Pyrus is an efficient tool for task management and structured team communication. People create tasks, set deadlines, upload files, assign people to projects, and make decisions daily in Pyrus. They ask questions, clarify details, discuss, comment, and substantiate their opinions in a single interface without switching between apps and tabs.
In this post, CEO Max Nalsky reveals where Pyrus came from.
The story begins in 2009. I had already launched three software companies: IIKO, a digital platform for the restaurant business, FinGrad, a finance management system, and Glowbyte, an IT consultancy. Each one developed B2B software for different industries, and they collectively employed over a hundred people. I was very hands-on in building these companies.
This past month, we updated tools that have been a hit with Pyrus users for a long time.
1. Now you can check how tasks are associated. There are two ways to link tasks in Pyrus. The first is to divide one big task into several smaller ones to track their progress. The second is to post a link to the task in a comment on another task.
Pyrus has integrated with Zapier, a web service that makes two apps work together easily. You select the application for Pyrus to interact with and set terms for this interaction.
When a trigger event happens in the system, Pyrus automatically fills out the request form.
Zapier supports more than 1,500 applications, so you can configure all kinds of integrations with Pyrus (using zaps) for easily transferring critical business data from one application to another. The main thing is that you do not have to wait for Pyrus’s direct integration to work with the app you need.
If you install updates regularly, you probably already saw a yellow pear on your phone and computer screens. This is our new Pyrus icon.
We’re often asked: «What is Pyrus?» We always answer that it’s a universal platform for business process automation. Beyond that, «pyrus» is Latin word that refers to the genus of the pear tree.
Now you can enter search terms in a convenient dialog box and filter the results by the date they were updated — just like in Google.
An example of searching tasks by assignee. We are looking for tasks in the «Bank» list that contain the word «project», don’t have the word «loan», and were updated last month.
New Pyrus features for March: splitting tasks into steps, following tasks, planning the day, and creating Jira tickets for developers within Pyrus with a single click.
To resolve a client’s request, a support manager will sometimes need help from developers. If your development team uses Jira, you can use Pyrus’s Jira integration to collaborate more closely and resolve incidents more quickly. Support managers can create tickets for developers with a single click in Pyrus, and they can monitor any status changes just as easily.
New Pyrus features for February: creating and blocking dates in the Members report, opening an attached file in a new tab, and asking for a new decision in a task.
Dates are known in advance for tasks like regular payments. Now you can make those forms recur regularly, and Pyrus will do the rest. Just fill in the form fields and make it recurrent. The form will automatically be created at the scheduled time and sent for approval.
We support up to 5 accounts in one app. Check out our other updates!
The Pyrus mobile app on Android can manage up to five accounts at once. If you work with several organizations or use different accounts for work and personal tasks, you can seamlessly switch between them.
We also added a new gesture: if you long tap on a task title, it will copy the link.
Sometimes you need to update a catalog that’s being used in a workflow. Suppose your company has opened new offices or your analyst want to change the title of a Feedback column to Comments. Let’s learn how to edit a catalog so that changes to it don’t break your workflow.
Our December update covers one-click approval, joining an organization in Pyrus, searching tasks by assignee, and more.
Different specialists need different data in reports on the same form. In the Help desk form, for example, a support manager checks the time of first response and the time of overdue tickets, and a project manager wants to find out what problems clients are usually reporting.
In November, along with monthly updates our team was working to make task approval easier. The feedback from our clients who use Pyrus workflows was very helpful.
The new approval interface will be released in mid-December. Let’s see what’s new.
1. Previously, you had to select Approve, Acknowledge, or Reject, then click Send. Now you can approve a request with one click. Additional options are now available in a drop-down menu.
New Pyrus features for November: fill out forms, process similar tickets, view form statistics on the dashboard, route tasks by author, supervise the work of a new employee, and more.
Now you can approve tasks in the new Pyrus interface. Use one of the following statuses Approve, Acknowledge, or Disagree.
This update covers our integration with Softphone.Pro, the new workflow editor, the new design for task history, and more. Let’s go!
Good news for iOS users: the Pyrus mobile app can now manage up to five accounts at once, seamlessly switching between them without logging out and logging back in.
You are your biggest critic. A positive mind can lead to a positive life, but it can be difficult keeping negative thoughts at bay. They stay there in the back of your mind, and all it takes is one little crack and they’re in. These can effect your personal life, as well as your professional career.
It’s safe to say that most of us have friends, and not all friendships need to be beneficial past the point of enjoying each other’s company, but the people you surround yourself with can have a huge impact on your life, both personal and professional. This can be in a positive or negative way, the key is realizing early on if this person will help lift you up and make you a better person or bring you down and cause stagnation.
It’s probably not something you often think about, you do so many of them and so often that it just becomes second nature and rattling them off becomes like breathing. We’re talking about emails. If you’re in an office setting or work in PR or run a startup, chances are you spend a good amount of your day staring at your inbox or composing emails out. We’ve done them for so long and for so often, that we have the tendency to forget that there is actual etiquette that we should be following when sending out emails to all but our closest friends and colleagues.
Launching your startup is an exciting time, but it is not the time to rush to launch without thoroughly prepping. Yes, you’ve been working day and night getting your product or brand ready for its launch, but not properly preparing your business plan and other business essentials before launch could set you behind before even starting.
It can be easy to get in a funk, especially if you’re a business owner or entrepreneur. Sometimes, it seems like the more you push forward, the more you’re pushed back. It can seem like the whole world is against you and if you aren’t prepared for these lows, retreating and giving up on your dream can feel like the only option.
Networking can be an intimidating process, especially for those of us that are on the shy side, but can be necessary in getting your name or business out to the world. While each encounter is different, there are some basic guidelines you should follow when drumming up conversation at a networking event or meetup.
Whether wrong or right, body language can be a big factor in how people perceive you. In a world where less face time is had thanks to different technologies and work ideologies, body language is still as important, if not more important, when you do have those in-person meet ups. Whether you’re a department lead or going in for an interview, the way you carry yourself matters, and we’ve detailed a couple things to pay attention to, regardless of what side of the desk you’re on.
Meetings, in theory, are great, but the harsh reality is that many meetings are unnecessary. Even the ones that don’t fall under the ‘unnecessary’ category have the tendency to be unproductive, whether it’s from being poorly planned or from employees who would rather be anywhere else. All is not lost, however, you simply need the tools and know-how to make your meetings work for you and your employees.
Pyrus, the team communication tool that helps to move work forward, is launching a major service revamp today. It closes the gap between group chat and task management software by providing users with a straightforward inbox-based user interface to communicate and track tasks, all within the same app. If you can send an email, you already know how to use Pyrus.
For most of us, just the word “presentation” is enough to send shivers down our spines. Standing in front of a group of people, whether you know them or not, can be a stressful situation, but presentations are a necessary part of many office settings and business proposals. A successful presentation can be the difference in getting a promotion or securing a prosperous partnership and missing out completely.
Attracting and maintaining great employees has always been a vital part of any business success, and with the ever changing environment of the 21st century, employers are wondering what they can do to attract the type of millennials that you might find at companies like Google and Facebook. While it may seem like in house ping pong tables and coffee shops are to credit for such a successful millennial workforce, maintaining great employees requires more than game time and coffee breaks.
We’re all looking for it. We all strive for it. We all obtain it in different ways. I’m talking about happiness. And while there is no surefire way to reach your goal, everyone is different, there are some habits you can break to help improve your overall happiness. Not only will breaking these habits improve your personal life, but eliminating unnecessary stress and other demotivators will resonate through your professional life, as well.
See, here’s the thing about productivity, everyone gets motivated in different ways. You have to find what works for you. That doesn’t mean that lists and tips aren’t helpful, they can help you figure out what works for you. That being said, here are a couple tips that make the rounds that might not be as great as advertised.
You need a business plan. Many young entrepreneurs and idea people look at a business plan in much the same way we look at outlines – nice, but more time than they’re worth. That’s simply not the case. Much like outlines, business plans are often an afterthought, but if well done, both will be quite welcome when you’re running in circles trying to figure out what to do or where to go next.
If part of your job description includes sending follow up emails to clients and potential clients, then you know how much of an tight-rope act it can be. Reach out too much and you become annoying, too little and you’re forgotten. Each email needs to be different, yet memorable with recurring facts and points through different conversation venues. There’s so many things that can make or break your pitch that it can become overwhelming.
It’s one thing to boost your own productivity, there’s plenty of tips and tricks for that, but when it comes to boosting your employees’ productivity it can be a bit more tricky. Not to say that it’s impossible, but many of the methods for boosting self productivity have mixed results, only because those come down the individual’s desire to improve. There are things you can implement directly into the workplace to help boost your employees’ productivity, however.
