5 Business Intelligence Consulting Service Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 19th, 2023
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Here are some real life success stories of starting a business intelligence consulting service:

1. Addepto ($1.26M/year)

Addepto, a leading AI consulting firm, was founded by Edwin Lisowski and Artur Haponik. With their shared passion for new technologies, they recognized the potential of AI-driven solutions for businesses and decided to start a company that offers customized data-driven solutions. Over the years, their focus on providing high-quality services and building a strong brand image has helped them attract and retain customers, leading to their remarkable success in the industry.

How much they make: $1.26M/year
How much did it cost to start: $30K
Current team size: 25

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We Built A $1.26M/Year AI Consulting Business [Over 30 Employees]

Addepto is an AI consulting business that has grown to over 30 employees and generated $1.26 million per year by offering customized solutions to clients, minimizing business risks with AI, integrating data from multiple sources, and optimizing logistic processes.

About
Edwin started Addepto almost 6 years ago
Revenue
Edwin grew the business to $105K/month
Costs
It cost Edwin $30000 to start the business
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2. Aucoin Analytics, LLC ($166K/year)

Kervin Aucoin, a 15-year Army veteran and 20+ year Intelligence analyst, came up with the idea for Aucoin Analytics after realizing the need for an unbiased and well-informed travel security platform. Through blogging about his travel experiences and witnessing the detrimental effects of sensationalized news, Kervin developed a subscription-based private intelligence community that focuses on defeating fake news and providing accurate information. With a low overhead, Aucoin Analytics has seen profits of $10,000/month and offers specialized risk assessments and intelligence reports tailored to customers' needs.

How much they make: $166K/year
How much did it cost to start: $25K
Current team size: 1

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I Built A $10K/Month Online Community Where We Fight Fake News Stories

Aucoin Analytics, LLC is a private intelligence company that delivers highly specialized risk assessments and intelligence reports, while also offering a subscription-based private intelligence community that provides access to subject matter experts in government intelligence, with profits at $10,000/month.

About
Kervin started Aucoin Analytics, LLC over 5 years ago
Revenue
Kervin grew the business to $13.8K/month
Costs
It cost Kervin $25000 to start the business
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3. Decidable ($12K/year)

Decidable, founded by Craig Smith and Mike Bugembe, was born out of their shared frustration with the low levels of insight adoption in businesses and the inability of leaders to harness the value of data. After collaborating on the vision of data storytelling, they developed a platform that automatically translates complex data into short, easy-to-read stories, enabling businesses to make informed decisions. The company's innovative products, such as automated Google Analytics stories and e-commerce data sources, have already helped beta customers increase daily revenue by 25-40%, demonstrating the impressive potential for growth.

How much they make: $12K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1M
Current team size: 2

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How We Launched A Business Intelligence Solution [United Kingdom]

Decidable has created an automated Google Analytics platform that helps UK e-commerce companies between £5m-£50m find all the missed revenue in their data with some of their Beta customers seeing daily revenue increases of between 25% - 40%.

About
Craig started Decidable about 3 years ago
Revenue
Craig grew the business to $1K/month
Costs
It cost Craig $1000000 to start the business
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