From cocktail napkin idea to hospitality ecosystem TabPref is rethinking the service industry

Aaron Horne is the Founder of TabPref, Inc., the company behind TabPref, a hospitality focused platform that brings professional networking, workforce management, business to business tools, and consumer discovery into a single ecosystem for the service industry.

Horne is based in the Austin Texas metro area in Cedar Park Texas where he is building TabPref for hospitality workers, operators, vendors, and guests across the country.

The idea for TabPref started the way many service industry stories begin at a bar. Horne was a regular who built a genuine connection with his favorite bartender. One day she was suddenly gone. There was no way to know where she went, no simple way to follow her career, and no shared space dedicated to the people who work behind the bar. That night he sketched an idea on the back of a cocktail napkin for an app he called Find My Bartender.

What began as a simple way to stay connected with a bartender quickly grew into something larger. Over years of research and conversations with bartenders, servers, cooks, managers, vendors, and guests, Horne realized the same problem existed across the entire hospitality ecosystem. Professionals did not have a true career home. Establishments juggled multiple systems that did not connect. Vendors struggled to stay in sync with the venues they support. Consumers had no easy way to follow their favorite spots and favorite people.

TabPref evolved from a single use app concept into the connected platform it is today.

For individual professionals, TabPref acts as a dedicated career hub built around the reality of hospitality work. Bartenders, servers, line cooks, entertainers, and other talent create profiles that show their experience, skills, and personality. They can connect with peers, follow venues, discover new roles, and stay plugged into the industry even as jobs and locations change.

For establishments, TabPref provides a modern business hub that brings together staff communication, scheduling, and operations. Owners and managers can post roles, manage shifts and availability, share updates with staff, coordinate events, and keep teams aligned in one place. Internal chat keeps work conversations organized instead of mixing critical updates into long group texts.

For vendors and partners, TabPref opens a direct line into the venues they serve. Vendors can present their offerings, stay in front of decision makers, and support customers in an environment where operators and staff are already active. Over time, this creates a more efficient channel for purchasing, promotions, and partnership across the industry.

For consumers, TabPref creates a direct connection to the people and places they love. Guests can follow their favorite bartenders, servers, and venues, see where people land when they move, discover new bars, restaurants, and experiences, and stay informed about events and specials. Instead of searching through many apps and feeds, consumers can see the real people, teams, and stories behind the venues they visit.

TabPref is built to serve the service industry on a national level. The platform supports restaurants, bars, lodging, casinos, spas, and entertainment venues and is designed to connect with the tools these businesses already use. The roadmap includes deeper connections with point of sale, scheduling, payroll, and inventory solutions so that more of the daily work of hospitality can live inside one connected ecosystem instead of many disconnected apps.

Horne brings a background in sales engineering, solution design, and customer facing leadership to his work on TabPref. He has spent his career translating complex technology into practical outcomes for teams on the front line. That experience, combined with a personal respect for the people who keep hospitality running, shapes every product decision.

The vision for TabPref is straightforward. Give the service industry a digital home that finally matches its importance. A place where a bartender can manage a career, a manager can run the floor and the back office, vendors can support customers more effectively, and consumers can stay connected to the people and places they care about, all inside one platform built for the realities of hospitality work.

To learn more about TabPref, request a demo, or discuss media, partnership, or investment opportunities, visit the TabPref website and connect directly with founder Aaron Horne.

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TabPref, Inc. is a Cedar Park Texas based software company that builds TabPref, a connected platform for the service and hospitality industry. TabPref brings professional networking, workforce management, business to business tools, and consumer discovery into one ecosystem so that professionals, establishments, vendors, and guests can all connect in a single place.

The platform is designed for bars, restaurants, lodging, casinos, spas, and entertainment venues that want a modern way to manage staff, communicate, coordinate schedules, and stay in sync with vendors and guests. TabPref gives workers a portable professional profile, gives operators a central business hub for their teams, and gives vendors and consumers a direct line to the people and places they care about.

Founded by Aaron Horne, TabPref, Inc. focuses on building practical, easy to use software that reflects how hospitality really works on the front line.

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