Why America’s Food Safety Culture is Broken
FSR Magazine | September 2018 | By Manik Suri If customers knew that most restaurants’ food safety protocols were based on paper forms that are largely ignored and virtually never reviewed, maybe they would be more discerning in their dining choices. Executives should take heed, lest your organization become the next warning symbol. Restaurant industry leaders need […]
Restaurant Food Safety Is An Oxymoron
Food Safety News | August 19, 2018 | By Manik Suri In many U.S. restaurants, food safety is an oxymoron. There’s a growing culture of neglect in the food industry, and we need to find effective solutions that are also affordable, attainable, and user-friendly. CEOs are understandably concerned about margin pressures. But failing to prioritize food safety is […]
Rodent Poop, the Olympics and Food Safety Inspections that Work
Food Safety Tech | March 8, 2018 | By Manik Suri We live in a world that eats out, and if we don’t develop new techniques to protect customers in restaurants and food service settings, more people are going to get sick (or worse). The current food safety process is broken, and needs to be fixed in restaurants […]
Indian American-led CoInspect App Making Food Safety Inspections More Efficient
IndiaWest | March 1, 2018 | By India-West Staff Reporter Indian American lawyer entrepreneur Manik Suri wanted to make the world a safer and better place, so in June 2014 he founded the technology company CoInspect. The San Francisco, Calif.-based company, formerly known as MeWe, builds mobile software to manage compliance, quality assurance and brand standards. Its services […]
MeWe digitizes food safety inspections for accuracy, efficiency
The San Francisco Chronicle | July 24, 2017 | By Isha Salian and Trisha Thadani In July 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle featured MeWe’s work to help government agencies and companies digitize public health and safety inspections. MeWe aims to help businesses avoid food safety issues faced by Chipotle, Blue Bell and others. Since MeWe was founded in 2014, […]
MeWe builds a bridge between government and business
TechCrunch | July 14, 2017 | By Jon Shieber In July 2017, TechCrunch featured MeWe, a technology startup founded by Manik Suri to help government regulators and business leaders improve compliance. Described as a “TurboTax for compliance,” MeWe was founded in 2014, and raised a $2.3 million seed round earlier this year from investors, led by the Govtech Fund, […]
A New Wave of Legal Rebels
The American Bar Association Journal | September 2016 | By Terry Carter, Lorelei Laird, Victor Li and Stephanie Francis Ward In September 2016, the American Bar Association (ABA) recognized Manik Suri one of its 10 annual “Legal Rebels.” The Legal Rebel recognition celebrates women and men who are remaking their corners of the legal profession. The ABA Journal […]
MeWe: Streamlining Compliance, Simplifying the Law
CodeX: Stanford University Center for Legal Informatics | March 5, 2015 | By Manik Suri As anyone who rents an apartment, runs a restaurant, or owns a gym knows, there are a lot of rules on the books. These regulations can be difficult to navigate. MeWe’s mission is to simplify the law in order to help businesses and empower individuals. MeWe builds mobile […]
Meet the Entrepreneur Who’s Streamlining Government Inspections
Harvard Data-Smart City Solutions | February 25, 2015 The Data-Smart City Solutions initiative at Harvard Kennedy School published an interview with MeWe’s CEO, Manik Suri, as part of a series on “the new faces of public-private collaboration.” Read more here.
Why Civic Tech Startups Are Hard — And Worth It
MeWe Blog | July 8, 2014 | By Manik Suri At MeWe, we’re building lightweight, easy-to-use tools to help citizens and cities work together more effectively. We are a team of entrepreneurs and engineers passionate about improving how communities works — in order to make individuals’ lives better. Food, housing, and building inspections are critical to public […]