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DGS 80: Automating Your Business with Process Street with Vinay Patankar
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Delegating work, tracking progress, and managing issues often leads to frustration. So, businesses buy workflow software with all the bells and whistles; only to realize that it's too cumbersome and confusing.
Today, I am talking with Vinay Patankar of Process Street. After experiencing similar pain with software, he decided to create his own simple way to manage recurring workflows for teams.
You'll Learn...[02:40] Why isn't there software that can do these tasks while I sleep?
[04:57] Philosophy behind process development and problem with most products - the people who built and designed them.
[05:45] First-generation Software: The experience on paper is not necessarily the best experience on a computer.
[06:15] Can my grandmother figure this out? Create easy and intuitive software that anyone can use without any kind of context or previous knowledge.
[08:05] Process Street is not just a process documentation platform, but a superpower checklist for accountability.
[11:17] Rules around Tasks: Customize checklist based on variables or conditions.
[12:27] Create automations to do fast integrations with other systems.
[15:50] Document processes to do it right, the first time; but not slow you down.
[17:23] Process breaks down and people start doing it their way, but don't document or update their processes.
[19:50] Track Changes: Capturing every change made to a process on the backend. [21:22] Process Street gets processes done faster and more accurately.
[24:20] Everything becomes better; creates momentum, saves time, improves efficiency.
[25:35] Process Street's Support Channels: General, sales, and engineering.
[26:47] Catch-22: Struggling to manage team, keep things organized, maintain culture, document processes, and systemize business to grow and move forward.
[28:24] Pre-made Process Templates: Tenant move in and move out, tenant screening, property inspection, and landlords.
[29:09] What's your process? Share, copy, paste, and optimize processes.
[30:25] Process Street down the road: Future features to include role-based assignments, task permissions, and mobile app.
TweetablesUser experience and ease should always be at the top of the list with software.
Once you've got that checklist, you can superpower it.
What's your process? Share, copy, paste, and optimize processes.
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