How Pascal Zuta Transformed 20+ Years of Meeting Chaos into Clear, Actionable Insights with Jamie

When we interviewed Pascal Zuta, we knew at that moment that we were in front of someone who knew the pain of having many business meetings.

He is the founder of more than 20 companies and he spends his days jumping from one high-priority meeting to another. When we interviewed him, he told us that it was very hard to remember everything discussed in these meetings.

He tried to use different methods to take notes while in the meetings. However, when he took notes by hand, he could not understand his own handwriting. And when he tried to type everything down, it took way too long.

He told us that he couldn't focus on the conversation while trying to take notes. He needed a tool to remember what people said, to follow up on important tasks and to make sure his team followed through on their commitments.

That's when he found Jamie, our AI meeting assistant.

In this case study, we’ll show how Jamie transformed Pascal Zuta’s messy meeting notes into clear, actionable insights.

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TL;DR

The Problem

Pascal Zuta would attend one meeting after another throughout the day and do the best he could to remember all the important points discussed in the meetings.

When we talked to him, he explained that he had difficulty remembering what was discussed in his meetings. He tried writing down notes, but he couldn't read his own handwriting later. 

When he tried typing notes during meetings, he found himself not paying attention to what was being discussed. He explained to us how he was no longer able to follow up on commitments and know what people had agreed to do.

The Solution

He used our AI-powered meeting assistant, Jamie and it transcribed all of the conversations in his meetings automatically. He was very happy to see how Jamie could extract the most important information in every meeting so he never missed anything.

He was also very happy that he could easily look back at his meeting notes, even if he had to leave meetings early to fulfil other obligations. We made it possible for Jamie to work perfectly whether he was meeting people in person, online, or in hybrid settings, without him having to take notes himself.

The Results

When we checked in with Pascal, he told us about how his experience of meeting with people had changed. He said he could easily revisit what was discussed during each meeting, which made his work so much easier. He could also better keep track of things that people were assigned to do.

He was very happy to tell us that Jamie works well for all his meetings, whether everyone is in the same room or they are in different rooms. He also told us that he saves a lot of time because he doesn't need to write anything down or miss important things.

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Challenge

"I do forget too many things."

When we first spoke with Pascal, he told us that he has to attend meetings after meetings every day at work. He also attends meetings with experts who know more about their fields than he does. He is actually quite able to remember many things, but the sheer number of meetings made it difficult for him to remember all the important details.

"I always have meetings with people that know more than I do… and I do forget too many things. Oftentimes, I struggle to get back into the context of the meeting I had last with that company, with that founder, with that employee."

We knew the impact on his work. He had to waste too much time trying to remember the details of the previous meetings. He struggled to make sound decisions because he couldn’t remember key points. He was also concerned with missing important tasks that came up during the conversation.

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"I can't read my handwriting."

During our interview with Pascal, he showed us his "remarkable, beautiful product" to solve this problem of missing notes during meetings. The remarkable product was a notebook made out of paper.

But Pascal soon found out that the book was not the problem; it was his handwriting.

"I can't read my handwriting after a couple of weeks of looking at it."

We know it's hard to jot down notes while also trying to focus on the meeting. Messy handwriting was a common issue with many of our users before they found Jamie.

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"I also don't have the discipline to just sit down and write."

Pascal then explained that he also faced challenges when it came to writing notes. While he wanted to take notes during the meeting or conversation, he felt that it would be distracting. He explained to us that he wasn't able to be fully present during the conversation when he had to write down things at the same time.

"If I have to write while I'm speaking to someone, it just won't work. I'm not my usual self. I'm not present enough."

We could understand his dilemma. It was a difficult choice for him to make. He could either be present during the conversation but then forget important details later or he could take notes but then not have a proper conversation. None of this really worked for him.

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Solution

"Since I met you guys and since I found Jamie, this has changed completely for me."

When he started using Jamie, his overall meeting experience changed. 

• He didn’t need to do anything to get every single word transcribed in great detail. 
• He was finally able to concentrate fully on the conversation instead of writing down everything.
• He could now easily refer back to any previous conversation whenever he needed to.

This is all due to Jamie’s capability to generate high-quality meeting notes. 

Jamie has excellent topic-detection technology that helps break down the AI meeting summary into different chapters. This makes it skimmable and organized for when Pascal wants to quickly jump to the exact information he needs.

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"Keeping the context, not forgetting about all of the good things that you've been discussing."

Jamie was able to help him organize all his meetings in a coherent way. He said that it was helpful to see all the important decisions and next steps.

What was most fulfilling to hear was that he was confident going into meetings knowing that he could quickly refresh his memory of what was previously discussed.

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"I can jump off a meeting if I have to and still get the notes."

Jamie made sure he never missed a thing from any meeting. He told us that he felt very relieved that Jamie would still take notes for him even if he had to leave. We were happy to hear that he would be able to catch up on a meeting quickly with our structured summary.

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Results

“It’s been really, really good for me to keep context and be able to hold people more accountable for what they’ve said in the meeting.”

With Jamie, Pascal was finally able to keep track of the action items and decisions from his meetings.

How Jamie Helped

• Extraction of action items and decisions.
• The Sidebar helped Pascal Zuta to know which action items were assigned to which member with just a simple conversation.
• Ability to tick off completed action items or decisions.

These features helped Pascal to be on top of tasks and always complete his action items without fail. Not only his own action items but also his team members.

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“Sometimes, you know, when I have to drop off a meeting early, I just let the recording run for a while... In the end, I get back to it, and I get the notes.”

Jamie helps capture all meeting information, even if he has to leave the meeting early. He simply lets Jamie run and capture all the notes in the meeting. Convenient for those on the run who do not want to miss any crucial information from high-priority meetings.

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“It works on the screen, but also in the room at the same time.”

The best part about Jamie that made Pascal really happy was that it works offline and online. This is very helpful when you are someone who's on the go meeting from one client to another.

Especially if you are like Pascal, where meetings become like breathing and you meet clients off-site, in cafes' or it just appears out of thin air (ad-hoc meetings), with no internet connection. Jamie will still transcribe and provide you with amazing meeting notes. Perfect for those with high in-person meetings.

Not only that, Jamie works on all online videoconferencing platforms. Which means you do not need to worry about compatibility issues. Jamie simply works with a click of a button.

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Direct Quotes We Loved From Pascal Zuta's Interview

Overall Client Love

"Since I met you guys and since I found Jamie, this has changed completely for me...You guys are awesome. You're really building a great product and also every conversation that I have with you, I feel that you're really trying to do your best and you're really deep into the customer experience. So I appreciate that. You're doing that really well."

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Problems Pascal Faced Before Jamie

"That was always one of my weak points. I think I have a pretty good memory, but the more you do, the more you forget in the end."

"And so I do forget too many things, and oftentimes I struggle to get kind of get back into the context of the meeting that I had last with that company, with that founder, with that employee."

"I had this nice thing, the remarkable, which is a beautiful product, super cool (shows a notebook). But even I can't read my handwriting you know? I just can't read my handwriting after a couple of weeks of looking at it. And so that one failed."

"And I also don't have the discipline to just sit down and write. And also I'm terrible at multitasking. So if I have to write while I'm speaking to someone, it just won't work. I'm not my usual self. I'm not present enough."

"You'll get out of this meeting and you'll probably remember one or two things, but probably there's four or five things. You know, the human brain has a fantastic capability to keep three things. Mhm. And never four, never five. That's a problem, right?"

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Reasons Why Pascal Chose Us Over Other Competitors

"I have tried all kinds of different things to take notes and to be a little bit more informed about things that I said yesterday."

"And you asked for the last five years. This is a problem I've really struggled with for the last 20 years."

"Since I met you guys and since I found Jamie, this has changed completely for me, and I'm using Jamie for every single one of my meetings."

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Pascal’s Favorite Jamie Features

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Action Items And Decision Extraction

"It's been really, really good for me to keep context and be able to hold people more accountable for what they've said in the meeting."

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Automated Meeting Notes & Catch-Up

"Sometimes, you know, when I have to drop off a meeting early, I just let the recording run for a while, you know? And so in the end, I get back to it, and I get the notes and I can  jump off of a meeting if I have to."

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Flexible Meeting Transcription

"It works on the screen, but also in the room at the same time."

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Two Reasons Why Jamie Has a Special Place in Pascal’s Heart

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Instant Meeting Recall

"Well, it's pretty inspiring to just be able to go back into a meeting and just read about it again and figure out, you know, what were the topics that we were talking about."

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Hybrid & In-Person Meeting Support

"And also I really enjoy having in-person meetings and nowadays it's so complicated to have in-person meetings because people sometimes are just not used to it. So you get all of these hybrid meetings and having something that can work across this barrier that works on the screen, but also in the room at the same time. Mhm. That's been helpful."

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💜 The above quotes are directly extracted from Jamie's transcription.

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Looking Ahead

With our interview coming to an end we learned how Jamie changed the way Pascal handled his daily meetings. We noticed how he struggled before using Jamie - he would often forget important points during discussions, had trouble keeping his notes organized, and sometimes lost track of what needed to be done after meetings.

With Jamie, his meeting experience became so much better. He is now completely focused on his conversations because he knows Jamie is taking care of all the important details. We saw how this made a big difference in his busy schedule, especially when he has so many meetings in one day.

We asked him what had changed the most for him in his work life and he explained to us that he does not have to worry about missing anything important anymore.

We, at Team Jamie, are proud and extremely happy that Jamie is now a part of his daily work routine and that he relies on Jamie to take care of all of the meeting details and organize them exactly the way he needs them.

This could be you! Give Jamie a try for completely free and see how it can change the way you take notes.

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