They Automated the 'Impossible' Restaurant Invoice and Now They Process 290,000 a Week

Bo Davis, CEO and co-founder of MarginEdge, turned years of operating restaurants into a technology platform built for restaurant owners. After struggling to understand whether his own restaurants were truly profitable, he created MarginEdge to give operators better visibility into their business every day.

Watch now to learn about restaurant profitability, automating invoices, and why Bo Davis believes great technology should feel like great service.

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• TOAST AllIn1 Restaurant POS

Chapters:

[01:18] - The Story Behind MarginEdge

[03:42] - Solving the Invoice Problem

[06:11] - Why MarginEdge Is a Service Company

[16:33] - The Future of AI in Restaurants

[17:46] - The Magic of Hospitality

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Episode Links:

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Key Takeaways:

The Best Solutions Come From Lived Experience: Bo Davis didn't build MarginEdge because he wanted to start another software company. He built it after running restaurants and struggling to answer a basic question: Were they actually making money?

Technology Alone Isn't Enough: Many companies focus on AI, but Davis believes the hardest restaurant problems still require people. MarginEdge combines AI and machine learning with roughly 700 team members who help ensure invoices are processed accurately, proving that automation and human expertise work best together.

Service Matters More Than Software: Davis doesn't see MarginEdge as just another technology company. His goal is to serve restaurant operators the same way great restaurants serve their guests, building tools that simplify operations while giving owners the confidence to understand their business every day.

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ABOUT BO DAVIS —

Prior to founding MarginEdge, Bo was the founder of Wasabi. Wasabi has operated a dozen conveyor belt sushi restaurants in seven states over the past 20 years, and is still operating in Northern Virginia. Prior to Wasabi, Bo was in the US Peace Corps serving in Macedonia, earned an MS in Finance from London Business School, and founded an educational software company, Prometheus, which he sold to Blackboard in 2002. Bo also achieved an MS in Data Science from Northwestern University in 2021.

ABOUT RESTAURANT INFLUENCERS —

Restaurant Influencers is a weekly video podcast series presented by Entrepreneur Media and Cali BBQ Media. Every week host and restaurant owner Shawn Walchef (@shawnpwalchef) talks with business leaders like Shaquille O’Neal, Rob Dyrdek, Emeril Lagasse, Mayim Bialik, Jon Taffer, Robert Irvine, Toast co-founder Aman Narang, and more, about their secrets to Smartphone Storytelling, marketing, branding, and how to show up where customers are engaging online.

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