A-Team is a video mini-series featuring husband and wife team Alex Bass & Andra Vomir. We're married, work together, and invest in startups. Follow along as we build the tools to overcome paralysis by analysis in life and in business. Join us in building Efficient App (efficient.app) in public, struggles, unlocks, finances and all, and see what it's actually like being partners in business, and in life. 🦾 Video version available on YouTube: https://efficient.link/ateam
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There's a lot of software out there. We've been evaluating and integrating software for the past decade. We're software experts so that you don't have to be. This is Analysis Paralysis, where we analyze so you don’t have to be paralyzed.
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Behind The Scenes: Learnings From Our First Podcast
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It's a wrap! Season 1 of our A-Team Mini Series has come to an end. In this episode, we share some behind the behind the scenes along with Cory (our video producer). This was filmed back in May 2023 and so much has evolved since we filmed this already. When we filmed this, we were just starting out on YouTube, had no idea what our channel would tur…
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We tried investing in Arc Browser and this is What Josh Said…
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This is the story of how we tried investing in Arc Browser (Chrome competitor built by the team at The Browser Company). In this episode, we bring you along the journey of getting on Josh Miller's radar (CEO) and give you a look into the DM's and phone calls with him that led to more than 3 failed attempts at investing. If you're also a fan of Arc …
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Answering Your Angel Investing Questions (FAQ)
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Watch this before you start angel investing 👀 When we first had the opportunity to angel invest in a tech startup, we knew nothing about "how to angel invest". This led us to speaking to many angel investors, venture capitalists, and watching dozens of videos on the topic. Since then, we've gotten tons of questions from others who are looking to le…
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Business Partnership, Setting Boundaries, Splitting 50/50, What If We Broke Up?
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Angel Investing, Rent vs Buy, & the Frugality Debate
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From paying this app $20/mo to giving them $35K (Angel Investing Story)
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Video Version Available on YouTube: efficient.link/youtube Review Us on Apple Podcasts: efficient.link/ateam/review SPONSOR 🫶 GET 1 FREE MONTH OF SUPERHUMAN ↳ efficient.link/s/superhuman SOFTWARE MENTIONED 🚀 ↳ Motion: efficient.link/r/motion (Get 7 days free) ↳ Superhuman: efficient.link/s/superhuman (Get 30 days free) ↳ Sandhill Markets: efficient…
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Failed Job Offer, Moving in 3 Days Later, Work Together...or Date? & San Francisco vs Austin
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Working and Angel Investing with your Spouse (A-Team Mini-Series)
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Video Version Available on YouTube (efficient.link/youtube) Review Us on Apple Podcasts (efficient.link/ateam/review) A-Team is a mini-series featuring husband and wife team Alex & Andra. We're married, work together, and invest in startups. Follow along as we build the tools to overcome paralysis by analysis in life and in business. Join us in bui…
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018 - How His Construction Business Scaled (Case Study)
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In this episode, we speak to Brian Marek who runs Northtowns Remodeling, a small construction company out of Buffalo, NY. Being in business for over 38 years, Brian embodies the person that anyone who is undergoing a home remodel would wish for. He’s responsible, keeps his word, and genuinely cares about each and every customer. It was so clear how…
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017 - Thinking About Hiring Us? Your Questions Answered!
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The automation and software integration space is still relatively new. The world is changing, and maybe you, like many others, are crossing the chasm realizing that the future of business is dependent on streamlined automated processes. In the future, we predict that just like how companies have a Legal Team or an Operations Manager, companies will…
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016 - Why Businesses Are Moving Away From Salesforce
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Why are companies switching away from Salesforce? Are there better CRM's on the market for a greater bang for your buck? Listen to hear our thoughts on why Salesforce isn't the best choice for many businesses and what to choose instead. Full blog post: https://efficient.app/post/salesforce-alternatives Request pricing: https://efficient.app/pricing…
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015 - Coworking & Startups w/ Chirag Gupta
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Today I'm here with Chirag Gupta who runs a coworking space calls NoD Coworking. He developed the space to be an area that people could come together to network and pool their resources, stemming from a passion for helping others. Having always liked the idea of starting an accelerator/incubator, I had some questions around the business model and h…
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014 - The CRM Deep-Dive Mastermind
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On this episode of Analysis Paralysis, I was invited to The Marketing Automation Discussion podcast for a CRM mastermind with host Alex Glenn, and CRM experts Scott Gellatly and Mark Colgan. In this episode, we discuss: What to look out for when considering ‘Free’ versions of a CRM CRM Strategy - when and how to consider CRM in your stack The neces…
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013 - Automate Your Business Using Zapier with Nathan Lee
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In today’s episode of Analysis Paralysis, I'm talking with Nathan Lee, not related to the prior episode guest, Jon Lee. Nathan is an up and coming podcaster that loves automation and is working on a new podcast series built around Zapier and automation. We discuss why Zapier is such a great tool for those looking to get into automation for their bu…
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012 - Copper CRM Founder, Jon Lee (Former CEO)
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In today’s episode of Analysis Paralysis, I’ll be talking with Jon Lee, the Founder and CEO of Copper. Since it first launched back in 2013, Copper has been one of the fastest-growing customer relationship management systems on the market with over $87m in venture backing. They’re also now the #1 recommended CRM for G Suite. Serial entrepreneur by …
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011 - Airtable All The Things w/ Dan Fellars
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Today I'm here with Dan Fellars from Openside and we're talking about all things Airtable. Airtable is user-friendly database software, think of Google Sheets and Excel, but with a bit more structured in that it can actually be used at a mass scale for business processes. In this episode, we talk about how you can leverage automation and the ever-e…
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010 - Talking Copper (Formerly ProsperWorks CRM) w/ Brittany Perez
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Wanting to run or work for a startup is a common goal nowadays. New companies are launched all the time, led by founders who hope to move quickly and grow fast. But as we all know, not all are successful. Why is this? Why do some succeed and others fail? Brittany Perez, who leads the account management team at Copper, is familiar with these questio…
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009 - How Customer Experience Shapes Your Brand w/ Coby Pachmayr
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Brand. A term that means so many different things to so many different people. Most simply think that a company's brand is their logo and color scheme. For Coby Pachmayr, it is so much more. With a background in systems engineering and automation, Coby started Idea Spring, a branding and marketing agency with the unique focus on solving business pr…
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008 - Pivoting a Successful Marketing Company w/ Jaime Nacach
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On this episode of Analysis Paralysis, I am talking to Jaime Nacach. He runs a successful marketing company and fell in love with automation after using it inside of his existing company. Naturally, that has led to him building a side company solely built around automation and Jaime has been going through the process of transitioning into an automa…
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007 - From Assembly Line Automation to Automating Small Businesses w/ David Zisner
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On this episode of Analysis Paralysis, I am talking to David Zisner. He was an electrical engineer that worked at Intel for 15 years doing assembly line automations. He is now consulting and doing automation for small to medium size businesses. We talk about how it's important to focus and specialize on specific software solutions, in his case, the…
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006 - Getting Automated w/ Kelsey Bratcher
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There are podcasts for just about every topic you can think of, but very few, if any, around the emerging area of business automation. Our guest, Kelsey Bratcher, saw this void as an opportunity and started the Get Automated podcast. On this episode, I speak with Kelsey about many different things surrounding software, automation, and efficiency. W…
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005 - Speaking to My Old Business Class
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I was invited to an entrepreneurship class by an old professor of mine at Canisius College to talk to the students about my entrepreneurial journey and answer questions about business and starting your career after college. Should you start a business based on passion? How do you get started at all? Should you even start a business right out of col…
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There are countless Customer Relationship Management systems currently on the market. From the big players like Salesforce, to the more emerging players like ProsperWorks. It seems that every day, a new one enters the space. It is clear that CRM is an important part of a business and that they aren't going away anytime soon. On this episode, I talk…
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On this episode of Analysis Paralysis, I am talking to one of my mentors, Ajaz. He is a great salesman and consultant that has given me a lot of guidance over the years. I figured that not everyone has a mentor so I wanted to record this call with him to share with others to hopefully get something from this. Discussing sales and difficulties I was…
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This guy Tim reached out to me recently, he had listened to the first podcast and he was telling me about his story and it really resonated. We set up a time to talk and we just had a discussion about where he's at right now, where he wants to be going, what he is struggling with. A lot of that is about being able to sell yourself. You have a passi…
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It's impossible to start a business early on in your career and not pivot along the way. Over the past 8 years in business, I have grown a lot, evolved, and developed new skills that I could have never envisioned when opening up the company my freshman year of college. On this episode, I take you through my history of pivots from the web developmen…
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Trailer for Analysis Paralysis, a new podcast around business process consulting, CRM, automation, and efficiency, by Alex Bass.بقلم Alex Bass
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