Consulting
A clear diagnosis and a practical roadmap that show where the business is stuck and what to fix first to achieve the goal.
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Build what comes next. Make it work.
bLinked Solutions is an Addis Ababa business consulting firm and operating partner. We work with SMEs, growing startups and creative agencies at the point where the business needs more than advice.
Beyond advice:
- Built for Ethiopian businesses. Practical structure sized to your company, not a borrowed playbook.
- Hands-on. We work alongside your team through delivery, not reports that sit on a shelf.
- Diagnose first. No packages. We find the real constraint before proposing anything.
SMEsGrowing startupsCreative agencies
7Years of founder experience
2Sectors of experience
10Digital training modules
Business health check
A quick read on what is holding growth back.
Most businesses that stall have one of four problems. Few founders arrive knowing which one is theirs.
How does the business feel right now?
Eight questions, about two minutes. Answer from your day-to-day — there are no right answers.
- 01PeopleWhether ownership is clear and the team can deliver what is next.
- 02System & structureWhether work moves through a process or is reinvented each time.
- 03FounderWhether decisions move without passing through one person.
- 04FinancialWhether cash, costs and targets are visible enough to plan on.
Services
From the operating core to the commercial engine.
A focused deliverable, a department built alongside you, or sustained operating support. We shape the work around the need.
Operating partner
A hands-on partner to build and execute a project, plan, system or department with your team.
Learn more about Operating partnerDocumentation & planning
Useful plans and procedures that make the next decision or daily task clearer.
Learn more about Documentation & planningResearch & development
Evidence to test a market, idea, product or partnership before committing the business.
Learn more about Research & developmentBusiness development
Practical support to find, qualify and win the customers, partners and funding the business needs.
Learn more about Business developmentDigital training
Hands-on programmes that help teams and executives use digital tools in daily work, delivered in Amharic or English.
Learn more about Digital trainingAI tools
Custom AI tools that put your own information to work in everyday decisions and tasks.
Learn more about AI toolsWhere you are
The work that fits where you are.
Locate yourself by the stage you are at — or by the opening you are chasing. Both point to the work that fits.
- 01
Idea to plan
Test the conceptPressure-test the model, size the market honestly and build a plan that can guide a decision to proceed — or not.
- 02
Plan to pre-revenue
Build before launchDesign the organisation, hiring sequence, procedures and operating foundations before launch.
- 03
Pre-revenue to revenue
Reach first customersBuild a go-to-market approach, sales system and marketing plan to reach first customers deliberately.
- 04
Revenue to scale
Grow beyond the founderStrengthen operations, budget architecture and management capacity so growth does not rely on the founder holding everything.
- 05
Rebirth
Restructure and relaunchWhen the business is established but stuck, assess what to restructure, reposition and relaunch in clear phases.
How we work
Diagnose. Scope. Build. Execute. Grow.
We do the work with your team. The process stays clear from the first conversation through handover.
01Diagnose
Start with people, systems and structure, founder capacity, and financial visibility. Agree what is working, where pressure sits, and what should happen next.
We do not sell packages. We diagnose first.
Every business has a different constraint. We spend time finding out what is actually happening, then propose a specific scope, timeline and fee. You know what we will do before you decide.
Fluent in the tools
We work inside your existing systems.
And set up new ones when you need them — no forced migration to a stack built for us, not you.
Planning & projects
- Notion
- Asana
- ClickUp
- Trello
- Microsoft Project
Productivity
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Slack
Data & automation
- Airtable
- Zapier
- n8n
- OpenClaw
- Anaconda Notebook
- Claude Cowork
Design & diagrams
- Figma
- Canva
- Lucid
Forms & marketing
- Typeform
- Meta Business Suite
Start with a conversation
Tell us what is happening.We will help find the next step.
Thirty minutes. No cost, no obligation, no slide deck. Bring the question you are working through; we will tell you honestly whether we can help.