A restaurant owner should not need another job

A restaurant’s online presence takes work long before a post appears. Someone has to plan content, write scripts, film, edit, publish, answer comments and measure results.

Andrade’s starting point was to let owners focus on customers, rather than become producers and marketing specialists themselves.

TRUEMKT would take responsibility for the full process, including filming at the restaurant. The aim was to turn scattered tasks into a continuous, managed service.

Connecting the work behind the service

Behind that service, Andrade envisioned a shared software platform connecting sales, filming schedules, strategy, production, customer care, payments, finances and quality checks.

The goal went beyond having software handle tasks automatically. The organization needed clear responsibilities and deadlines. It also needed to know how to respond when something failed.

TRUEMKT now has dozens of applications, automated tasks and specialized processes. Its connected workflow spans finding potential clients, production, publishing, billing and ongoing customer care.

Some components focus on serving clients. Sol and Leo are specialized assistants for customer service and sales.

Others check the work behind that service. TRUEMKT Sentinel handles quality control, while TRUEMKT ARGUS oversees finances, automated tasks and how operations are running.

The test at TRUEMKT’s 2nd anniversary

Andrade’s longer-term goal is a growth operating system: connected software and people coordinating the work that helps local businesses grow.

The vision combines specialized teams with artificial intelligence, software that performs tasks such as interpreting information. Businesses could access strategy, content, technology, business insights, finances and support through one system, rather than coordinating separate providers.

That remains a goal, not a finished platform. Andrade wants infrastructure that learns from each operation, detects problems and coordinates people with technology.

His measure of progress is not how many tools TRUEMKT launches. It is how much easier those tools make growth for a local business.