Blackbeaks Blog….All things Analytics

At the end of June 2009 I left Trainers’ House in a much better place than when I started there. In 2008 we did extremely good profits and were turning over multiple millions of Euros. We’d become one of the largest consultancies focusing on Analytics in the world, arguably the biggest in Europe and I had the pleasure to work with some extremely professional people.

I have left Trainers’ House because the plans in 2009 did not match my ambitions. Their growth system story is good and I believe it can and will work. I would like to say good luck to those at Trainers’ House and thanks for 3 good years. I learned a lot about working with large enterprises, consulting, and had a great time there. I don’t have any hard feelings towards the company at all, I just felt that they were focusing their energy into a different direction than I need to go.

Different path

In July 2 serious opportunities were presented to me (among a number of ones I didn’t like the look of). One was to hold an executive position in a global company to help spearhead their analytics division which is already a large going concern and probably a big salary to match. I didn’t hesitate, I took the second option without wasting the time of the good folks who offered me the first. The second was to start again as a director with a new company. Those of you that know me, know that I have already been down the second path and may wonder about my eventual decision to do this again.

The reason is simple. I feel I have unfinished business. I have an itch to scratch. Can I help develop one of the best analysis and marketing companies in the world? Can I continue what I started in 2003 in the days of Aboavista? This remains to be seen. My targets however are to have 20 people working with me by the end of 2009 (with revenues to match). To double that by the end of 2010 and to continue to strive for excellence in all that we do.

Right now we don’t even have a logo, nor a website (well we do but it has no information on it). We do however have a concept. Quantic is a mathmatical term meaning “a rational, integral, homogeneous function of two or more variables.” (dictionary.com). In other words the rational result of 2 or more things. I’d like to think that our new company Kwantic will strive to get good results for our clients from doing analysis and taking action based on that analysis. Simple as that.

So please bear with me if this blog is a bit light on the content side for a while as I help build the foundations of the new venture and as always feel free to add your comments. Onward and upward!