B2B lead generation

We find the businesses worth talking to, and make the introduction.

Bashko researches your market, builds and verifies the list of companies worth approaching, and opens the first conversation. Then we hand it to your team.

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What we do

Six services, one job: a first conversation worth having.

01

Market and account mapping

Which companies are worth approaching, decided before any list is built.

02

List building

The companies and the right people inside them, built from scratch rather than bought.

03

Contact verification

Every record checked by a person. Unconfirmed details do not go out.

04

Lead qualification

Every contact measured against the fit we agreed, so your team is not the filter.

05

Introductions

We open the first conversation and confirm it landed. Then it is yours.

06

Reporting and handover

Every lead ready to use, with a record of its source and what was checked.

How it works

Four steps, always in the same order.

Nothing is skipped because a piece of work looks straightforward.

  1. We agree who you want to reach

    Industry, size, region, the role worth contacting, and anyone you want left alone.

  2. We build the target list

    The companies that match, ranked by fit.

  3. We verify every contact

    Checked by a person. Anything unconfirmed is removed before you see it.

  4. We make the introduction

    We open the conversation, confirm it landed, and hand it over with context.

Scope

Knowing what we are not makes it easier to trust what we are.

We cover everything up to the first conversation. The sale stays with your team.

What Bashko does

  • Research your market and define who is worth approaching
  • Build the list from scratch and verify every record
  • Qualify each lead against criteria agreed in writing
  • Open the first conversation and hand it to your team

What Bashko does not do

  • Sell, quote, negotiate or close on your behalf
  • Manage the account once the introduction is made
  • Recruitment or staffing of any kind
  • Resell a ready-made list bought from someone else

What you receive

Nothing to clean up before you use it.

No chasing missing fields. No guessing where a name came from.

  • Qualified companies and named contacts, matched to the criteria we agreed
  • Why each lead qualified, written down
  • The source behind every record, so any lead can be traced back
  • Delivered in the format your team already works in
Two people at a table; one points at a laptop showing a Qualified Leads table with company, contact, why-this-fit and source columns.

Why teams use us

A short list you can act on beats a long one you have to check.

A researcher at a desk between two screens: a long table of 1,247 potential leads on the left, and a short table of 32 qualified leads on the right, with the words filtered, reviewed, verified between them.

Independent

No data vendor, no payment by volume. The list is as long as the research says.

Checked by a person

Every record is verified before it reaches you. Unconfirmed records are removed, not passed on.

Traceable

Source and verification notes stay with every lead.

One function, done properly

Lead generation is the whole business, not a side service.

Questions

What most teams ask first.

What do you actually hand over?

Qualified companies and named contacts, with why each matches, where the information came from and what was verified, in the format your team already uses.

Do you sell or close deals for us?

No. We make the first credible connection and hand it to you. We do not sell, quote, negotiate or manage the account, and we are not a recruitment or staffing company.

Where do the contact details come from?

We research them: companies from public and commercial business sources, each contact confirmed by a person, the source recorded on every record.

How do you decide a lead is qualified?

Against criteria agreed with you in writing before work starts: industry, size, region, role, and anything that rules a company out.

What if a contact turns out to be wrong?

Tell us and we replace it. The source and verification notes show where the check failed, so we fix the process, not just the entry.

What do you need from us to start?

Who you sell to, what a good customer looks like, and any companies to exclude. If you are not sure yet, we work that out together first.

Tell us who you are trying to reach.

Tell us about your market and what a good customer looks like. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.

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Services

From market research to the first conversation.

Six services that take you from “we should be talking to more of the right companies” to a named contact who is expecting to hear from you.

What each service includes

Start anywhere. Most teams begin with mapping and list building.

Market and account mapping

Which companies are worth approaching, worked out by industry, size, region and the role to contact, before anything is built.

  • Market segmentation
  • Opportunity mapping
  • Account research
  • A ranked target list you approve before we build it
A man points at a wall display headed Global Market Overview, showing a world map, target segments, key industries, top markets and next steps.

List building

The companies and the specific people inside them, found and built from scratch rather than bought ready-made.

  • Prospect discovery
  • Contact sourcing
  • List development
  • Removal of companies already in your own records
A woman works across a wide monitor and a laptop: a sourcing tool listing target contacts with source and verification status, and a contact enrichment card.

Contact verification

Every record is checked by a person before it reaches you. Anything that cannot be confirmed does not go out.

  • Contact verification
  • Source tracking on every record
  • Introduction-ready data
  • Records that fail the check are removed, not passed on
Diagram in plum and terracotta: three shapes travel along dotted paths, pass through the Bashko mark, and come out as a short stack of verified records.

Lead qualification

Every contact is measured against the definition of a good fit we agreed at the start, so your team is not the filter.

  • Lead qualification against your written criteria
  • Your exclusion list applied throughout
  • Notes on why each lead qualified
A man reviews a screen listing qualification criteria and a funnel from 12,480 companies in the total market, to 1,842 after criteria, to a qualified list of 327.

Introductions

We open the first conversation and confirm it landed. The relationship is then yours: we do not sell, quote or negotiate for you.

  • First contact made and confirmed
  • A short brief for both sides
  • A clean handover to your team
Two people in a first conversation at a low table in a bright lounge; a framed sign behind them reads: good companies talk to good companies.

Reporting and handover

Every lead in a form your team can use immediately, with a written record of where it came from and what was checked.

  • Lead reporting
  • Source and verification notes retained
  • Delivered in the format your team already uses
  • A feedback loop that sharpens the next round
Three-panel collage: a leads table in a CRM, two people reviewing a lead handover on a tablet, and a summary of qualified, needs-review, excluded and removed records delivered to the CRM with source and verification notes.

Where to start

You do not have to take all six.

Most engagements begin with one or two services and grow from there.

A

You know the problem, not the targets

Start with market and account mapping. You sign off the target definition before we go further.

B

You know exactly who you want

Start with list building and verification. We go straight to finding and checking the right people.

C

You already have a list

Start with verification alone. We check what you have, remove what cannot be confirmed, and tell you what was wrong.

D

You want the whole thing handled

Run all six as one engagement, from the first research to the handover into your team.

How we work

Four steps, always in the same order.

Each step depends on the one before it being signed off.

  1. We agree who you want to reach

    Industry, size, region, the role worth contacting, and anyone you want left alone.

  2. We build the target list

    The companies that match, ranked by fit.

  3. We verify every contact

    Checked by a person. Anything unconfirmed is removed before you see it.

  4. We make the introduction

    We open the conversation, confirm it landed, and hand it over with context.

What we need from you

Four things, and the work can start.

A picture of your best customer

Industry, size, region, and the role of the person who usually says yes.

Your exclusion list

Existing customers, live opportunities, competitors: anyone you would rather we left alone.

One person to receive the work

Someone who takes the leads and can tell us quickly whether they were right.

Sign-off on wording

Anything that goes out carrying your name is agreed with you first.

Principles

What guides the work.

Discretion

Every message carries your name. Wording is agreed with you before anything goes out.

Precision

We would rather hand over a short list we have checked than a long one we have not.

Clarity

You can trace any lead back to its source and see why it qualified.

Boundaries

We make the introduction and stop. The relationship, and the sale, are yours.

Not sure which service you need?

Describe the market you want to reach. We will say where we would start, or if you would be better served elsewhere.

Contact us

About

Named after the thing we actually do.

Bashko is Albanian. It is the imperative form of the verb bashkoj — to unite, to join, to bring together. Said BAHSH-koh.

A small brick and stone office building at dusk on a quiet, rain-washed street, its windows warmly lit, a bicycle by the door.

The name

Root, verb, instruction.

The rootBashkë

Together, jointly. Unity, cooperation, shared movement.

The verbBashkoj

To unite, join, connect, bring together. The closest thing to a description of the service.

The imperativeBashko

Bring together. An instruction and a name at the same time.

What we are

An independent B2B lead generation company, and nothing else.

What that means in practice

  • We find and organise the right business connections
  • We bring relevance to the first stage of business development
  • We create a clear, credible, well-researched starting point
  • We hand the relationship over and step back

What we are not

  • A recruitment firm or staffing company
  • A brokerage
  • A sales closer
  • A relationship-management agency
  • A marketing agency with lead generation attached

Working with us

What we commit to on every engagement.

Two colleagues discuss a wall display headed Target profile, listing industry, company size, region, key roles, technologies and exclusions, with three checks: agreed together, written and clear, used from day one.

The target is agreed in writing first

What counts as a qualified lead, and what rules a company out, is written down before research begins.

Your name is used on your terms

Anything carrying your company into someone else’s inbox is agreed with you first.

We say when something is not working

If the criteria are too narrow or the market is not responding, you hear it early.

We hand over and step back

Once both sides are talking, the relationship is yours.

What we value

Five things we hold ourselves to.

Connection

The starting point between a business and an opportunity. That is the whole job.

Trust

We source information responsibly and present it clearly, including what we could not confirm.

Initiative

We move first: research actively, open paths, and do not wait to be pointed at them.

Clarity

Every lead is understandable and traceable, from source to the reason it qualified.

Mutual value

Connections worth having on both sides. An introduction that wastes the other side’s time is not a win.

Want to know if we fit your market?

Tell us who you sell to. We will tell you honestly whether this is work we can do well.

Contact us

Contact

Get in touch.

Email us with the market you are trying to reach and what a good customer looks like. That is enough to start a useful conversation.

joseph@bashko.org

Subject line: Inquiry Request

What happens next

Three short steps, then the work starts.

  1. You write

    A short note about your market, the kind of company you sell to, and anyone to leave out.

  2. We reply

    We confirm what you asked for, ask what is missing, and say plainly whether it is work we can do well.

  3. We agree the target

    The definition of a qualified lead goes in writing before any research starts.

Before you write

It helps to know two things: the kind of company you sell to best, and which companies you would rather we left alone. If you do not, say so — working that out is the first step anyway.

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