it’s monday, the report’s due, and your numbers are stuck in eleven different spreadsheets.
Larkspur Data builds the dashboards, pipelines, and predictive models that pull that mess into one place your team can actually read — and act on before the meeting starts.
Billed per project. First working draft in two to three weeks. No monthly retainer to sign.
we’d rather tell you a project is overkill than sell you one you’ll open once and forget. — how we’d want a consultant to talk to us
what does a dashboard actually cost? +
Custom dashboard builds start at $4,800. That covers connecting your sources, the layout, and the views your people actually check. Bigger data footprints cost more — we’ll quote the real number before you commit a dollar.
how fast do we see something real? +
A working first draft in two to three weeks. Not a mockup — a live version you can click, break, and give notes on. We’d rather show you something rough early than a polished thing you didn’t ask for.
do we need a data team already? +
No. Most of our clients have a folder of spreadsheets and one person who “knows the numbers.” That’s enough to start. We build so your team can run it without us.
what if our data is a genuine mess? +
It usually is. Cleaning it up is step one, not a surprise line item — we scope the cleanup into the quote so there’s nothing sneaky mid-project.
are we locked into a monthly fee? +
No retainer required. We bill per project and invoice net-30. If you want us on call after launch, that’s a separate, optional arrangement — never a default.
Two things kill most analytics projects: guessing what you need, and disappearing for a month before showing anything. We do the opposite of both.
we start in your spreadsheets, not a slide deck
First week is us reading your actual files, asking dumb-on-purpose questions, and finding out which numbers matter and which ones nobody looks at. You get a plain-English map before any code is written.
you see a working draft in week two
We build the first real version fast and hand it to you to poke at. You tell us what’s wrong while it’s cheap to change, not after launch. Then we tighten the pipeline, harden the model, and hand over something you own outright.
custom dashboards
from $4,800
One screen your whole team checks instead of five spreadsheets nobody agrees on. We build the views for the questions you actually ask on Monday mornings.
- Connected to your live sources, auto-refreshing
- Built for the people who read it, not for a demo
- Yours to keep — every query and file handed over
data pipelines that don’t break at 2am
from $7,500
The plumbing that moves your data from wherever it lives into one clean, reliable place — automated, monitored, and documented so it keeps running when we’re gone.
- Automated pulls from your tools and databases
- Cleaning and de-duping baked in, not bolted on
- Alerts when something upstream changes
predictive models
Forecasting, churn scoring, demand planning — models trained on your data and explained in words your team can defend to a board. We’ll tell you honestly if your data isn’t ready for one yet.
get a real quote, not a runaround
Tell us what you’re staring at — the report that takes all day, the numbers nobody trusts, the forecast you’re guessing at. We’ll come back with a scope and a price, usually within two business days.
- Free, no-pressure scoping call first
- Fixed project price before work starts
- Invoiced net-30 — no retainer to sign
- Mon–Fri 8am–7pm · (276) 452-1641
no dashboards that get screenshotted once and never opened again.
Those are the things we’ll actually put in writing. We won’t promise you a magic number or a 300% anything — we’ll promise you reports your team keeps using after the novelty wears off.
start a projectmost analytics projects fail quietly — a pretty dashboard, applause in the demo, and nobody opens it by week four. we build for week four.— the larkspur data team, gate city, va
the usual analytics project
- ✕ A month of silence, then a big reveal
- ✕ A tool you rent forever and can’t leave
- ✕ Buzzwords instead of a straight price
- ✕ Reports built for the pitch, not your desk
- ✕ “It’s complicated” when you ask how it works
a larkspur project
- ✓ A clickable draft in two to three weeks
- ✓ Every file and query handed to you
- ✓ A fixed project price up front
- ✓ Built around the questions you actually ask
- ✓ Explained so your team can run it alone
let’s find out if your data’s worth the trouble.
Free scoping call, honest answer either way. Reach us Mon–Fri, 8am–7pm at (276) 452-1641 or send the details and we’ll quote it.