom and news of his recent $1.2M funding round for restaurant app Tavolo. The founding team met years ago at a startup weekend, pivoted several times times, found product-market fit, and were then invited to be in Techstars, which led to their funding. It's a charming story. Some hard won wisdom from Salman: * Focus more on solving customer problems than on your solution. * Recognize you will never design a perfect solution for everyone. * Be excited about helping people and making sales. * For apps, the work never ends. Be flexible. Adapt. Keep working. Salman was candid and inspiring. Zack did a great job with the interview. Next month the talented Garrick van Buren is on stage. You might be interested in this Corey J. Sax James Wade John Sandahl, PCC, CTPC, CPCC Aaron Keller Casey Flynn Chris Dykstra Colin Hirdman MinneAnalytics Graeme Thickins Aaron Kardell Eric Lopez John Stavig Matt Decuir Jennifer Alstad Chad Eckes Abdi Hassan Lee Zukor Allison Kaplan Josh Becerra Gary Cohen Dr. Paul Campbell

We're hosting our first No-Code Coffee at Cloudburst on May 16th, featuring Salman Elmi, Founder and Head of Product at Tavolo! Get inspired by the story of Sal and his co-founders Abdi and Taranvir whose hustle and persistence have taken them from a bootstrapped no-code MVP app, through pivots, to an AI-powered restaurant marketing platform backed by Techstars and Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary. Learn about why and how they did it, and the many lessons learned along the way. A guaranteed great way to start your day! ☕ 🍩 💡 🚀 --------------------------------------------- No-Code Coffee is a monthly meetup for non-technical founders, creators, and business owners who want to learn how to build tech-enabled products, services, or companies without writing code themselves. It's a supportive community to learn about no-code tools, leveraging technology, digital transformation, and the skills needed to succeed as a tech entrepreneur. #nocode #entrepreneurs #founders #builders #community

Meet Taranvir Johal, ’21 BSB, founder and CEO of Tavolo, an automated restaurant marketing platform driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that’s even gained the attention of “Shark Tank” star Kevin O'Leary. “Basically, what we do is track macro trends across the restaurant and hospitality industry, and we aggregate data from an individual restaurant,” Johal explained. “Then, we use AI to autogenerate marketing campaigns based on the insights that we understand about the business, its customers, what’s performing well, and what’s not performing well.” Started in 2019 while he was still a student double-majoring in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing, Johal’s start-up has grown quickly. It offers small businesses an advantage that can position them to better compete with larger companies. “Really, I built Tavolo as kind of a marketing assistant for local business owners,” he said. “I wanted to build something that could help them scale their revenue and build large businesses.” Read more about the origin story of Johal and Tavolo here: https://lnkd.in/gkCksVys

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It was an honor being invited to speak at the MN Entrepreneur Kickoff MNEN - Minnesota Entrepreneur Network. I shared the stage with the wonderful Nick Tietz who asked me & Abdi Hassan about our journey of entrepreneurship building our tech startup Tavolo and raising capital. Lois Josefson thanks for facilitating such a wonderful event! It was awesome meeting other great entrepreneurs in the MN ecosystem! #minnesota #entrepreneurship #techstartup

Mr Wonderful just invested in an amazing Techstars portfolio company! Congratulations to Tavolo founders, Salman Elmi, Taranvir Johal and Abdi Hassan! https://lnkd.in/eT2cbGaf Kevin O'Leary, Sarah Bain #startup #entrepreneur #restaurantindustry #restaurantmarketing

Congratulations to Food Foundry alumni company Tavolo, and co-founders Taranvir Johal, Salman Elmi, Abdi Hassan, on raising their most recent $1M round, co-led by Kevin O'Leary + O'Leary Ventures, and Groove Capital! 🎉 Tavolo is simplifying the lives of restaurant owners with their analytics platform that leverages AI to automate direct-to-consumer marketing. We can’t wait to see what’s in store next for this incredible team! 🚀 #startups #startup #preseed #founders #funding #ai #marketingtech #restaurants

Super excited to officially announce that our startup Tavolo has successfully secured a round of funding led by O'Leary Ventures and Groove Capital, with additional follow on from Techstars, Pathway Ventures, 701 Fund It's a privilege to have Kevin O'Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, on our side! We look forward to collaborating with our investors as we advance our goal of offering AI-driven marketing solutions to small business owners across the nation! Abdi Hassan Taranvir Johal Salman Elmi Here's to exciting growth ahead! 🚀 #funding #AI #marketingtech #restaurants