Startup Founder Discovery and Ai-powered Outreach with Crunchbase and Gmail

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        "content": "## \ud83d\udd01 **SECTION 1: Trigger + Company Fetching**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83d\udd18 **Manual Trigger**\n* \ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Updated Companies List**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\ude80 What This Section Does\n\n\ud83d\udd18 **Manual Trigger**\nThis allows you to manually run the automation anytime you want. Perfect for testing or when you only want to fetch founder data on demand (instead of a scheduled time).\n\n\ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Updated Companies List**\nThis node connects to the **Crunchbase API** to get a list of the latest startups or companies that have been updated recently.\n\n#### \ud83d\udd27 What You Can Customize\n\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f **Page Query**:\nIn the URL or query parameters, you'll find something like `page=1`.\n\u27a1\ufe0f You can manually change this to `page=2`, `page=3`, etc., to explore other sets of companies.\n\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f **Date Filter**:\nThe `updated_since` parameter can also be changed to look for startups updated within a certain time window.\n\n---\n\n"
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udc64 **SECTION 2: Founder Profile Fetching + Field Mapping**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Founder Profiles by UUID**\n* \u270f\ufe0f **Edit Fields \u2013 Extract Key Profile Data**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\udd0e What This Section Does\n\n\ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Founder Profiles by UUID**\nFor each company fetched in Section 1, this node pulls the **detailed profile** of one person (typically a founder, CEO, or C-level executive).\n\n\u270f\ufe0f **Edit Fields \u2013 Extract Key Profile Data**\nThis step takes the raw profile data and selects only the fields we care about:\n\u2705 Full Name,\n\u2705 Title,\n\u2705 Biography,\n\u2705 Education,\n\u2705 Social Links,\n\u2705 Associated Companies\n\n#### \ud83d\udd27 What You Can Customize\n\n\ud83d\udd22 **Person Indexing**:\nIn this node\u2019s configuration, you can find the list of people associated with a company.\n\u27a1\ufe0f To switch from Founder #1 to Founder #2, change the **item number** or **array index** \u2014 for example, from `[0]` to `[1]`.\n\n\ud83d\udca1 This is useful when a company has **multiple co-founders** or key executives you may want to evaluate separately.\n\n---\n\n"
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        "content": "## \ud83e\udd16\ud83d\udce8 **SECTION 3: AI-Powered Summary + Email Outreach**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83e\udd16 **AI Agent \u2013 Generate Email Summary**\n* \ud83d\udce7 **Gmail \u2013 Send Founder Digest**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83e\udde0 What This Section Does\n\n\ud83e\udd16 **AI Agent \u2013 Generate Email Summary**\nThis uses **OpenAI\u2019s GPT model** with a **Structured Output Parser** to turn the extracted profile into a polished, professional email-ready summary.\nIt's trained to output:\n\n> Jane Doe is currently Co-Founder & CEO at Acme AI. She is a serial entrepreneur with 10+ years in AI and SaaS. Educated at Stanford (MBA). Connect on LinkedIn: [https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe](https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe)\n\n\ud83d\udce7 **Gmail \u2013 Send Founder Digest**\nFinally, this node **sends the email** \u2014 which could go to your team, your CRM, or even directly to your inbox \u2014 with a subject like:\n\n> \ud83d\ude80 Startup Founder Highlights for Outreach - June 6, 2025\n\n"
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        "content": "=======================================\n            WORKFLOW ASSISTANCE\n=======================================\nFor any questions or support, please contact:\n    Yaron@nofluff.online\n\nExplore more tips and tutorials here:\n   - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YaronBeen/videos\n   - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaronbeen/\n=======================================\n"
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udd01 **SECTION 1: Trigger + Company Fetching**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83d\udd18 **Manual Trigger**\n* \ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Updated Companies List**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\ude80 What This Section Does\n\n\ud83d\udd18 **Manual Trigger**\nThis allows you to manually run the automation anytime you want. Perfect for testing or when you only want to fetch founder data on demand (instead of a scheduled time).\n\n\ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Updated Companies List**\nThis node connects to the **Crunchbase API** to get a list of the latest startups or companies that have been updated recently.\n\n#### \ud83d\udd27 What You Can Customize\n\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f **Page Query**:\nIn the URL or query parameters, you'll find something like `page=1`.\n\u27a1\ufe0f You can manually change this to `page=2`, `page=3`, etc., to explore other sets of companies.\n\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f **Date Filter**:\nThe `updated_since` parameter can also be changed to look for startups updated within a certain time window.\n\n---\n\n## \ud83d\udc64 **SECTION 2: Founder Profile Fetching + Field Mapping**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Founder Profiles by UUID**\n* \u270f\ufe0f **Edit Fields \u2013 Extract Key Profile Data**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\udd0e What This Section Does\n\n\ud83c\udf10 **HTTP Request \u2013 Fetch: Founder Profiles by UUID**\nFor each company fetched in Section 1, this node pulls the **detailed profile** of one person (typically a founder, CEO, or C-level executive).\n\n\u270f\ufe0f **Edit Fields \u2013 Extract Key Profile Data**\nThis step takes the raw profile data and selects only the fields we care about:\n\u2705 Full Name,\n\u2705 Title,\n\u2705 Biography,\n\u2705 Education,\n\u2705 Social Links,\n\u2705 Associated Companies\n\n#### \ud83d\udd27 What You Can Customize\n\n\ud83d\udd22 **Person Indexing**:\nIn this node\u2019s configuration, you can find the list of people associated with a company.\n\u27a1\ufe0f To switch from Founder #1 to Founder #2, change the **item number** or **array index** \u2014 for example, from `[0]` to `[1]`.\n\n\ud83d\udca1 This is useful when a company has **multiple co-founders** or key executives you may want to evaluate separately.\n\n---\n\n## \ud83e\udd16\ud83d\udce8 **SECTION 3: AI-Powered Summary + Email Outreach**\n\n**\ud83e\uddf1 Nodes:**\n\n* \ud83e\udd16 **AI Agent \u2013 Generate Email Summary**\n* \ud83d\udce7 **Gmail \u2013 Send Founder Digest**\n\n---\n\n### \ud83e\udde0 What This Section Does\n\n\ud83e\udd16 **AI Agent \u2013 Generate Email Summary**\nThis uses **OpenAI\u2019s GPT model** with a **Structured Output Parser** to turn the extracted profile into a polished, professional email-ready summary.\nIt's trained to output:\n\n> Jane Doe is currently Co-Founder & CEO at Acme AI. She is a serial entrepreneur with 10+ years in AI and SaaS. Educated at Stanford (MBA). Connect on LinkedIn: [https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe](https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe)\n\n\ud83d\udce7 **Gmail \u2013 Send Founder Digest**\nFinally, this node **sends the email** \u2014 which could go to your team, your CRM, or even directly to your inbox \u2014 with a subject like:\n\n> \ud83d\ude80 Startup Founder Highlights for Outreach - June 6, 2025\n\n#### \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f What You Can Customize\n\n* \u270d\ufe0f Change the **recipient** to your sales or outreach inbox\n* \ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f Modify the **subject line** to match your brand or campaign\n* \ud83d\udcec Send to **multiple emails** using a comma-separated list\n\n---\n\n## \u2705 Final Thoughts: How You Can Use This\n\nThis workflow is perfect for:\n\n* \ud83d\ude80 Startup Scouts\n* \ud83d\udcec Cold Outreach Campaigns\n* \ud83e\udde0 VC Analysts or Tech Researchers\n* \ud83e\udde9 Enriching founder data in your CRM\n\n\ud83d\udca5 **No more copy-pasting Crunchbase profiles manually!**\nJust trigger the workflow, skim the summaries, and reach out.\n\n---\n\n"
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• gmailOAuth2
• openAiApi

About this workflow

This cutting-edge n8n automation is a sophisticated founder intelligence and outreach tool designed to transform startup research into actionable networking opportunities. By intelligently connecting CrunchBase, OpenAI, and Gmail, this workflow: Discovers Startup Founders:…

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