Profitable Growth Solutions, Llc

What Profitable Growth Solutions, Llc does

Profitable Growth Solutions, LLC (PGS) is a privately held, founder-owned U.S. corporate finance consulting firm founded in 2023 by Keith T. Shull, who serves as President/Owner and brings over 25 years of experience in the telecom/technology industry. The firm delivers customized strategic and operational financial services to small and medium businesses, with a stated specialization in the technology and telecom verticals, while also stating intent to serve startups through established enterprises. Core service lines include Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial Analytics & Modeling, Financial Metrics & KPIs, Pricing Strategy with Cost Allocation and Quote Tools, Profitability Evaluation & Enhancement, Operational Finance, and Business Strategy Consulting. The service portfolio was extended with a Business Process Automation (BPA) offering that digitizes and automates client workflows, positioned as enterprise-level automation delivered to SMBs without requiring internal IT resources.

PGS generates revenue through two streams: project-based financial consulting engagements that are customized to client needs and sold on a quote/contact basis, and a BPA offering billed on a monthly subscription cadence after implementation, using a "risk-free solution design" framing. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: prospects are captured through the company website, content downloads (e.g., a Library of educational PDFs), and direct contact forms, then routed into a 15-minute consultation call. There are no disclosed channel partners, resellers, named customers, awards, patents, or third-party integrations, and the firm operates on a single-country/domestic footprint with marketing and distribution limited to email and the company website.

Operationally, PGS is a single-principal practice with no disclosed employees beyond the founder, no disclosed funding, and no disclosed revenue. The technology stack underlying the BPA offering is not publicly described, and there is no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, APIs, or data assets. The firm's competitive differentiation is framed almost entirely around the owner's telecom/tech expertise, a client-centric customized methodology, and the cost-efficiency narrative of bringing enterprise-level process automation to resource-constrained SMBs.

Name

Profitable Growth Solutions, Llc

Legal name

Profitable Growth Solutions, LLC

Website

https://progrousa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Profitable Growth Solutions, LLC is a U.S. founder-owned consulting firm that provides customized corporate finance services — including FP&A, pricing strategy, profitability evaluation, and Business Process Automation — to small and medium businesses, with a stated specialization in the technology and telecom verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Finance Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Spend Analytics & Reporting Support (BPAAAJAJ)

Keywords

• Corporate finance consulting
• Business process automation
• Financial planning analysis
• Profitability evaluation services
• Pricing strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Financial Consulting Services: Strategic and operational financial consulting services including FP&A, financial analytics, pricing strategy, and profitability evaluation. Customized engagements addressing specific client needs.
2. BPA Solutions: Business Process Automation solutions billed on a monthly basis after implementation, providing risk-free solution design for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Profitable Growth Solutions provides customized corporate finance consulting services—including FP&A, financial analytics and modeling, pricing strategy, cost allocation, and profitability evaluation—targeted at small and medium businesses, especially in the technology industry. Complementing these consulting engagements, the firm delivers a Business Process Automation (BPA) solution that digitizes and streamlines client workflows on a monthly-billed recurring basis after implementation. Services are tailored per client, and engagements are initiated via direct consultation rather than through self-serve purchase.

Product overview

Profitable Growth Solutions, LLC offers a portfolio of corporate finance consulting services focused on enabling financial excellence for small and medium businesses, particularly in the technology industry. The core service is Business Process Automation (BPA), which digitizes and automates business workflows. Supporting this are strategic financial services including Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial Analytics & Modeling, Financial Metrics & KPIs, Pricing Strategy with Cost Allocation & Quote Tools, Profitability Evaluation & Enhancement, and Operational Finance tools. These services work together to transform financial data into actionable intelligence while streamlining business operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Budgeting & Forecasting Financial planning service that builds custom models to support business planning for new products, launches, or ventures, designed for SMB clients needing tailored FP&A support.
• Financial Analytics & Modeling Data-driven financial analysis service that uses client data to support informed business decisions and improve performance for SMB and mid-market clients.
• Financial Metrics & KPIs Service that evaluates customer deals, proposals, product lines, or enterprise performance through established financial metrics, providing KPI-driven visibility for clients.
• Pricing Strategy, Cost Allocation & Quote Tools Development of standardized yet flexible pricing strategies encompassing subscription-based recurring revenue, non-recurring unit sales, and professional services, paired with cost allocation and quote tools.
• Profitability Evaluation & Enhancement Comprehensive business evaluation at any level with solutions designed to enhance profitability for SMB clients, typically within the technology industry.
• Operational Finance Provision of tactical tools and processes with controls to operationalize business strategy, including development of journal entries, invoicing, and collections processes.
• Business Strategy Consulting Strategic financial services designed to help clients meet business goals and achieve success across startups to established enterprises.
• Business Process Automation (BPA) End-to-end automation offering that digitizes, automates, and streamlines business processes to reduce manual labor and increase operational efficiency, bringing enterprise-level automation to SMBs without requiring internal IT resources and billed monthly after implementation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces manual task time from hours to minutes
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Plante Moran: Plante Moran is a large accounting and management consulting firm serving middle-market businesses with finance, operations, and technology advisory. It competes in the same SMB/mid-market finance consulting space but as a full-service incumbent.
• Baker Tilly US: Baker Tilly is a top-10 advisory and accounting firm providing consulting and financial advisory across many industries. It competes for the same SMB and mid-market finance advisory engagements PGS serves but at far greater scale and breadth.
• Robert Half Management Resources: Robert Half Management Resources provides interim and project-based finance and accounting professionals to businesses. It competes for FP&A and operational finance engagements at SMBs as part of a much broader staffing franchise.
• BDO USA: BDO USA is a global accounting and consulting network with a strong mid-market practice in finance transformation and operational consulting. It overlaps with PGS in corporate finance advisory for SMB and mid-market clients but with a national footprint.

Emerging players

• Pilot: Pilot provides automated bookkeeping, financial reporting, and CFO-level advisory services for startups and SMBs. It intersects with PGS's automation-plus-consulting proposition via a software-led delivery model aimed at the same SMB segment.

Direct peers

• B2B CFO Partners: B2B CFO Partners provides outsourced CFO and corporate finance services targeted at small and mid-sized businesses. It directly mirrors Profitable Growth Solutions' SMB-focused finance consulting playbook and engagement style.
• Kreischer Miller: Kreischer Miller is a Pennsylvania-based accounting and business advisory firm offering strategic financial, tax, and operational consulting to SMBs. It overlaps directly with PGS in serving SMBs with finance and operations advisory.
• CFO Works: CFO Works delivers fractional CFO, FP&A, and financial strategy services to growing SMBs and mid-market companies. Its suite of FP&A, pricing, and profitability offerings is closely aligned with PGS's consulting menu.
• CFO on Demand: CFO on Demand provides on-demand CFO advisory including budgeting, forecasting, pricing, and operational finance support for small and mid-market clients. Its service mix and client profile are a near match to PGS's core offerings.

Others

• Make (formerly Integromat): Make is a no-code workflow automation platform used by SMBs to digitize and automate business processes. It is thematically adjacent to PGS's BPA offering as enabling technology for SMB process automation rather than a direct consulting competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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 →

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