What PowerBI.tips does

PowerBI.tips is a privately held, bootstrapped community platform focused on Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric practitioners. Founded in 2016 and based in Wisconsin Rapids, the company operates a 1-10 employee team led by Mike Carlo, Tommy Puglia, and Seth Bauer. Its core offering is the Explicit Measures podcast, which has reached 500+ episodes and is released on a twice-weekly cadence, paired with a blog, training programs, and downloadable themes and design tools for Power BI report authors.

The product surface centers on the Tips+ suite of web-based tools. The PowerBI.tips Theme Generator uses AI capabilities to create visual themes, backgrounds, wireframes, and design elements via natural language prompts, and includes a gallery for sharing reusable components. Power Designer supports semantic model and report layout design, while themes.powerbi.tips distributes pre-built themes and templates. The platform does not sell a traditional enterprise software suite; instead, revenue is generated through training programs (professional services style) and theme/template subscriptions, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

Go-to-market is community-led: the company relies on the podcast, blog content, and presence at Microsoft events such as FABCON Vienna, FABCON Las Vegas, Microsoft Build, and Microsoft Ignite to reach Power BI developers, Microsoft Fabric practitioners, and BI leadership. The business model is closer to a creator-led content and micro-SaaS operation than a venture-backed software company, with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or enterprise customer accounts.

Name

PowerBI.tips

Website

https://powerbi.tips

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PowerBI.tips is a bootstrapped community platform offering the Explicit Measures podcast, AI-assisted Power BI theme and report design tools, and training content for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric developers, analysts, and BI leaders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Intelligence Software Tools

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (61171), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Tools & Platforms Training (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.) (EDABAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Training Delivery Services (Onsite/Virtual Instruction, Workshops, Coaching) (BPAEANAN), Instructional Design & Storyboarding Platforms (EDAFAHAB)

Keywords

• Power BI themes
• BI design tools
• Microsoft Fabric training
• Data visualization tutorials
• BI community platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Wisconsin Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Training Programs: Educational training content and programs for Power BI and Microsoft Fabric professionals
2. Themes and Templates: Pre-built Power BI themes and visual templates available through the themes.powerbi.tips platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PowerBI.tips operates a community platform for Microsoft Power BI and Fabric practitioners, offering web-based design tools (Tips+ Theme Generator, Power Designer), pre-built theme templates via themes.powerbi.tips, the long-running Explicit Measures podcast, and structured training programs covering report design, semantic modeling, CI/CD, and AI integration.

Product overview

PowerBI.tips is a community-focused platform built around a podcast and web-based tools. The core offering is the Explicit Measures Podcast (with 500+ episodes) providing Power BI and Microsoft Fabric education, supplemented by the Tips+ suite of web tools including the Theme Generator and Power Designer for creating Power BI visual themes and report layouts with AI-assisted capabilities. Training resources and community events round out the offering, making it a content-and-tool platform for Power BI practitioners rather than a traditional software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Explicit Measures: The Explicit Measures Podcast covers Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and related data analytics topics, featuring hosts Mike Carlo, Tommy Puglia, and Seth Bauer.
• Power Designer
• Tips+ Theme Generator
• Themes

Products and services

• Tips+ Theme Generator AI-powered web-based tool for creating Power BI visual themes, generating backgrounds, wireframes, and design elements from natural language instructions, with a gallery for sharing and reusing theme components.
• Power Designer Web-based tool for designing Power BI report layouts, wireframes, and semantic models, part of the Tips+ suite of Power BI productivity tools.
• Power BI Themes and Templates Pre-built Power BI theme and visual templates distributed via the themes.powerbi.tips platform, available to Power BI developers for consistent report design.
• PowerBI.tips Training Programs Structured educational training covering Power BI development, Microsoft Fabric adoption, DAX, Power Query, data modeling, and BI best practices for BI professionals and teams.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SQLBI: SQLBI is a long-running training and content site specializing in DAX, Power BI, and Analysis Services run by Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari. It is the most direct content-and-training peer to PowerBI.tips within the Power BI ecosystem.
• RADACAD: RADACAD provides Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and data analytics training, consulting, and community events. It overlaps closely with PowerBI.tips on training programs, blog content, and event participation in the Fabric ecosystem.
• Zebra BI: Zebra BI builds premium Power BI custom visuals and reporting components (tables, charts). It overlaps with PowerBI.tips' theme/template product line and serves the same Power BI report-design buyer.
• BlueGranite: BlueGranite is a data analytics consultancy and training provider focused on Microsoft BI, Power BI, and Azure data services. It competes for the same BI leadership/governance training budgets as PowerBI.tips.
• Pragmatic Works: Pragmatic Works delivers Power BI, Fabric, and data platform training, consulting, and free content. It is a direct competitor in Power BI/Fabric training and shares the practitioner-education positioning of PowerBI.tips.
• Havens Consulting: Havens Consulting provides Power BI and Microsoft Fabric training, mentoring, and content led by Nicole Helgeland. It is a direct peer in the Power BI practitioner education market, with a comparable content-and-training GTM.
• PowerBIPro: PowerBIPro offers Power BI training, consulting, and a community of practitioners. It competes directly with PowerBI.tips for Power BI developer training budgets and community mindshare.

Broad incumbents

• DataCamp: DataCamp is a large online learning platform covering data science, BI, and analytics, including Power BI tracks. It competes more broadly for technical training budgets but overlaps with PowerBI.tips on Power BI curriculum.
• Coursera: Coursera hosts Microsoft-authored Power BI and data analytics learning paths and credentials. It is a broad incumbent in the same learning-and-certification market that PowerBI.tips targets with its training programs.
• Pluralsight: Pluralsight is a large enterprise technical training platform with Power BI, Azure, and data engineering courses. It overlaps with PowerBI.tips on Power BI/Fabric learning content but operates at much greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PowerBITips
• Facebookfacebook.com/PowerBI.Tips
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/powerbitips

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about PowerBI.tips