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Kickstart your next step in Data & AI. BCN Kickstarters are time‑boxed, fixed‑scope projects that prove value and ROI fast.
BCN's Kickstarters give you a working solution, hands‑on knowledge transfer, and a clear roadmap for scaling. Whichever solution ou want to explore next, our Kickstarters help you quickly move from idea to impact.
What are BCN Kickstarters?
Kickstarters are short, structured engagements designed to help organisations move from concept to tangible results quickly and with minimal risk. Each Kickstarter is a fixed‑scope, time‑boxed project that focuses on delivering a working solution, not just a plan.
Our approach combines practical delivery with enablement: you’ll receive a functional proof of value or MVP, complete with documentation, handover and knowledge transfer so your team can confidently build on what we start together.
Whether you’re exploring AI automation, building Power BI dashboards, or deploying a Microsoft Fabric MVP, Kickstarters give you the clarity, speed and confidence to take the next step in your digital journey.
Kickstarter Summary
BCN currently offers six Kickstarters. Each is a short, fixed‑scope engagement designed to deliver a working outcome, documentation and knowledge transfer—with a clear path to scale. Choose the Kickstarter that best fits your goals and timeline.
Lay the foundation for a unified analytics platform with a Microsoft Fabric MVP. We’ll ingest your key data sources, build a reporting dashboard, and provide a clear roadmap for scaling—helping you move from fragmented reporting to a single source of truth.
Enable your teams to unlock actionable insights with interactive dashboards. In just seven days, we’ll design and deliver up to three custom Power BI dashboards, tailored to your data and business goals, with full knowledge transfer for ongoing success.
Introduce your business users to Generative AI via Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Introduce your business users to the capabilities of AI Builder Services within the context of an automated Power Automate Workflo
Introduce your business users to the capabilities of Generative AI by building a Custom Copilot within a Power App.
Introduce your business users to generative AI and the power of Large Language Models (LLM).
Use Cases
Kickstarters deliver measurable outcomes across real business scenarios. Here are some examples of where organisations have seen rapid value:
Search previous PQQs and company data to draft high quality responses, ready for review making huge time savings in bid preparation.
Parse, validate and route purchase orders with confidence thresholds and human in the loop training.
Resolve tickets faster with a centralised knowledge base overlaid with an LLM for quick, accurate answers.
Extract and interpret clinical correspondence with confidence levels and human approvals to speed updates.
Build dashboards for performance, recruitment, retention and engagement, enabling proactive workforce planning.
Ingest multiple data sources into Microsoft Fabric for a single source of truth and real time KPI dashboards.
Kickstarters are the fastest way to turn ideas into impact. In just days you’ll have a working solution, clear documentation, and the confidence to scale. Whether you’re exploring AI, building data dashboards or something else our experts will guide you every step of the way.
What happens next?
Start your journey today and see how quickly value can be delivered.
Microsoft Fabric Kickstarter
The Microsoft Fabric Kickstarter is a time‑boxed engagement (typically 20–40 days) that delivers a Fabric MVP: platform deployed, key data sources ingested via pipelines, and one production‑ready reporting dashboard—a foundation for unified analytics across your business.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive discovery & requirements, infrastructure setup, data ingestion & transformation, dashboard build, testing, publishing & handover, plus documentation and a roadmap for next steps. Where appropriate, we’ll also run a funding eligibility check (subject to availability).
Establish a single, governed platform for ingestion, transformation and reporting.
Deliver a working MVP on your own data—proving outcomes before scaling.
Documented patterns and next steps to add sources, domains and workloads with confidence.
A defined, time‑limited engagement that minimises uncertainty and ensures delivery.
Power BI Kickstarter
The Power BI Kickstarter is a seven‑day engagement that delivers up to three custom Power BI dashboards built from your data—turning manual reporting into actionable insight and giving your teams a reliable, always‑on view of performance.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive a focused requirements & data review workshop, design and development of your dashboards, a live demo with documentation and handover, plus knowledge transfer so your team can maintain and extend the reports. Optional packs are available for adoption and design.
Move from spreadsheets and ad hoc reports to interactive dashboards in days, not months.
Dashboards tailored to your KPIs and data model, designed for clarity and decision making.
A fixed scope, time boxed engagement that proves value quickly with minimal disruption.
Hands on guidance so your analysts can evolve and scale reporting confidently.
Copilot Studio Chat Kickstarter
The Copilot Studio Chat Kickstarter is a five-day engagement that builds a custom Copilot in Copilot Studio which interrogates your business data to help solve a defined business process or problem.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive a 1-day workshop introducing you to Generative AI in addition to gathering requirements for a business challenge you face. Our experts will then build the Copilot for your identified challenge, demo and handover your solution, and then follow up with a Prompting Workshop and further guidance.
Gain a rapid yet comprehensive understanding of Generative AI through a hands-on workshop, tailored for users without prior knowledge.
The Copilot solution provides a tangible and customised experience specific to your business processes, showcasing a practical application of AI.
The Copilot Chat Kickstarter is designed as a low-risk entry point that enables you to explore AI capabilities without the need for significant investment or commitment.
The prompting workshop and further guidance will equip you with the knowledge to explore and potentially scale AI solutions within your business.
AI Builder Kickstarter
The AI Builder Kickstarter is an 8-day engagement that builds an automation workflow using AI Builder and out-of-the-box connectors, delivered through an application interface to track workflows and business processes.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive a 1.5-day workshop introducing you to Generative AI in addition to gathering requirements for targeting a business process. Our experts will then infuse AI into the chosen business process that interacts with your business data, demo and handover the solution which is then followed by a Prompting Workshop and further guidance.
By automating a business process with AI, you can significantly improve efficiency, reducing manual workloads and enhance accuracy.
The service demystifies AI technology, showing how it can be applied within existing digital workflows to create immediate value.
By targeting impactful business processes ensures that the solution will deliver clear, measurable benefits in terms of operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Designed as a low-risk entry point, this engagement allows businesses to explore AI capabilities without significant investment or commitment.
Copilot Power App Kickstarter
The Copilot Power App Chat Kickstarter is an 8-day engagement that introduces the capabilities of generative AI by building a custom Copilot within the context of a Power App.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive a 1.5-day workshop introducing you to Generative AI and its integration with Power Apps in addition to gathering requirements for targeting a business process. Our experts will then develop a Power App (with integrated Copilot) to interact with Power App data, demo and handover your solution, and then then follow up with a Prompting Workshop and further guidance.
The Power App Kickstarter is designed to demystify AI technology and how it can be practically applied within existing digital workflows to create immediate value
Get access to industry leaders during and after the delivery of the solution so you are kept up to date with the latest AI developments.
By receiving a Power App enhanced with AI capabilities, it demonstrates how integrated Copilots can be used to elevate app functionality and user experiences.
The service focuses on a specific process that is unique to your business.
Large Language Model Kickstarter
The LLM Kickstarter is a foundational program designed to introduce your business users to Generative AI and the power of LLM’s like GPT-4 – the same tools that power Chat GPT and Microsoft Copilot.
As part of the Kickstarter, you will receive an initial workshop introducing you to the capabilities of Generative AI and LLM’s, this will provide you with the art of the possible when harnessing the power of Azure OpenAI and your business data.
Our experts will then connect an Azure OpenAI GPT model to one of your business’s data sources, allowing you to ask questions and receive Generative AI responses based on that data set.
By introducing your business to Azure OpenAI models it showcases the art of the possible, creating an environment of creativity and innovation.
The solution will provide a tangible and customised experience specific to your business processes, showcasing a practical application of Generative AI and LLM’s.
The LLM Kickstarter is designed as a low-risk entry point that enables you to explore AI capabilities without the need for significant investment or commitment.
Why BCN
Technology only drives real change when it’s built around people. That’s why, at BCN, everything starts with relationships – with our clients, with our teams, and with our partners.
Founded as a Managed Service Provider, we’ve grown through innovative approaches to tackling difficult challenges. Today, we are a full-service technology partner, thriving on helping financial services providers like you to solve problems, unlock potential and go further with technology that fits the way they work.
With a client-centred culture and some of the brightest minds in the country across cloud, data, security and AI, we bring the clarity, expertise and care that makes a difference – whether you need everyday IT support or designing complex transformation strategies.
Our customers remain partnered with BCN within the crowed managed service market. Our leading services, expertise, and people make us the go to provider for long-term managed it support services.
Our growing team has industry-recognised accreditations and expertise from our leading in-house academy. We’re always one-step ahead, providing our staff with the latest training and support.
We are the ongoing partners with over 1600 businesses across the UK and abroad, trusted to deliver leading IT support and digital transformation solutions for all aspects of their operations.
Get started with one of our Kickstarters, pilot the technology and expand as you require.
Frequently asked questions
Here a some frequently asked questions about the BCN Kickstarters.
We run a short discovery to select a feasible process/data scope that delivers value within the time box
You get documentation, a demo, and clear options to scale—governance, support, and additional use cases.
Microsoft funding may be available for eligible projects—subject to eligibility and scope.
Each Kickstarter varies and we’ll confirm during scoping; Kickstarters are designed to be low‑risk and fixed‑scope.
