From War to Woking: How Yaro Tsyhanenko is Reinventing the Restaurant Pickup Experience with Pickpad

Stacked Podcast – Episode: Yaro Tsyhanenko, Founder of PickpadIn this episode, Chris Fletcher sits down with Yaro Tsyhanenko, Ukrainian-born entrepreneur and founder of Pickpad, a smart hardware startup solving one of hospitality's most overlooked problems: the pickup area.What we cover:Yaro's journey from building a delivery marketplace across 15 Ukrainian cities to relocating after the outbreak of warHow he went from Ukraine to Ireland to Chicago to Arizona State's entrepreneurship program to the UKWhy he spent hours sitting in QSRs with a stopwatch to understand the real pain in restaurant operationsThe Pickpad concept: a modular system of smart pads using weight sensors and machine learning to automate order management at the pickup areaHow Pickpad integrates with existing POS, KDS, and online ordering systems. No capital investment, live in under an hour, from £9/monthThe "ARC" framework: Accurate, Ready, Completed. The three order states restaurants are currently flying blind onWhy 15% of fast food/QSR orders are inaccurate, and how Pickpad tackles thisCoverage from TechCrunch and Forbes, and winning a CES National Award in the AI categoryIntegrations already in place with Square, Olo, Toast, and Oracle, with UK EPOS partnerships in progressYaro's vision for zero-friction ordering: AI, smart glasses, robots, and a universal interface between local businesses and their customersAdvice for founders: get out of your head and talk to your customersFind Pickpad:🌐 pickpad.com💼 Yaro on LinkedInhttps://www.wearestacked.io/ – Hospitality technology, straight talking.