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From idea to business

Turn your idea into a business

Plan your launch and run your business from your phone. You approve the next move.

  • Nothing sent or spent without your approval
  • Your data stays in your workspace
  • Money, sales, marketing, and paperwork in one app
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Good morning

Your business, in balance

Connected
RevenueLast 8 weeks
$4,820this week
Needs you today3 left

Tap through the app. Every tab works.

Connects with the tools you already run on

1,500+ apps, one approval inbox

Shopify
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LinkedIn
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How it works

From idea to
running business

Tempera does the work at every stage. You make the call. Follow one idea, a mobile dog grooming van in Austin, from first thought to week twelve.

9:41
temperaStage 01 of 06

Focus the idea

What are you really building?

First milestone10 bookings
  • Customer✓
  • Base price$85
  • Van and kit$18k
One idea: a mobile dog grooming van

You say: a mobile dog grooming van in Austin. Tempera answers with the customer, an $85 base price, the van and equipment cost, and a first milestone of ten bookings.

Your call
Whether to commit
Nothing moves until you say so

A customer, an offer, a first milestone

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Hands free

Run the whole business
by voice

Driving between jobs, hands in the sink, walking the dog. Ask, decide, and approve out loud. Everything you can tap in Tempera, you can say, and a spoken approval is recorded the same way a tap is.

One morning, spokenTap play
You

Tempera, what needs me today?

Tempera

Three things. The Harbor Fitness proposal is ready to send, the LLC packet needs your signature, and the permit fee is due Friday. One at a time?

You

Read me the proposal.

Tempera

Forty units a month at $5.90 a unit, delivered in nine days, invoiced monthly. Margin stays at 41 percent. Say send and it goes from your address.

You

Send it.

Approved by voice
Tempera

Sent. Follow-up booked for Friday at ten.

You

What is in the LLC packet?

Tempera

Texas LLC, $300 state fee, your registered agent, and the operating agreement. Say approve to sign it and send it to your filing service.

You

Approve.

Approved by voice
Tempera

Signed and sent. I will tell you when the state confirms.

You

Pay the permit.

Tempera

$85 to the City of Austin from your business card. Approve?

You

Approve.

Approved by voice
Tempera

Paid. The confirmation is filed with your paperwork.

You

How did the week go?

Tempera

$4,820 in revenue, up 25 percent on last week. Books balanced, 22 percent set aside for tax. Two invoices open, one due Friday.

5 moments, 3 approvals said aloud

Your tools, at work

The jobs that run a business,
done before you look

Replies, proposals, ads, books, permits. Each is a chain across the tools you already run. Tempera runs the chain, works out what it means, and stops at the one step that is yours.

Running

Meeting notes to a proposal

Starts whenTuesday's call with Harbor Fitness ends

Every sales call
  1. Reads the call notesNotion
  2. Pulls their order historyShopify
  3. Prices it at 40 unitsQuickBooks
  4. Lays out the one page proposalCanva
  5. Waits for you to send itYours
  6. Moves the deal to Proposal sentHubSpot
  7. Books the follow-upGoogle Calendar

Between the steps

The rule it applied
Margin stays above 40%, the rule you set in March
The call it made
Quoted the 9 day delivery over the cheaper 21 day route, because they asked for two weeks
What it left for you
Did not offer the bulk discount you gave Northside Cafe. Different volume, your call
  1. ReadsNotion
    Reads the call notes40 units a month, wants delivery inside two weeks, asked about a bulk price
  2. ReadsShopify
    Pulls their order historyThree orders since May, every one paid on time
  3. PreparesQuickBooks
    Prices it at 40 units$5.90 a unit keeps margin at 41%, delivery in 9 days from Supplier B
  4. PreparesCanva
    Lays out the one page proposalYour template, their numbers, your terms
  5. Your callGmail
    Waits for you to send itYou read it once. One tap and it leaves from your address
    Hi Sam, thanks for Tuesday. For 40 units a month we can do $5.90 a unit, delivered in 9 days and invoiced monthly. The one page proposal is attached. Shall I hold the first run for the 14th?
    Waiting for you
Your part
One tap
Tempera's part
6 steps across 6 tools
By hand
Six tabs and about 45 minutes, usually the next day
Done
Waiting for you

Steps before the gate read and prepare. The gate waits for you. Steps after it run because you said yes.

Connects through 1,500+ partner integrations across email and calendar, store and payments, marketing and social, money and admin, messaging and work, and your bank through Plaid. App availability is confirmed during onboarding.

Your kind of business

Built for the business
you are actually starting

Pick yours to see what Tempera works out and what stays your call.

Online stores, print on demand, marketplace sellers

Pick the product, find the supplier, open the store, and get the first orders shipped.

Incorporate or not
Compares staying a sole proprietor with forming an LLC once orders are steady, with fees and filing steps for your state
Taxes, permits, and IP
Seller permits, sales tax registration, supplier agreements, a returns policy, and a trademark check on your brand name
Funding it
Models inventory and ad spend against margin, and compares bootstrapping with a working capital line
Where your customers are
Identifies the marketplaces, social channels, and search terms where buyers of your product already look
How to reach them
Product pages, launch posts, ad briefs, and reply drafts for customer questions, all waiting for your approval
Connects to
ShopifyStripeGmailInstagramMeta AdsKlaviyoEtsy
A decision Tempera brings you
Supplier comparison

Two suppliers can make your product

Landed cost
Includes shipping and fees
Delivery
9 days against 21 days
Your decision
Which sample to order
Start with this

Tempera prepares the comparisons, drafts, and filings. You, your adviser, or your filing service completes each step.

A business owner reviewing a phone beside product samples and a laptop

A Tuesday, month two

Two decisions waiting. Three replies drafted. The books already balanced.
That is the whole to-do list.

Questions founders ask

What Tempera does, what stays your call, and what it costs.

What is Tempera?

An agent workspace for turning an idea into a business. Prepare your launch, manage the work, and approve each next step from your phone.

I have an idea but no plan. Where do I start?

Start with your idea. Work out the customer, offer, cost, and first milestone, then choose your next step.

Can Tempera incorporate my business?

Compare structures and prepare formation details for your chosen filing service or adviser. You or that service completes the filing.

What about taxes, patents, and trademarks?

Keep requirements and documents together for your accountant, attorney, or filing service. Tax and filing features are in development; professional advice and submission stay with you and your advisers.

Does Tempera send emails, post, or spend money on its own?

Drafts, posts, orders, and payments wait for your approval. Review the action and cost before deciding.

What does it cost?

Tell us about your business. We propose a plan based on the work and connected tools, with nothing billed until you approve.

Is my business information safe?

Connected tools use scoped, revocable access. Keep credentials out of conversations and review your workspace's action records.

What will
you build?

Tell us the idea, or the business you already run, and where the work gets stuck.

Your workspace is ready within a day.

Prefer to talk?

Book a 30 minute call with the team. We will ask about your business and what should come first.

Open Cal.com

Do not include passwords, payment details, or sensitive customer information. We use your note only to reply to you.

  • Your business,
    in balance
  • Evidence
    Authority
    Outcome
  • Simple
    Powerful
    Human
  • On a phone
    Across a supply chain

One rule, every scale

Models propose, your business decides

On your phone

One inbox where drafts, filings, and payments wait for your yes.

Across a supply chain

The same rule as authority gates, an evidence ledger, and a Decision Graph that shows what an agent touches before it acts.

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