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Type a goal, AI builds the structure
Tell DeskChime what you want to achieve in plain language. AI breaks it into milestones with owners and due dates. Connected to your 1-on-1 agenda automatically.
Move Fast. Without Things Slipping.
Startups don't have time for HR overhead. DeskChime gives you lightweight accountability — follow-ups, 1- on-1s, goals, and recognition that runs itself so your team can focus on building, not managing.
Why Startups Lose Momentum
At 5 people, everything is held together by urgency and proximity. At 15 people, the cracks appear. By 30, the founding team wonders how it got so chaotic. The same energy that makes startups fast makes follow- through hard.
Speed creates commitment debt
Decisions get made in hallways, Slack threads, and 10-minute syncs. By the next standup, nobody is sure who owns what. The faster you move, the more falls through.
Feedback is either brutal or absent
Early teams either say nothing or say too much (founder frustration). Structured, recurring feedback would give the team a healthy middle ground. But nobody sets it up.
Goals are ambitious and forgotten
You write OKRs at the start of every quarter. By week four, nobody is looking at them. They're not connected to the weekly standup, the 1-on-1, or the actual work.
Simple Accountability Without
The Overhead
Everything runs automatically. You set the direction once DeskChime keeps the team moving.
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1-on-1s that don't get cancelled
Set a recurring cadence, connect to Google Calendar, share agendas automatically. Open follow-ups from last week appear in the next agenda. Nothing starts from scratch.
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Feedback that runs on a schedule
Set once for your whole team. AI generates the questions. The system sends, collects, and surfaces results. You read findings not individual responses.
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Recognition that happens
When someone closes a goal, DeskChime suggests recognizing them. Wins get celebrated in Slack without a manager having to remember to do it
Built for the way agencies actually work
Goals from a prompt
Type what you want to achieve. AI builds milestones, assigns owners, sets deadlines. No OKR consultant needed.
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Follow-ups that stick
Every meeting standup, planning session, 1-on-1 produces owned, dated commitments. Slack nudges fire when they're overdue.
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Feedback on autopilot
Weekly, monthly, or quarterly. AI writes the questions. The system runs it. You read the results.
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1-on-1s with agendas
Structured, shared, auto-populated from open follow-ups. Every conversation builds on the last.
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Recognition that builds culture
Peer recognition, custom badges, Slack celebrations. Culture doesn't require an HR department it requires consistency.
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Start free, scale as you grow
The free plan covers follow-ups, 1- on-1s, and basic goals for teams of up to 9. Upgrade when you're ready.
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What agencies tell us
Numbers from the teams that use it every day.
2 min
To create your first recurring follow-up
Free
Plan available — no card, no commitment
4 modules
All connected in one loop
15 min
Average team setup time
Common Workflow remote teams
Weekly all-hands follow-ups
Record the all-hands or add voice note after
AI extracts commitments with owner and dates
Follow-ups appear in each person's Slack
Reviewed at next week's standup automatically
Best for: Founding Teams
Quarterly goal sprint
Founder types priorities in language
AI generates structured goals for team member
Progress surfaces in weekly 1-on-1 agendas
End-of-quarter AI summary for investors or board
Best for: Founders & Team Leads
New hire ramp
Set 30/60/90 goals with milestones from day one
Weekly 1-on-1s with manager shared agenda
Pulse feedback at 30 and 60 days to surface
First Applaud when first goal is completed
Best for: First 10 Hires
Why Deskchime?
Cadence
Never leave a meeting without knowing who owns what. Even in-person.
Accountability
Record, dictate, or type. Whatever the input every commitment has an owner and a reminder.
Visibility
See every follow-up, who owns it, and whether it's done across your whole team in one view.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We only have 6 people. Is this too much?
No — the smallest useful team for DeskChime is 3 people. Follow-ups and 1-on-1s in particular work extremely well at very small sizes where things fall through precisely because everything feels informal.
We move too fast for structured processes. Won't this slow us down?
DeskChime is built to run in the background. You set the cadences once recurring 1-on-1s, feedback cycles, follow-up reminders and then the system handles it. The overhead is one setup session, not weekly admin.
Can the founder use it for their own 1- on-1s with the team?
Yes — this is one of the most common use cases. Set weekly or biweekly 1-on-1s with each direct report. Shared agendas, AI-extracted follow-ups, and a running history of what was discussed and committed to.
We can't afford to pay yet. Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free plan covers up to 9 team members with unlimited follow-ups, 1-on-1s, and basic goal tracking. No credit card required to get started today, set up your team easily.
Does it integrate with the tools we already use?
Slack and Google Calendar are the main integrations. Follow-up reminders go to Slack. Meetings go to Google Calendar with agendas attached. Those two cover most startup teams and their daily workflow needs and processes.
Why Deskchime?
No — the smallest useful team for DeskChime is 3 people. Follow-ups and 1-on-1s in particular work extremely well at very small sizes where things fall through precisely because everything feels informal.
DeskChime is built to run in the background. You set the cadences once recurring 1-on-1s, feedback cycles, follow-up reminders and then the system handles it. The overhead is one setup session, not weekly admin.
Yes — this is one of the most common use cases. Set weekly or biweekly 1-on-1s with each direct report. Shared agendas, AI-extracted follow-ups, and a running history of what was discussed and committed to.
Yes. The free plan covers up to 9 team members with unlimited follow-ups, 1-on-1s, and basic goal tracking. No credit card required to get started today, set up your team easily.
Slack and Google Calendar are the main integrations. Follow-up reminders go to Slack. Meetings go to Google Calendar with agendas attached. Those two cover most startup teams and their daily workflow needs and processes.
Cadence
Never leave a meeting without knowing who owns what. Even in-person.
Accountability
Record, dictate, or type. Whatever the input every commitment has an owner and a reminder.
Visibility
See every follow-up, who owns it, and whether it's done across your whole team in one view.
Ask us