Tunji Junard lost a client — not to a rival agency, but to a software platform.

It stung. Junard had been running marketing for a restaurant when it dropped him in favor of a tech tool. But instead of brushing it off, he got curious. That decision changed the trajectory of his career and led to him co-founding Steam Boys, a fast-casual Chinese comfort food brand that grew from three to nine locations.

The tech? Popmenu.

Built by two founders who spent time inside dining rooms, not just behind laptops, Popmenu wasn't flashy, but it worked. And Junard, once skeptical, became one of its strongest advocates.

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Brendan Sweeney and Tony Roy didn't just want to build restaurant tech. They wanted to build it with restaurant people.

As CEO and COO of Popmenu — and co-founders — that distinction shaped everything. From the beginning, Sweeney and Roy spent time inside dining rooms, not just behind laptops. They weren't interested in software that looked good on a pitch deck but fell apart during a dinner rush. They wanted tools that solved real problems like clunky menu........

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