Map page 16
The Broad Ripple Gazette
Vol. 14 No. 24
Crossword page 13
Dec 1 - Dec 14, 2017
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
Close to 20,000 at the 2017 Drumstick Dash for Wheeler Mission
The turkey realizing that he has to try to outrun the pack in just a few minutes. He always gets caught. The 2017 Dash raised over $800,000 for Wheeler Mission.
The Golden Singers from Broad Ripple High School sang God Bless America.
Mayor Joe Hogsett sounded the horn to start the Dash. EZ Software Solutions is located at 5948 N. College Avenue.
photo by Mario Morone
EZ Software Solutions - POS design on College By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com
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Entrepreneur Ali Hessaraki owns EZ Software Solutions, L.L.C., located at 5948 N. College Avenue. He recently went off-line to describe his company’s business model. “I got started in the business when a friend of mine, Gino Pizzi, who owns Ambrosia restaurant, had his computer system crash one Friday evening. He called me for assistance and I helped him out. Programming is easy but building the knowledge base for a particular industry is hard. We came out with our first version of restaurant Point of Sale (POS) software in 2002. First, we worked with Ambrosia, then Midtown Grill and Red Room. Now we are in 32 states with offices in North Carolina, Davenport, Iowa and San Diego, but our home office is here. We have a point of sale for hospitality, fine dining, fast food, over the counter and drive through restaurants. We also have a product specifically designed for retail that would be perfect in a butcher shop, flower shop, grocery or clothing store. EZ Dine and EZ Retail are trademarks. You can’t copyright the product, but you can EZ Software Solutions 5948 N. College Ave. [KK23 on map] trademark the name,” he noted. “The Point Of Sale determines what (877) 853-1263 happens from the time a customer arrives at a business until they leave – and then www.ezsoftwaresolutions.com handles the accounting afterwards. It makes the server or cashier’s job easier to take an order at a bar, table or counter, it notifies the production staff what to make, and it receives the customers’ payments. All of this information is put together, simplified and it makes everyone’s job easier. It automates many of the business processes, like time sheet management, reservations and inventory control,” Hessaraki explained. His company began operating in a modest office space, but has continually grown and
And they’re off! Lots more pictures at www.broadripplegazette.com
recently relocated to the Broad Ripple area. “We moved into our new building about 10 months ago (to 5948 N. College Avenue) and built a garage in the back. When I started the business in 2001, my first office was in Carmel with 300 square feet. We later moved to the Riviera Building and expanded from 800 square feet to 1,500 square feet where we had the entire first floor. After that, I bought a building off 46th and Keystone Avenue. We operated from that location for years, and fortunately it’s a property which I still own.” EZ Software Solutions is among many small and growing companies in the Broad Ripple Area. “We currently staff 21 full-time and two part-time employees. They work in the areas of sales, marketing, programming, and technical and office support,” Hessaraki said.
See EZ pg. 3
1 Drumstick Dash 2017
4 Random Rippling Gallery
7 Mistakes winner
11 BR Farmers Market
12 Hidden History/Sudoku
1 EZ Software Solutions
4 Random Rippling Market
8 Buzzing Around Town
11 Random Rippling Byrne’s
13 Crossword/Historic Ad
2 Random Rippling mural
5 Random Rippling St. Paul’s
8 Random Rippling Monon
11 Random Rippling Brewpub 14 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
2 Random Rippling dinner
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
9 Poetic Thoughts
11 Frog’s Random Rippling
15 Directory/Maps
3 Calendar
6 Classified Ads/Public Notices
9 Random Rippling Poster
12 Frog’s Random Rippling
19 Life of the Party - NEW!
4 Random Rippling Chinita
7 Local Contacts
12 Where in the Village?
20 Random Rippling Vortex
10 Round the Ripple