A problem we watched happen up close.
Baze started with a simple observation. Both of our co-founders grew up watching their parents run a restaurant. Long hours, tight margins, and a genuine love for the work. But the business side was a constant source of stress.
Both of our parents ran restaurants, so we saw the business from the inside. Struggle never came from a lack of care or focus. It was because they were doing everything at once. Taking care of customers, managing staff, watching costs, handling suppliers, fixing problems, and still trying to make the food great every day.
Then every new software tool promised to help, but most of them just added more work. Another dashboard. Another login. Another set of numbers to figure out after a long day. The data was there, but it rarely gave them a clear answer.
So they kept doing what so many restaurant owners do. They trusted their gut, worked harder, and hoped the numbers would make sense in the end. Sometimes they did. Sometimes they did not. And when something started going wrong, it was often too late to catch it early.
That is why we are building Baze.
Not to give owners more reports. Not to bury them in more charts. Baze exists to turn all the noise into something simple and useful: a plain-English brief every morning, the few things that actually need attention, and clear next steps owners can act on right away.
Because restaurant owners do not need more data. They need to know what to do with it.