Matt Wampler

Matt Wampler, CEO and co-founder of ClearCOGS, shares his journey from struggling franchisee to innovating predictive analytics for restaurants. He unpacks the challenges of demand uncertainty and how he created a new software category. Matt explains leveraging 100 million daily data points—from weather to local events—to forecast restaurant needs accurately. His bold strategy of building in public on LinkedIn proved successful, attracting enterprise customers within weeks. Insightful and candid, this conversation reveals the future of restaurant technology.