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Everything operators ask before working with us: the audit, pricing, what you own, and how we are different. If yours is not here, the free Health Check is 30 minutes

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We find what is slowing your business down and fix it. We map how your company really runs, name where work stalls or leaks money, and build the systems that solve it. Most of the fix is better process and tools that finally talk to each other. AI goes in only where it pays. It all starts with one audit

No. We start with how your business runs, not with AI. Most of what we find is broken process, disconnected tools, or work stuck in one person's head. We fix that first. AI gets added only where it earns its place and moves a real number. The goal is a business that works, not more software

We fix your operations first, then add AI only where it earns its place. Most businesses do not need more AI. They need systems that work, with AI used only where it moves the result

The Health Check and the Audit

The Health Check is a free 30-minute call to see if we fit, with no pitch. The Audit is a paid, 10-business-day deep dive that hands you a written diagnostic and a roadmap. The call tells you whether the audit is worth your money

We ask how your business runs and where it hurts. You talk, we mostly listen. In 30 minutes you get a straight read on what is slowing you down and an honest answer on whether the full audit would pay for itself. No slides, no pitch, no obligation

What the audit gives you

A written diagnostic, a map of how your business really runs, and a ranked list of fixes with the hours and dollars attached to each one. Plus a 30/60/90 plan you can start Monday and a one-hour walkthrough call. You keep all of it, whether you build with us or not

You leave with a written diagnostic, an operating map, and a prioritized roadmap, with hours and dollars attached to every problem we find. You will know exactly what is costing you and what to fix first, whether you build it with us or not. If the free Health Check shows an audit would not pay for itself, we will tell you on the call

Pricing and payment

The audit is $2,500, one-time, for teams up to about 12 people. The Health Check before it is free, so you only pay once you know it is worth it. If you go ahead, we set a start date and a fixed price, paid upfront in full before we begin. No hidden milestones

Because you should know the cost before you start, not watch a clock. The audit is one fixed price for a fixed deliverable. When we build after it, that is priced per project too, never per hour. You always know what you are paying and what you get

We do not sell a gimmick guarantee. The free Health Check is the safety net: if we do not think the audit will pay for itself, we tell you on that call, before you spend a dollar. You only book the paid audit when it clearly makes sense for you

Timeline

Ten business days from the day we kick off and get your data, for a team up to about 12 people. You are not tied up the whole time. We run a few interviews and pull data from your tools, then do the heavy work on our side. You see the full picture on day ten, in the report and the walkthrough call. The fixes start paying back once you act on the plan, biggest payback first

Trust and risk

That is fine. The audit stands on its own. You keep the diagnostic and roadmap, then act on it with your own team, another vendor, or us. No obligation to build with Blinkz

No. The audit is one-time. If you want us to build or run things after, that is a separate decision, priced on its own, and you can stop when it stops paying off. We earn the next step by being worth it, not by tying you down

Then we tell you, and you have saved yourself a costly build. In practice, every business we look at runs on workarounds that quietly cost time and money, and the audit puts honest numbers on them. If the Health Check suggests there is little to gain, we say so before you pay

Yes. We treat everything you share as confidential and use it only to run your audit. We are happy to sign an NDA before we start. A formal privacy policy is on the way to spell out exactly how your data is handled

It stays yours. We use it only to run the audit and build what you asked for. We do not sell it or share it. If you ever want us to delete what we hold, we will. The coming privacy policy will put this in writing

Then we will say so, on the free Health Check, and point you somewhere better. We would rather lose a sale than take a project that will not pay off for you. The 30-minute call exists to catch a bad fit before anyone spends money

AI and your team

No. We use AI to take the boring, repeated work off your team, not to replace them. Most of what we fix is not even AI, it is better process and tools that finally connect. Your people end up spending more time on the work that actually needs a human

Not at all. You talk about your business in plain language. We handle the technical side, pick the tools, and build the systems. Keeping up with AI and vendors is our job, not yours. That is the whole point of having us

Builds and what comes after

Whatever your roadmap calls for: wiring your tools together, automating the manual work, or building the system the plan names. We build it for real and ship it live. Then we can run it for you or train your team to. It is priced per project, never per hour

Yes. You own everything we build for you, the systems and the playbooks. We set it up so your team can run it without us. If you want us to stay on and run it, that is your choice, not a lock

That is the difference with us. Consultants and dev shops hand you something and leave. We can stay on call, keep your systems running and improving, or train your team until they can run it alone. You choose how long you want us around

It is a senior AI leader on a monthly retainer instead of a full salary. They own your AI strategy, the vendor calls, and the roadmap, so the systems we install keep paying off long after launch. It is the run-it-for-you path after the audit, and it is optional

The build-for-you and run-for-you work is scoped to your business and your roadmap, so we price it on a call rather than guess on a page. You only get there if and when the audit makes it worth it

Great, the audit still works. You get a clear, ranked plan your own team or vendor can run. We can hand it off, build alongside them, or train them on the new systems. You are never forced to use us for the build

Is this for me

We do not specialize in one industry. We specialize in one problem: a business that has outgrown how it runs. That same problem, the owner stuck as the bottleneck, tools that do not talk, work that lives in people's heads, shows up in construction, dental offices, real estate, e-commerce, home services, and agencies alike. The audit starts from how your business actually runs, not a template, so it fits you whether or not we have done your exact industry before

Almost every owner feels that way, and almost every business runs on the same handful of broken patterns underneath. What you sell changes; the way work bottlenecks, gets duplicated, and falls through the gaps does not. The audit reads your actual operation, so the more unusual your setup, the more it tends to find

If you are a solo operator with no plans to grow or add anyone, the audit may not pay for itself, and we will tell you that on the Health Check. If you are building a team and the work keeps running through you, you are exactly who the audit is built for

The $2,500 audit is built for teams up to about 12 people. If you are larger, or you want a deeper look across more of the business, that is the Custom Audit, scoped to your size on a call. Same method, just sized to you

Being slammed is the reason to look now, not later. When you are buried, that is usually the system telling you something is breaking. The audit finds what is eating your time, so the next few months are not a repeat of the last few. The Health Check is 30 minutes and tells you whether it is worth it

You know your business better than anyone, which is exactly why the bottlenecks are hard to see from the inside. You have lived with them so long they feel normal. An outside operator starts cold, questions every assumption, and puts honest numbers on what each one costs. That outside view is the whole point

How we compare

Most consultants hand you a report and leave. We diagnose, build it for real, and stay on to run it. We are engineers, so the advice and the system that delivers it come from one team

An agency hands you a bot off the shelf. A dev shop builds whatever you point at, even if it is the wrong thing. Neither studies your business or finds what is actually broken. We diagnose first, build only what the diagnosis calls for, then stay on to run it

A full-time AI hire runs $250,000 or more a year, takes months to find, and still has to learn your business. We start this week, already know how to ship, and you pay only for the work you need. When the time comes to hire, the audit gives that person a head start

Community

Yes, and it is free. We run a Discord where operators work in the open, ask questions, and watch how real systems get built. It is a low-pressure way to see how we think before you ever book a call

It is a paid community and learning space for business owners who want to run AI well, separate from the free Discord. It is still being built, so the name and details may change. Join the free Discord now and you will be first to hear when it opens

Getting started

Book the free 30-minute Health Check. You answer a few quick questions about your business, we talk through where it hurts, and you leave knowing whether the audit is worth it. That is the only step to take right now

Nothing. Come as you are and talk about how your business runs day to day. There are a couple of quick questions in the booking form, and that is all we need to start. No documents, no prep, no homework

About Blinkz

A small, senior team of engineers who have shipped real systems for real businesses, not a faceless agency. Because we build for a living, the advice and the system that delivers it come from the same people. You can see how we work in the free Discord before you commit

It is remote. We run the Health Check and the audit interviews over video, on your team's schedule, and pull data from your tools online. You get the same depth without anyone having to travel

Still have a question?

The free 30-minute Health Check answers it, and tells you whether an audit is worth it. No pitch