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PreShift
like a Boss.

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Currently piloting in select venues Steakhouses · bistros · wine bars Two minutes before doors open Currently piloting in select venues Steakhouses · bistros · wine bars Two minutes before doors open
How it works

What if pre-shift was hosted
by the voices you already follow?

Drop any YouTube link, podcast, menu, guidelines, or other materials — Upswell translates them into your team's training.

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The problem

Everyone's been
trained.
Nobody remembers.

Restaurant training isn't a watching problem. It's a remembering problem. The PreShift gets said, the doors open, and by 8 PM the floor's making it up again.

01Said once. Forgotten by 8 PM.
02Half the team missed the huddle.
03A page in a doc no one re-reads.
04Managers too slammed to even build one.

UpswellXP fixes the math.

The voice

Their mentor's
voice. Every shift.

Headphones in. Music up. Calm voice cues between songs — never in the way. The kind of training that rides shotgun, not blocks the road.

SommTracks · cue 01 "Tonight's featured pour is the El Negocio Margarita — speak about it like a curator, not an order taker."
SommTracks · cue 02 "Two-minute checkbacks on every course. Never the question 'How is everything?' Always something specific."
SommTracks · cue 03 "If a guest leaves without your guidance, you under-delivered. Every table: two to three confident recommendations."
"Speak like a curator, not an order taker."
— Preston Lee, distilled into tonight's PreShift
Built for the floor

Every venue
is different.

Steakhouses. Bistros. Wine bars. Cocktail rooms. Different menu, different rituals, different brand. UpswellXP composes a PreShift that actually sounds like yours.

Steakhouse
Wine pairings, dry-age cuts, and the tableside ritual guests came for.
Wine bar
Varietal stories, glass-pour rotation, and how to guide the indecisive guest.
New menu drop
Flashcards, quizzes, and a daily reinforcement loop until it's second nature.

Your team walks in
knowing exactly
what to do.

Confidence. Consistency. Covers that close.

Ready when you are

Tap play.
Train.
Serve.

That's it.

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