OUR PROJECTS
TAMUGC Pro-Bono Consulting offers graduate students hands-on experience as management consultants in real, high-impact projects. Work in a team to advise organizations—ranging from tech startups to small businesses and city governments—on critical challenges. This experience will enhance your skills and strengthen your competitiveness for full-time consulting roles.
CURRENT PRO-BONO PROJECTS
A minimalistic luxury cabin development company focused on eco-conscious hospitality. This project helped refine customer segmentation, guest journey strategy, membership model opportunities, and brand positioning to support stronger market growth.
MARKET RESEARCH, STRATEGY & BRAND POSITIONING (Phase II)
Team Size: 5
Project Duration: ~13 weeks
Start Date: September 2025
Status: Delivered
Company: Cäya Habitats
An automated food service system with a kiosk interface designed for quick-service restaurants. This project evaluated commercialization options, market opportunities, competitors, and financial strategy to strengthen investor readiness.
MARKET ANALYSIS, BUSINESS MODEL & INVESTOR READINESS
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: ~6 weeks
Start Date: September 2025
Status: delivered
Company: Lechuga
An early-stage group decision platform designed to help friends, students, households, and small teams coordinate plans more effectively. This project supported customer validation, competitor analysis, MVP prioritization, and a university-focused go-to-market strategy.
CUSTOMER VALIDATION, PRODUCT STRATEGY & GTM FOUNDATIONS
Team Size: 3
Project Duration: ~8 weeks
Start Date: February 2026
Status: Delivered
Company: Picky
An AI-enabled B2B manufacturing platform that streamlines production planning, execution, and monitoring across manufacturer networks. This project supported fundraising strategy, investor positioning, and customer acquisition planning for Tier-1 suppliers and OEMs.
FUNDRAISING STRATEGY & CUSTOMER ACQUISITION PLANNING
Team Size: 5
Project Duration: ~10 weeks
Start Date: February 2026
Status: Delivered
Company: Kokki
PAST PROJECTS
Boutique hotel in Texas
This project supports luxury eco-conscious cabin development company, in advancing its financial strategy and investment positioning. The TAMUGC consulting team will assist in refining the company’s financial model, developing a strategic Series A fundraising plan, and identifying opportunities to enhance guest experience and revenue diversification. The goal is to position hotel for sustainable growth and investment attraction.
PROJECT - Phase I
FINANCIAL MODELING SUPPORT, FUNDING SUPPORT & GUEST EXPERIENCE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: ~ 10 weeks
Start Date:
June, 2025
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Status: Delivered
Tutor Mike
A pro bono project to refine Tutor Mike’s business strategy, marketing, and operations, focusing on expansion, tutor recruitment, and scheduling improvements to establish it as a premium tutoring service in College Station, TX.
PROJECT
BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION, MARKETING ENHANCEMENT, STRATEGY REFINEMENT
Team Size: 6
Project Duration: ~ 10 weeks
Start Date:
January, 2025
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Status: Delivered
Identify and establish strategic
research partnerships with Texas A&M
University in five key areas to drive
innovation for Modgarden.
Enhancing Organic Farming through
Research Collaborations with Texas
PROJECT
DRIVE INNOVATION IN ORGANIC VERTICAL FARMING
Team Size: 6
Project Duration: ~ 10 weeks
Start Date:
November, 2024
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Status: Delivered
AI in Action - Culture Advisors
A research project on AI’s role in HR, analyzing recruitment trends and producing a research article, best practices list, and workshop to help organizations integrate AI into hiring processes.
PROJECT
RESEARCH, ONBOARDING OPTIMIZATION, WORKSHOP CREATION
Team Size: 6
Project Duration: ~ 12 weeks
Start Date:
January, 2025
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Status: Delivered
Club Girl Golf
Club Girl Golf (CGG) develops golf clubs specifically for women with adjustable putters to maximize their performance and comfort.
PROJECT
COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Team Size: 5
Project Duration: ~ 10 weeks
Start Date:
January, 2024
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Status: Delivered
Automatic Drilling Technologies
A new AI-based self-steering technology for directing drill bits underground based on rock formation information, aiming to reduce costs of oilwell drilling.
PROJECT
COMPANY VALUATION, GROWTH STRATEGY
Team Size: 6
Project Duration: ~ 10 weeks
Start Date:
January, 2024
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Status: Delivered
CTRL is a golf sleeve designed to help a golfer master their best swing. The bluetooth connected app delivers personalized auditory and visual feedback on every single swing to get you hitting your unique best swing every time.
PROJECT
PROFITABILITY
STRATEGY
Team Size: 5
Project Duration: 12 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2021
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Status: Delivered
An NSF funded start-up aiming to provide users with a fully-equipped website to provide the right resources and professional care options for family members in need of caregivers.
PROJECT
PRODUCT STRATEGY & COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Team Size: 5
Project Duration: 12 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2021
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Status: Delivered
Icii is solving the current AI complexity issue by focussing on simplicity, efficiency and performance through transforming an AI algorithm into a single chip that optimizes power and speed providing companies the ability to place AI directly into their products. ​
PROJECT
PITCH DEVELOPMENT & CUSTOMER AQUISITION
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: 12 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2021
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Status: Delivered
An NSF funded tech startup company, aiming to accelerate the digital transformation of the energy industry through their innovative drilling tool with a reinforcement learning self-steering system.
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PROJECT
MARKET & COMPETITOR
ANALYSIS
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date:
May, 2020
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Status: Delivered
Client Says
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"Extremely delighted and impressed by the level of professionalism, the quality, and magnitude of their analysis. Their work helped us establish product go-to-market strategies and actionable plan"
- Enrique, Co-Founder, Teale
Inorsa is an engineering service startup in Austin aiming at helping telecom companies accelerate their 5G deployments by mass production of accurate construction drawings
PROJECT 1
GROWTH
STRATEGY
Team Size: 4-5
Project Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2020
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Status: Delivered
PROJECT 2
PRODUCT
STRATEGY
Team Size: 4-5
Project Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2020
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Status: Delivered
Articulate Labs (AL) develops wearable medical devices that amplify muscle growth throughout everyday activity to conquer functional limitations and to restore physical capability.
PROJECT 1
PRICING
STRATEGY
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2020
Status: Delivered
PROJECT 2
PROFITABILITY
ANALYSIS
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: 10 weeks
Start Date:
September, 2020
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Status: Delivered
Details For All Projects
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Each team will be composed of 4-6 pro-bono consultants
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Consultants will, at most, be staffed in one project
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Consultants should expect to devote a minimum of 5 hours a week to their project
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Consultants will have direct face time with startup executive team and industry mentors
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Consulting work will involve research, growth strategy, pricing strategy, and market analysis
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Tentative start date: February
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Tentative conclusion date: end of April