37 Consulting Business Success Stories [2023]

My name is Michael Zipursky, and I’m the founder & CEO of Consulting Success®. We help consultants optimize their consulting business. That means helping them improve their service offerings, pricing, marketing, messaging, lead generation, and more.

• Clarity Coaching Program: our coaching program for consultants who want a personal and customized strategic plan to grow their consulting business — and a community of like-minded consulting business owners. Consulting Success® is a 7-figure business with high-profit margins — one that allows us to travel and work with clients around the world.

Greetings, my name is Roy Kiessling, founder of EMDR Consulting, an international training organization specializing in teaching the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) psychotherapy to master's level and above mental health professionals.

What started as a one-person training organization in 2013, has now grown to administrative staff of 5. a training team of over 20 trainers and 150 coaches. EMDR Consulting is now one of the largest EMDR training organizations in the United States, annually conducting over 150 EMDR basic training courses a year, teaching over 1500 mental health professionals how to integrate EMDR into their clinical practice.

Hi, my name is Edwin Lisowski and I am a co-founder and a CTO of Addepto.

Addepto founders: on the left - Edwin Lisowski (CTO), on the right - Artur Haponik (CEO)

My name is Kalaboukis, I am a futurist and innovator. Over my career, I’ve worked with both major corporations and startups to futurize their enterprise, and envision, create, build and ship great, profitable new products.

I’ve been in business for around 10 years, and have built a practice that works with both major corporations and startups in the technology, financial services, and retail space, with revenues around $293k per month. I’m named inventor on 122 patents and cited on 1181 patents in the internet, social networking, and fintech space, plus I’ve authored several books on innovation and the future and blogs and podcast at thinkfuture.com

Hey everyone ! My name is Alex Albarran and I’m the founder of Dream Client Academy . We’re a consulting & marketing firm based in Hollywood, Florida. I launched the company when I was 19 years old and working on my undergraduate degree.

I’ve been the only full-time member of the company up to this point (with part-time contractors). Moving into 2020, I’ll be pushing to scale DCA to high 6-figures in yearly revenue, improve our client-retention, build out our social proof base, while adding full-time members to the team so I can leverage my time and accelerate our growth.

My name is Tracie Fobes and I run a blogging education and coaching business.

There is no greater joy than doing what you love and seeing the money roll in.

Hi everyone, I’m Long and I am the founder of Product Lab - the first consulting company in Vietnam about digital product management.

We had an opportunity to work with Vinpearl and Vinfast - which belong to Vingroup (one of the biggest corp in Vietnam) to help the product team improve the user experience of their website. And the last thing, we hosted a webinar with BUV - British University Vietnam (one of the biggest foreign universities in Vietnam) with the highest number of BUV students who join the webinar since all students in Vietnam have to learn online because of COVID-19.

Hutch, founded by Fearless in 2019, is an intensive 24‑month program located in Baltimore, MD that provides minority and women entrepreneurs with a blueprint for building successful and impactful government digital services firms. The program equips businesses with the tools, mentorship, and peer-to-peer support they need to thrive in the world of government contracting.

To date, Hutch has 9 graduates, 11 company founders in our current 2 cohorts, and 20 companies total within our portfolio. Hutch is the only company of its kind led by industry experts with years of experience in digital transformation and government services.

Hi, my name is Cornelia “Miss Co” Malloy and I started an online consulting business, BT Neil Consulting. I use social media as a platform to promote and market my business and brands (Miss Co’s Tee Line and God’s Girl). I also have implemented affiliate marketing as part of my business with the hopes of landing some pay-per-click sponsorship opportunities.

I am still in the stage of getting my business name out there and building awareness of what I have to offer. I have not made any big money yet but I remain consistent and I operate as if I already have the followers and customers I want.

Hey there! My name is Taylor Hersom and I am the founder of Eden Data. Eden Data is a cybersecurity consulting firm focused on helping startups build better security as they grow.

Since starting the company in March of 2020, we have scaled to four team members and an MRR of $45k, all through remote services and nearly no startup costs.

Hello! We are George Chatzicharalampous and George Margaritis, founders of lv8 - Consulting. We offer digital marketing services and consulting that helps businesses reach their goal.

We started officially in December of 2020 and we are currently generating about $12,000 per month and we are helping some of the biggest companies in our area. In one of our clients that we also used as a case study we achieved a 2680% increase in revenue in one month compared to the same last year.

My name is Ellis Smith and I am the co-founder of American Cannabis Company. ACC is a full-service consulting firm supporting the industry for over 9 years. We specialize in putting together the pre-application tools needed to raise capital as well as write winning applications in competitive markets. We have designed and built over 1.7 million sq ft of growing space to date with another 60,000 sqft under construction currently.

We are making about $150,000 a month as a company with our sites set on acquisitions of grows and dispensaries in 2021. This will increase our revenue to well over $500,000 a month.

Hi, I’m Dave and I founded a veteran-owned company called Cain Consulting, Inc. which specializes in helping leaders become more effective and improving results. If you are a leader in any organization, anywhere, we can help you improve your performance! Working with leaders in the US and around the world, we coach executives and emerging leaders in leadership expertise and performance improvement.

Services include individual business coaching, virtual business coaching, team development, leadership training, and facilitation. Certified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and E-Colors Premium PDI, we can offer a variety of assessments. We have provided services in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; Nigeria, Thailand, and South Korea among others.

Hey there! My name is Scott Bartnick I'm a serial entrepreneur, an engineer, and the founder of the Five Day Startup. I've created several eCommerce and service businesses OtterPR.com and I recently launched my fifth successful brand.

I started The Five Day Startup in 2018. I expected to make 1 million dollars by December 2020 before the world was impacted by COVID-19, which has affected some of my primary revenue sources. Even so, I still expect to gross $500,000+ by the end of the year.

My name is Noah Riggs and I decided to embark on the journey to become a full-time blogger in 2018. My business is a lot of things and evolves constantly. All of my current projects are all housed under the Busy Living Better umbrella entity (aside from my work as the CEO and stakeholder of a media company based out of Austin).

My business has allowed me to travel and have experiences I never thought I would have. I have been able to enjoy more time with my family, more moments with my friends, and been able to grow as a person more than I could ever imagine. I have been able to travel across the country on days notice for Halloween (pictured below in San Jose) with my nephews, take spontaneous trips with my girlfriend, help my best friend move states away with almost no notice, and so much more. My job flexibility makes me so excited for my future as a husband and father and I feel comfortable knowing I won’t have to miss anything important to me.

Hello, my fellow entrepreneurs! My name is Isaiah Grant and I’m the founder of Dream Fitness Client Academy. We’re a consulting & marketing firm based in Manchester, CT. I launched the company when I was 20 years old and working on my undergraduate degree.

I’ve been the only full-time member of the company up to this point (with part-time contractors). Moving into mid to late 2020, I’ll be pushing to scale DFCA to high 6-figures in yearly revenue, improve our client-retention, build out our social proof base while adding full-time members to the team so I can leverage my time and accelerate our growth.

Hi there, my name is Bruce Jones and I am the Founder and CEO of 1ON1 SEO Training. I created my business two years ago, offering personalized search engine optimization and digital marketing courses for startups, small businesses, and individuals interested in learning about SEO and improving their businesses.

Today, I have worked with dozens of businesses from all around the world and earn over $10,000 a month working out of my home office. I started serving local businesses in my area, which quickly expanded across the U.S., and now have clients as far as New Zealand and Ireland.

I’m Amanda Shepherd, the owner and lead mentor at the Social Media Manager Society. Aside from social media consulting to businesses in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries, I created a program to teach other women how to run successful social media businesses so they can have the time and financial freedom they’ve always wanted!

I quit my 9-5 and in one year made almost $100,000 working an average of four hours per day - and still growing!

My name is Denzel Rodriguez currently 24 years old and I am a King. I serve the Almighty God King of Kings. My purpose on this earth is to share the Kingdom of God and his influence through financial concepts such as giving.

My company is Builder To Contributor LLC and I primarily do financial consulting with families. My main service is teaching Velocity Banking & Infinite Banking to help people pay off bad debt extremely fast, build credit, increase cash flow, and build wealth in a short period of time. My ideal customer is a mom looking to regain her authority and become a master over her finances. Doing this I currently make over $20k a month.

Hi, My name is Chris Devonshire-Ellis and I am the Founding Partner of Dezan Shira & Associates. We are an Asian-focused consulting practice with specializations in law, tax, compliance, and related issues for foreign investors, mainly from the United States and Europe, who wish to trade with, sell to, or start-up businesses in Asia.

I began the business with very little capital, just hard work, and today we turn over about US$20 million per annum. Apart from the large law and tax firms, we are one of the most influential companies of our type in Asia today, with over 8 million readers of our websites and media outlets and a client base of several thousand companies. Over the years we have handled about US$8 billion of foreign investment into Asia.

Sam Ovens is the founder of Consulting.com. It is an e-learning business that supports individuals in operating successful e-learning businesses.

He left his corporate job to launch a number of tech businesses, but they all failed because no one needed them. Therefore, he began learning everything he could about acquiring customers, and a consulting business was born.

Sam used effective websites, SEO, Adwords, Facebook Ads, and an email list to help local businesses attract customers online.

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Steph Perez is the founder of YaGirl Steph Perez. She is a live digital business mentor, coach & guide.

Steph made over $26k in just one week through her consulting business.

Her company provides digital business training for indie entrepreneurs seeking to turn their passions, interests, expertise, and experiences into six-figure bank deposits.

With all the expertise she possesses, Steph primarily focuses on assisting women in achieving financial independence, working toward their objectives, and becoming successful business owners.

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• Ali Abdaal is a junior doctor who also runs the Part-Time YouTuber Academy, a website with tutorials for aspiring YouTubers.
• Ali has a YouTube channel with over 3M subscribers and over 218,836,000 total views, he generates around $4.5M+ income from 15 sources.
• He has uploaded more than 400 high-quality videos on YouTube, where he talks about leading a happier, healthier, and more fruitful life.
• Ali has been producing content online for more than ten years and YouTube has become a source of steady income for him. Now he helps other aspiring YouTubers turn this into a full-time career.

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I’m Uri, and I like to think of myself as an eCommerce enthusiast. I’ve started four businesses in my short career, two of which were massive failures (learning opportunities) and two that I consider relative successes and still operate today!

By the end of 2021, Adjust Media grossed just under $1M. It feels surreal to say that, but it wouldn’t be possible without our team.

My name is Jeremy Imlach, I am a CoFounder and the CEO of Argona Partners. Argona is a strategic consulting and startup development firm. We focus on three areas of success; Financial Health, Growth Strategy, and Fundraising Readiness.

Hello, my name is Maanda Mulaudzi and I am the founder of Common Sense Holdings. We are a startup based in Johannesburg, South Africa and we have been in business for just over a year.

We currently turnover $5,000 a month but we are looking to have a 100% increase in monthly revenue from early next year with potential new clients.

• Billy Wilson is the founder and CEO of 6 Figure Agency, a social media marketing company he started at 18 years old.
• He offers an in-depth course about how to start, grow and automate an SMM (Social Media Marketing) agency. Within his first year, Wilson had achieved a six-figure run rate.
• Billy has successfully coached thousands of business owners so far to help them grow their online presence and generate new leads and sales.

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• LaTisha is a marketing pro & a high achievers' mentor and she also founded a company named You've Got Clients.
• She assists business owners in removing subconscious barriers so they can increase their rates & build an organized marketing system to generate sizable profits.
• In 2021, she earned $314k from selling digital goods without investing any money in advertisements.

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Hi there! My name is David Arroyo and I'm the founder of DigitalCollars, a digital consultancy that provides software solutions for manufacturing companies. My focus is on small and medium-size factories that need to optimize and automate some processes.

I’ve been working in manufacturing for over nine years and realized there is a huge gap between software and factories. While the tech industry is thinking about DALL-E 2 and GPT-3, many factories are still running their production using spreadsheets.

I am a brand stylist, designer and speaker, and founder of ELVA LI Brand.Style.Design, a boutique branding house helping lady bosses feel confident online and land high-end clients through luxury branding and website design.

With a background in Business and Finance for 10 years, I have combined my creative flair with my business savviness to help female entrepreneurs bring their visions to life and turn their ideas to a premium brand. Everything I do exudes style, elegance and timelessness, because these are a necessity, not a luxury. I have been featured on LadyBoss Asia, This Women Can and have been seen on ABC, CBS, Fox, etc.

Hi. I’m Andrei Zinkevich, co-founder @Fullfunnel.io - Account-Based Marketing (ABM) and full-funnel marketing for B2B tech companies with high ACV and long sales cycles. We train and guide B2B marketing and sales teams to connect, engage & win deals with target accounts, create a stable demand for your product and accelerate growth.

I launched Fullfunnel.io with my co-founder Vladimir Blagojevic in Sep 2020, bootstrapped, and without full-time employees. In 18 months we were able to generate $1M in the sales pipeline and extend our portfolio with on-demand courses and live bootcamps to grow the company to $500K ARR (Sep 22).

Austin Netzley is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and investor. He is the Founder and CEO of 2X, a firm that specializes in assisting busy entrepreneurs in implementing the procedures and strategies required to develop their businesses and become successful CEOs.

In addition, Netzley is a former collegiate athlete and the #1 international bestselling author of "Make Money, Live Wealthy," which has been downloaded and sold over 60,000 times.

Netzley and 2X have assisted customers in generating more than $172 million and counting while participating in the 2X coaching programs in less than two years.

They give training, proven structures and processes, accountability, and hands-on coaching to help their clients reach their full potential and build a stronger, greater business, impact, and income.

Netzley has appeared on several of the world's most popular business websites, including Entrepreneur, Yahoo!, BusinessInsider, The Washington Post, and others.

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Hi! I’m Bradley Jacobs and I founded Mylance: an end-to-end software platform for self-employed individuals and budding independent consultants to live a flexible, fulfilling work-life. We have a vetting community, resources to legitimize your business, and a lead-generation tool to help you grow your business.

We’ve grown the business to ~$40k / month in revenue by the end of 2022.

I’m Teju, an Intuitive Empath and Founder + Chief Experience Officer of Branperience – a Full-Service Brand Experience Firm I opened in 2018 – in a coffee shop in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin with my two daughters who were 13 & 15 at the time.

Most importantly, we’ve been able to prove that experiential marketing should be utilized for more than events or activations – experiential marketing is a much more beneficial concept and more of a strategic principle.

Maura helped manage this farm-to-table dinner by Farmer x Baker, in Deep Creek MD - in collaboration with Hideaway Co in 2021