For founder-led companies doing $2M–$50M, running 5–10 disconnected SaaS tools. Strategic consulting plus the option to build the custom AI platform that replaces them.
Years Experience
Typical Build Timeline
Avg SaaS Savings Yr 1
20 Years of Operational Leadership At
Clients Served by Aries Consulting Group
You're paying for 5–10 tools that don't talk to each other
CRM, project management, analytics, invoicing — all separate, all manual to keep in sync.
Your team spends more time managing systems than doing work
Data entry, copy-pasting between apps, building reports by hand. Every week.
You know AI could help — but don't know where to start
You've seen the demos. You need someone who knows your operations well enough to make it actually work.
You've outgrown your tools but not your budget
Enterprise systems cost enterprise money. You need enterprise results at founder-stage pricing.
I work with founder-led businesses doing $2M–$50M in revenue. If this sounds like you — let's have a conversation, not a sales pitch.
I spent 20 years learning how the best companies in the world build operational systems — from leading sales and management at Altria, to driving innovation at Amazon, to scaling a startup as VP of Sales at Branded Bills.
That experience showed me something: growing businesses need enterprise-grade systems, but they can't afford enterprise-grade vendors. AI changed that equation completely.
I founded Aries Consulting Group to bring that combination — deep operational consulting and AI-native custom platforms — to founder-led businesses that are ready to stop outgrowing their tools and start building systems that grow with them.
Related ventures: Aries Consulting Group is the primary consulting and AriesOS platform business. Adam also operates VisLogic.ai, a separate venture focused on computer-vision tooling.
Your Business Is Paying the Price.
You're running one tool for sales, another for finance, another for projects, another for reporting — and none of them know the others exist. Your team wastes hours on manual data entry between systems. You make decisions with incomplete, delayed, or conflicting information. The real cost isn't the subscription fees — it's the growth you're leaving on the table.
Average SMB SaaS spend on disconnected tools
That don't communicate with each other
Of SMB data sits in silos, invisible to decision makers
There's a better way. And it starts with a conversation, not a purchase.
Every engagement starts with understanding your business. Some clients need strategic consulting. Some need a custom platform. Most need both — and that's where Aries is different.
Your sales messaging gets rebuilt, your CRM configured, and your team trained until results stick. The same work that generated 'multiple times ROI' for The Dash Clip — from zero B2B pipeline to consistent revenue in 90 days.
A strategic plan that connects your business goals to specific actions — ICP definition, channel prioritization, and a 90-day execution roadmap with clear KPIs. You'll know exactly what to do, in what order, and how to measure it.
See Fractional AI StrategyA full competitive landscape analysis that identifies the gaps your competitors are missing. You get a positioning strategy that tells your team exactly how to win deals against specific competitors — backed by data, not guesswork.
The right CRM — evaluated, selected, and configured to match your actual sales process, not a generic template. From Zoho to HubSpot to custom builds, set up for how your team actually sells.
The 3-5 workflows where AI saves your team the most hours — identified and automated, typically within 2-3 weeks. Not months of 'AI strategy' meetings.
See AI Readiness AuditNew vertical or geography? Go-to-market plan, first 50 target accounts, and support landing the first deals. Proven across national markets at Altria and DTC-to-B2B scaling at Branded Bills.
Every engagement meets you where you are.
Start where the business is. Most clients begin with the Audit, then graduate into fractional consulting or a custom build.
The fastest way to see what's broken and what's next.
Embedded operating partner for founders without a COO.
When the SaaS stack is the bottleneck, build the platform.
Pricing is transparent on the first call. No proposal theater, no surprise add-ons.
Every engagement follows three clear phases. Start with Discovery — no commitment beyond that.
"Diagnose before building."
Timeline: 2–3 weeks | One-time project fee
"Custom modules, AI-accelerated development."
Timeline: 4–8 weeks | One-time project fee
"An embedded partner, not a vendor who disappears."
Timeline: Ongoing monthly
Sales Growth in Year 1
— The Dash Clip, B2B Consulting
Increase in Placement Rate
— Invenio Search Group, Custom Platform
Typical Build Timeline
— Across all platform deployments
Full custom platform deployment — unified, AI-native system covering all departments with a single data layer and automated workflows.
Sales messaging and process development, Zoho CRM with custom automations, first comprehensive B2B campaign launch.
Custom AI-native CRM/ATS deployment with 12+ AI agents automating candidate intake, call preparation, email drafting, applicant pool analyti…
“Working with Adam and Aries Consulting Group transformed our B2B operations. His most significant impact came from helping us define our sales messaging and process. Adam didn't just provide recommendations — he rolled up his sleeves and helped us implement every aspect, from configuring our CRM with custom automations to launching our first comprehensive B2B campaign. His work has already paid for itself multiple times over.”
Bryan Just
CEO, The Dash Clip
Pre-populated with industry averages for a ~$5M revenue business. Click any row to adjust.
per-tool costs are monthly
$18,000–$48,000/yr
One unified, AI-native platform — built for you
Plus: AI capabilities none of these tools offer individually.
Plus: A strategic partner who knows your business, not a help desk.
Potential savings: $4,200/yr
Most SaaS platforms require onboarding, training, data migration, and custom configuration — typically adding 20–40% to your Year 1 cost. A custom platform includes implementation in the engagement.
Beyond the Numbers
Off-the-shelf platforms ship hundreds of features to serve thousands of companies. You pay for a cluttered interface full of tools you'll never touch. A custom platform includes exactly what your team needs — nothing more.
SaaS vendors charge per user, per month. At 50 seats on NetSuite or Zoho, that adds up fast. A custom platform is flat-rate — your cost doesn't scale with headcount.
With SaaS, you rent access. Prices rise, features change, APIs break. With a custom platform, you own the code, the data, and the roadmap. No vendor lock-in.
Off-the-shelf tools evolve on their roadmap. A custom platform evolves on yours — new workflows, integrations, and AI capabilities deployed in days, not quarters.
When consulting reveals that your tools are holding you back, AriesOS gets built — a custom, AI-native platform designed around how your company actually operates. One unified system that handles what your CRM, ERP, analytics, and project tools do today — built around your workflows.
AI isn't bolted on — it's the foundation. Every module analyzes, automates, and surfaces insights using frontier AI models like Claude. Built on MCP so your platform is ready for the agentic era — today.
Start with the modules you need. Add more as your business grows. Every module connects to the same unified data layer. No silos. No integration headaches. Modularity is how your platform grows with you.
Every deployment is built for one client. Your workflows. Your logic. Your competitive advantage — encoded in software your competitors can't buy off a shelf. Delivered in weeks using AI-accelerated development.
The Stack Powering AriesOS
Deep operational experience
Advise & recommend
Diagnose. Fix. Build. Grow.Build & implement
Technology expertise
Diagnose. Fix. Build. Grow.20 years of operational leadership. AI-native platform development. Hands-on implementation. One partner for the full journey.
How a custom platform with Claude on unified data compares to the alternatives.
Dev shops build what you spec, then leave. Aries diagnoses the business problem first, then builds — and stays embedded as your growth partner. The platform evolves with the business, not as a one-time deliverable. You get strategic operating leadership plus the engineering capacity to execute, in one engagement.
Off-the-shelf platforms ship hundreds of features built for thousands of companies. You pay per seat, configure around their model, and live with their roadmap. A custom platform is built around your workflows, runs on flat-rate pricing, and you own the code, data, and direction. AI agents operate across your unified data — not behind vendor APIs you don't control.
Claude operates as a first-class system inside your platform — not a chatbot bolted onto a SaaS dashboard. Every module reads from one unified data layer, so AI sees the full operational picture and can analyze, automate, and surface insights across the business. Built MCP-ready so your platform is prepared for the agentic era today.
4–8 weeks for the initial platform build, after a 2–3 week Discovery. Most clients are operational on their first modules within 6 weeks. Traditional dev shops quote the same scope at 6–12 months and $40K–$200K+. AI-accelerated development closes that gap.
Founder-led companies doing $2M–$50M in annual revenue with 10–75 employees. Real operations, real teams, and 5–10 disconnected SaaS tools the team spends more time managing than using. Industries include field services, recruiting, wholesale, professional services, manufacturing, and hospitality.
AI Readiness Audit: $7,500 fixed. Fractional Growth Operations consulting: from $8,500/mo. Custom platform builds start at $25K and scale with scope, followed by a monthly Growth Retainer. Pricing is transparent on the first call — no proposal theater.
You always own your data and you can purchase full ownership of the platform configuration at any point. Cancellation returns everything in a portable format. No vendor lock-in by design — modularity and ownership are the entire point of the model.
No. Standalone consulting is available for B2B sales optimization, strategy, CRM implementation, and AI integration. Many clients start with the Audit or fractional consulting and graduate into a custom platform once the operational gaps are clear.
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