AI for Growth Starter
Start fast. Your first AI use cases live in weeks.
The Speedboat model: we validate and prioritize your use cases in a 1-2 day workshop, then ship one live use case per month. Operations and IT infrastructure join only as you grow.
M1
qualify
M2-3
first results
M4-6
keep it running
M7+
full engine
Month one is the workshop. Your first use case goes live four weeks later, and each one keeps running after launch. The portfolio compounds into an engine, not a pile of pilots.
The AI for Growth approach
Two mindsets. Only one compounds.
Most AI work optimises today. We invest in tomorrow. The same technology can shave costs or unlock new revenue - the difference is the question you start with.
The 1/10th mindset
Do the same, for a tenth of the cost.
Automate tickets. Summarise reports. Replace a process step. Wins arrive fast and the P&L looks better next quarter — but the ceiling is the work that already existed.
- · Short-term efficiency
- · Bounded by today's processes
- · Defensive: protect the margin
The 10x mindset
Do ten times more of what grows the business.
Reach ten times more prospects with the right message. Run ten times more experiments. Personalise at a scale a human team never could. Same people, dramatically bigger commercial surface.
- → Topline growth
- → New commercial motions
- → Offensive: build the upside
AI for Growth Starter is built around the 10x question. Efficiency use cases are welcome - but every month we ask first: where could this make the business meaningfully bigger?
Why this
You've mapped the use cases. Now you need to ship them.
Get started
Get your team learning and doing, together with Avaus' experts.
Build needed capabilities
Add critical capabilities to your team (e.g. data science, integrations, AI strategy).
Get systematic
Get systematic implementation processes in place.
How we work - the Speedboat model in one line
Four modules for holistic results. First two the recommended start.
Step 1 · Start here
Step 2 · As results grow
1 · Entry
We validate and prioritize your use cases
1-2 day intense workshop, 1-2 weeks scoping
2 · Build
One live use case per month delivered
Design → Build → Test → Ship
3 · Operate
Keep the use case portfolio live and performing
Joins as your portfolio grows, ideally with the first M use case
4 · Scale the Foundation
We build the technical foundation underneath
Typically after 6 months
- · Workshop(s): use cases validated, sized (S / M / L) and prioritized
- · Data check, baselines, realization scoping
- · Ends in your go / no-go
- · Standard use cases (S): one live per month
- · Larger ones (M): several monthly cycles or team ramp-up
- · 3-month minimum, then month-to-month
- · Monitoring, optimization, monthly report
- · Or run it yourself, depending on your team
- · Shared customer data, integrations, activation architecture
- · Turns large use cases into standard ones. Live use cases are migrated.
How it works
Prioritization and delivery comes first. Operations and IT infrastructure is optional.
ENTRY: Validation & prioritization
Workshops for prioritization
€10 000 fixed, month 1
BUILD: At least one live use case per month
Working mode: design, build, test, ship
from €6 000 / month, from month 2
OPERATE: We keep everything live and performing
Adjustments, optimization, reports, training
from €7 500 / month, joins when the portfolio grows, e.g. month 4
SCALE THE FOUNDATION: We build the needed IT infrastructure
Shared customer data, integrations, activation
from €25 000 / month, when you scale, e.g. month 7 and beyond
Step 1 · Start here
Step 2 · As results grow
Avaus defined 7 scaling areas to set up a holistic foundation: integrations, data management, data transformation, decisioning, orchestration, activation, analytics.
Entry phase
Prioritization, sizing and selection of use cases is key in the Entry phase.
How we prioritize
Business impact
What it moves: revenue, margin, hours saved
Ease of implementation
Data access, systems, people needed
Confidence
How sure we are it works in your context
How we size
Standard
Automations, one data source, export or API, runnable by your team.
Live in 1 monthly cycle
€6 k / month
More complex
Several sources or deeper integration, more coordination.
Sized in the workshop
€6 k / month → 2–3 cycles, or €12–18 k / month → 1 cycle
Foundation-gated
Needs unified customer / order data across systems.
Typically from month 6
After the Foundation is live
Before we start
A few things need to be in place
Must have
- A business owner who selects the use cases and unblocks data access
- One contact from IT or a data partner for integrations and handovers
- Stakeholders available for the entry workshop and interviews
What speeds things up
- →Fast access to systems and data - exports and APIs are enough to start
- →Your marketing team ready to run the first automations, no IT integration needed
- →Time in meetings and fast feedback, so we can stay self-sufficient
Good fit
You are a great fit for the AI Starter approach if...
- You or a close stakeholder control the systems and data
- You don't need extensive change management or management buy-in
- You just need to get going, not redesign the whole organisation
- You run a team or function, not the whole business or P&L
- The use cases you want are on the simpler operational side
This is different: let's talk
- →Rebuilding your offering, pricing model, or core strategy
- →Enterprise-wide transformation with board-level governance
- →Redesigning your operating model for AI-first Sales or Marketing
- →Crafting an AI strategy, getting your management team onboard
Solving for those situations are core to Avaus methodology and requires another approach. Let's talk.
The Speedboat model
Four modules, all monthly. Start with the first two.
1 · Entry
Validation & prioritization
- 1-2 day prioritization workshop
- Use cases validated and sized (S / M / L)
- Data check and baselines
- Sized and sequenced plan, yours to keep
- Ends in your go / no-go
2 · Build
At least one live use case per month
- Working mode: design, build, test, ship
- Standard use cases (S) live in one cycle
- Larger ones (M): several cycles or team ramp-up
- Measured against your baselines
- 3-month minimum, then month-to-month
3 · Operate
We keep everything live and performing
- Joins as your portfolio grows, e.g. month 4
- Monitoring, optimization, monthly report
- Adjustments and training
- Or run it yourself, depending on your team
- Billed monthly, stop any time
4 · Scale the Foundation
The technical foundation underneath
- Typically from month 7 and beyond
- Shared customer data and integrations
- Activation architecture
- Seven scaling areas, set up holistically
- Turns large use cases into standard ones
- 3-month minimum, then month-to-month
- Every module runs until you stop it
- Everything built stays yours, including a runbook
- Measured against baselines, not claimed
Scale the Foundation
From month six: the engine underneath
Some use cases need unified customer, order and installed-base data across systems. That is what the Foundation builds, while use cases keep shipping. Once live, large use cases become standard ones - and live use cases are migrated.
Seven scaling areas, set up as one holistic foundation: integrations, data management, data transformation, decisioning, orchestration, activation, analytics.
Unlocked by the Foundation
The larger use cases
- → Churn prediction → Retention
- → White-space detection → Share-of-wallet
- → Slow-mover forecasting → Availability
- → Prospect scoring → New markets
Why Avaus
15 years of experience, codified.
Always ahead.
More than 50 companies have partnered with us to turn data and AI into business results. From XXL and Atlas Copco to Telia, DNA, Viking Line, Interflora, and Mathem.
Capability & operating model
We don't just ship use cases. When you're ready, we support you on capability building and operating model design.
Topline growth focus
We target revenue growth and commercial outcomes, not just efficiency gains and cost-cutting automation.
Senior experts, accessible cost
A wide range of senior specialists available to you at a fraction of the typical consulting cost structure.
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Every consultant is amplified by our internal operating system, so we ship high value at scale and speed.
Questions
Scoping, building and launching on your stack. Depending on the size, a more complex use case can take several cycles. We size this transparently in the workshop.
Usually one or two people: a business owner who selects the use cases and unblocks data access, plus one contact from IT or a partner. The first automations run with your marketing team, so no IT integration is needed to get started.
No. Early use cases read data via exports and APIs rather than deep integration. Deeper integration only becomes relevant for later use cases, and we plan those around your roadmap instead of ahead of it.
On yours. Everything we ship runs in your environment and keeps working whether you continue with us or not. If you want to, we can solve short-term technical problems in our environment as well.
The Build phase has a three-month minimum and continues month-to-month afterwards. The Operate phase is optional and billed monthly. Every module runs until you stop it, and everything we have built stays with you, including a runbook.
We capture baselines in the Entry phase, before anything is built. Every use case that goes live is then measured against those baselines, so the results are demonstrated rather than claimed.
These use cases need unified customer, order and installed-base data, which usually does not exist yet. Promising them in the first month would fail. Starting from easier use cases creates learnings for the joint team and builds trust that accelerates the more complicated use cases later down the line.
We work inside your environment and under your access rules, so your data stays in your systems. Where AI tooling is needed, we use EU-hosted enterprise services, chosen per use case based on data sensitivity. Data minimization and consent are part of every design phase.
Yes. It covers the workshop, a data check, baselines and a sized and sequenced plan, after which you decide whether to continue. If you decide not to, the plan is yours to keep.
If you can give us time in meetings and supply context and feedback, we can be fairly self-sufficient. Where capacity is missing, Avaus supplies interim hands-on support. You can be as involved as you want, from collaborative to turnkey, and we adjust the approach over time as your team grows.
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