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Deepti Mendiratta

Deepti Mendiratta

VP of Product Management for restaurants at HungerRush (formerly restaurant product head at Clover/SpotOn), a 20+ year software product leader who guested on ADP's HR{preneur} podcast.

Sep 28, 2026

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HR{preneur}® by ADP®

Know Your Numbers Before You Plan Your Next Move

Sep 28 · 8m

Jim Duffy
Jim DuffyHOST
1:42
What is the risk of making decisions based on gut instinct instead of business data?
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
1:48
There's no doubt that there's value in experience and instinct.
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
1:51
But the challenge is that instincts are often based on what happened recently, also known as recency bias.
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
1:59
Not necessarily what is happening across the business as a whole.
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
2:02
Business data helps validate those assumptions, uncover trends that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
2:08
For example, a restaurant owner might feel like weekends are their busiest days.
Deepti Mendiratta
Deepti MendirattaGUEST
2:14
But when you look at the numbers, they may discover that weekday lunches generate higher revenue or that certain products are driving more sales than expected.
Jim Duffy
Jim DuffyHOST
5:32
So what can product and inventory performance data reveal about where a business should invest more time, money, or resources?

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