17 It Consultant Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 19th, 2023
Become An It Consultant

Are you an IT graduate still looking for that dream job? Then becoming an IT consultant might be the right choice for you.

An IT consultant is an external analyst in charge of evaluating a company’s IT systems and helping them meets its business objectives. IT consultants analyze and diagnose a company’s IT infrastructure, understand the client’s needs, and design solutions to help companies’ IT problems.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a IT consultant:

1. Access Database Support ($25.2K/year)

Dan Khadem, the founder of a database consulting service and a commercial actor and model, came up with the idea for his businesses through a natural progression from his day job and a chance opportunity. As people began asking him for help with database projects outside of his regular work, he realized he could turn his technical skills into a side business. In the acting and modeling industry, his first gig came about when a friend sent his fitness photos to someone in the industry, leading to an offer for a modeling job.

How much they make: $25.2K/year
Current team size: 1

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How A Database Consultant Became A Commercial Model

Dan Khadem started a successful database consulting service for small and medium-sized organizations (earning about $2,000 per month) and transitioned into commercial acting and modeling, earning around $400 for 1-2 gigs per month, and is looking to sign with an agent to increase his earnings.

About
Dan started Access Database Support about 12 years ago
Revenue
Dan grew the business to $2.1K/month
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2. iDigitize ($168K/year)

iDigitize leverages low-code/no-code technologies to help companies overcome their fear of investment by providing cost-effective and efficient services. Mumtaz Kazi, the founder, saw the potential of Microsoft Power Platform during his time in the healthcare sector and decided to spread the word and create a business that offers process automation, training, and analytics services. Through word of mouth and utilizing LinkedIn, iDigitize has attracted and retained customers, and their future plans include becoming a Microsoft Gold Partner and launching a product on the Microsoft Marketplace.

How much they make: $168K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1.4K
Current team size: 5

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How I Started A $14K/Month Processes Automation Business

iDigitize founder Mumtaz Kazi shares how she started an online business providing process automation, training, and analytics services, becoming a Microsoft Partner and academic partner of prestigious universities in less than a year, and plans for the future including launching a product on Microsoft Marketplace.

About
Mumtaz started iDigitize almost 3 years ago
Revenue
Mumtaz grew the business to $14K/month
Costs
It cost Mumtaz $1400 to start the business
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3. Twelvedevs ($1.2M/year)

Andrey and his co-founder Alexander were working as programmers in a software development outsourcing company when they decided to start their own company. Inspired by stories of small teams achieving success, they came up with the idea of creating a small team of 12 top developers. However, they soon realized that they needed to expand their teams to grow the company, leading to the formation of Twelvedevs, an IT consulting and custom software development company. Since its launch in 2012, Twelvedevs has completed over 70 projects in various industries, including Fintech and logistics, and has become one of the leading custom software development companies with over $100k in revenue per month.

How much they make: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $300
Current team size: 50

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These Two Friends Met In College And Started A Custom Software Development Company [$1.2M/Year]

Twelvedevs, an IT consulting and custom software development company, shares its success story after 9 years of completing more than 70 projects across various industries, having over $100k revenue per month, fifty employees, and a soon-to-be-opened branch in the U.S. for Fintech and logistics.

About
Alexander started Twelvedevs over 11 years ago
Revenue
Alexander grew the business to $100K/month
Costs
It cost Alexander $300 to start the business
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4. iContact ($28.8M/year)

How much they make: $28.8M/year
Current team size: 151

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iContact Founder Returns To Mixergy After $169M Sale – with Ryan Allis

iContact was built by Ryan Allis and Aaron W. Houghton to provide user-friendly email marketing tools for small businesses worldwide, resulting in the recent $169 million purchase of the company by Vocus.

About
Ryan started iContact over 21 years ago
Revenue
Ryan grew the business to $2.4M/month
Read by 1,945 founders

So... can you actually make money with a IT consultant?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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5. The Bootstrapped Founder ($6K/year)

How much they make: $6K/year
Current team size:

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Balancing the Grind With Arvid Kahl

Learn from The Bootstrapped Founder's blogger who made $500/mo and grew his newsletter to 2500 subscribers, while promoting his website to 79.7K Twitter followers.

About
Arvid started The Bootstrapped Founder about 5 years ago
Revenue
Arvid grew the business to $500/month
Read by 435 founders

6. ClearForMe ($3.9M/year)

How much they make: $3.9M/year
Current team size: 11

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Female Founders: Sabrina Noorani of ClearForMe On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder

ClearForMe is an ingredient SaaS solution used by 300 companies, including Credo Beauty and Ulta Beauty, offering user-friendly ingredient education, filter, and search capabilities based on transparency and customization, with over 1.6 million ingredients.

About
Sabrina started ClearForMe over 6 years ago
Revenue
Sabrina grew the business to $325K/month
Read by 944 founders

So... can you actually make money with a IT consultant?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Data Fetcher ($80K/year)

In 2020, Andy learned about a Google Sheets add-on called API Connector, which imports your data into a simple Google sheet.

Around the same time, Andy noticed the rise in popularity of Airtable.

Since Google Sheets and Airtable were close in compatibility, Andy decided to build a similar type of data integration tool for Airtable.

Andy’s 3-step method for coming up with ideas is helpful context for understanding how he came up with the idea: - Find a platform that is already growing massively. - Look at already successful tools for more mature platforms. - Build an equivalent tool for the new platform.

How much they make: $80K/year
Current team size: 0

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How I Built An Airtable Plugin That Lets Users Manage Their Data Better [$80K/Year]

Data Fetcher is a no-code tool that imports data into Airtable which has reached 190 paying customers in just over a year after launch and is making $6500 in MRR, with a goal of reaching $30k+ in MRR, for aspiring founders looking to bootstrap an app to life-changing revenue as a solo founder.

About
Andy started Data Fetcher over 3 years ago
Revenue
Andy grew the business to $6.67K/month
Read by 3,665 founders

8. Karma ($492K/year)

How much they make: $492K/year
Current team size:

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Slack Tool Karma bot Doubles to $400k ARR, Turns Down $1m Offer

Karma Bot, the Slack tool designed for tracking team performance and rewards, increased their monthly profits from $14k to $35k thanks to Microsoft and Slack's 500 new monthly trials and their 3% monthly churn rate.

About
Stas started Karma about 8 years ago
Revenue
Stas grew the business to $41K/month
Read by 732 founders

9. CookieFirst ($1M/year)

How much they make: $1M/year
Current team size: 7

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Bootstrapped to $1m with cookie monitoring and security SaaS

Founder noticed a rising demand in the legal tech & privacy SaaS market and developed CookieFirst, a SaaS company that provides automated cookie consent, regular scans, and automated policy generator in over 40 languages to comply with international privacy laws.

About
Tom started CookieFirst about 5 years ago
Revenue
Tom grew the business to $83.3K/month
Read by 665 founders

10. Pipelyne ($360K/year)

How much they make: $360K/year
Current team size: 7

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Pipelyne is pre launch SaaS with $50k ARR, boiler installer company spinout

Find out how Adrian Casey grew Pipelyne, an e-commerce solution for home service companies, to serve 25 paying companies and generate $50K ARR without adding any marketing expenses and doubling inbound leads.

About
Adrian started Pipelyne about 3 years ago
Revenue
Adrian grew the business to $30K/month
Read by 450 founders

11. WebXpress ($1M/year)

How much they make: $1M/year
Current team size: 81

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This SaaS tracks 5m truck shipments per month, $1m in ARR across 100 enterprise customers

WebXpress, a Mumbai-based SaaS provider for transportation and logistics, has over 10,000 daily users in 8 countries in SE Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, with 80+ customers and 5+ million transactions handled daily.

About
Apurva started WebXpress about 20 years ago
Revenue
Apurva grew the business to $83.3K/month
Read by 414 founders

12. Propster ($1.2M/year)

How much they make: $1.2M/year
Current team size: 28

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Property tech SaaS grows 100% YoY to $1.2m in revenue, raising $10m on $50m now?

PROPSTER is a cloud-based configuration platform that helps property companies increase off-plan sales, improve efficiency, and give customers a great purchasing experience with over 8k users, 5 countries, and more than 200 projects.

About
Milan started Propster about 7 years ago
Revenue
Milan grew the business to $100K/month
Read by 375 founders

13. Evotix ($17M/year)

How much they make: $17M/year
Current team size: 150

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Elson Acquired A SaaS Startup For $1 (Now $14M In Revenue)

CEO Matt Elson acquired health and safety management company Evotix for $1, improving their traditional sales team and raising $10 million through Series A and B funding rounds, increasing revenue by 50% YoY and achieving over $14 million in annual recurring revenue with a team of 150 people and 400-500 paying customers.

About
Matthew started Evotix almost 13 years ago
Revenue
Matthew grew the business to $1.42M/month
Read by 480 founders