Building the team that earns the right to win
We believe high standards don't require a joyless culture. Tempo is a place where great people do the best work of their careers with teammates they respect.
Who we are, how we decide, and what we're willing to sacrifice to stay true
Values are only useful if they help us make hard decisions. Ours are specific enough to shape what we build, who we hire, which customers we serve, and what we say no to.
Play to Win
We choose markets, customers, and product bets where we can become the obvious choice.
We would rather be indispensable to a specific customer set than broadly useful to many. Focus is not separate from ambition — focus is how we win.
Earn Customer Trust
In an AI-native product, trust is not a polish layer. Trust is the product.
We build systems customers can rely on in real workflows, not just in demos. We win by being useful, reliable, and honest about what the system can and cannot do.
Seek Truth, Update Fast
We reason from first principles, test our beliefs, and change course when evidence says we should.
Being right matters less than getting it right. Tempo will succeed by learning faster than the market, not by defending our ideas longer than everyone else.
One Team, Full Ownership
We put Tempo first and act like owners. No passengers, no politics, no "not my job."
A great team is not a set of talented individuals standing next to each other. It is a group of people who move as one, tell each other the truth, and treat the company’s problems as their own.
Courage to Tackle Hard Problems
We pursue meaningful problems, tell the hard truth early, and do the uncomfortable work required to solve them.
The easy path often leads to shallow products, delayed decisions, and mediocre outcomes. The hard path is valuable when it leads to real differentiation, stronger teams, and a better company.
How these values fit together
These are not five disconnected virtues — they are a system. Play to Win tells us where. Earn Customer Trust tells us how we win. Seek Truth tells us how we think. One Team tells us how we work. Courage tells us what to do when the right move is uncomfortable.
Together, they help Tempo build with more leverage, more unique value, more coherence, and more compounding.
10 years together turning messy work exhaust into structured insight
Previously built Costello, then post-acquisition led product and engineering at Salesloft — scaling AI-powered workflow products to 5,000 customers. Tempo extends that playbook across the org on initiatives that matter.
Founder/CEO of Costello, then Chief Product Officer at Salesloft. Led product and engineering scaling AI-powered workflow products to 5,000 customers.
Join us in building something exceptional
Tempo is currently in private beta. If you believe in what we're building and how we build it, we'd love to hear from you.