Clockwork, a technology consultancy based in Northeast Minneapolis, has created a subsidiary focused on offering simplified services to small and mid-sized businesses.
The firm’s new unit, called Tempo, is a studio version of Clockwork, which provides businesses with software and interactive digital services. A handful of staff from the existing firm will run operations for the new business and grow it as needed, according to an announcement by the agency.
Tempo will seek to provide clients with a “leaner process and a more consolidated set of services for businesses that don’t have the time or the budget for a more in-depth process,” Luke Vestrum, managing director of Tempo and former vice president of business development at Clockwork, said in a statement.
Tempo will offer a lower price for services like website design and development, audits, support services and rapid-app prototyping and development, the company says.
Tempo differs from Clockwork, which addresses larger scale projects for companies, in that it will provide more “foundational” web services but can still tap the expertise of the 20-year-old Clockwork, Vestrum told the Business Journal.
Because of the more simplified approach, the new unit also provides a “significant” opportunity to help startups, Vestrum noted. It allows them to quickly bring their company online and use web services that “pair accessible tech with really great experience design and content strategies” while also appealing to potential customers and investors, he said.
Tempo currently has a team of less than five employees, but intends to expand within the next couple of months as it secures new clients, Vestrum said.
Clockwork was founded in 2002 by CEO Nancy Lyons. It had $10 million in revenue in 2020 and 47 Minnesota-based employees, according to Business Journal research.
