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Cape Town: Build your ScaleUp Blueprint 18 August 2026
Build Your Scale-Up & Growth Blueprint:
A 4-Hour Hands-On Business Workshop
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Hosted by internationally recognised speaker and business growth expert, Pavlo Phitidis, this workshop is designed to help established business owners step out of the engine room and take control of their business’s future.
In this dynamic and practical session, you will:
- Clarify your ultimate destination – define where your business is going.
- Identify the gaps holding you back from achieving that vision.
- Build a customised action plan to close those gaps and accelerate growth.
This is not theory. It’s a proven framework, tailored to your business, delivered in an engaging, eye-opening and highly practical way.
Date: Tuesday 18th August 2026
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start, until 11.30am
Venue: Doubletree by Hilton, Woodstock, Cape Town
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start, until 11.30am
Venue: Doubletree by Hilton, Woodstock, Cape Town
Why attend:
Scaling, exiting, or passing your business to the next generation won’t happen by accident. Success requires:
- A clear action plan with measurable outcomes.
- An aligned, purposeful team working towards a shared destination.
- A framework that drives growth, value, and succession.
The Blueprint equips you with exactly that, giving you the tools and clarity to make the big decisions with confidence.
“Real-world relatability to any business in any industry”
What you’ll walk away with:
By the end of the session, you will leave with a 3–5 year roadmap to grow your business, improve value, and secure its future. Your personalised blueprint will include:
- A distinct brand and clear purpose that drives market relevance.
- Engineered scale for predictable, consistent customer experiences.
- A motivated, effective team aligned with your growth goals.
- Four proven growth strategies to achieve measurable outcomes.
- A deep understanding of the five levers of company value.
- Practical tools to support valuation, capital raise, succession, or exit.
Host:
Johan Taljaard
Before investing in Aurik, Johan worked in mergers and acquisitions, where he saw the scale of the challenge facing business owners who believed they could sell their businesses.
Of the +-250 businesses he worked with over 8 years, 81% of these business owners could not sell their businesses. This corroborated his personal experiences of struggling to sell his own businesses.
Johan was already running his first business while qualifying for his B.Comm in Entrepreneurship. He subsequently started and built several companies across sectors including IT, Finance, Publishing and Digital marketing. For 10 years he ran a financing company that offered bridging and project finance, among other solutions. He spent 2 years in a large corporate, where he was a project manager on a range of FMCG projects. This accumulated experience developed his borderline-obsession with what he calls ‘the end game’: building a business so that it can be sold.
Presenter:
Pavlo Phitidis
As an entrepreneur, Pavlo Phitidis cut his teeth in turnaround companies. Then spent a few years in M&A, which allowed him to conclude 68 transactions before answering a call of duty in a family business, which enabled his parents’ retirement.
Pavlo co-founded Aurik by directly starting, growing and exiting 12 businesses to develop a business growth system, which has worked with upwards of 3,500 established companies in 4 countries.
Pavlo is a passionate advocate for business as a force for good and has brought this to life through more than 1,200 radio segments, two books, Sweat, Scale $ell and Reset, Rebuild, Reignite and hundreds of articles for columns across business and lifestyle titles.
Daily, he works with private business owners, personally and through his company, to resolve growth and value challenges.
Who should attend:
This workshop is for established private business owners and their key partners. If you’re serious about scaling, preparing for an exit, or creating a lasting business legacy, you need to be in the room.
Bring your leadership team so that everyone is aligned on your growth blueprint – the shared destination and measurable outcomes – and ready to execute across all functions of your business.
“Very informative and simplified a complex process”
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Date: Tuesday 18 August 2026
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am
Venue: Doubletree by Hilton, Woodstock, Cape Town
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am
Venue: Doubletree by Hilton, Woodstock, Cape Town
We will be in touch nearer the time and look forward to seeing you there.
Growth by design: Three focused sessions to prepare your business for proper growth
Intent, Positioning and Scale
A business grows properly when it is guided by intent, sharpened by positioning, and built to scale before growth is pushed harder.
Growth by Design is a short, structured engagement made up of three one-hour online sessions. It helps you step back from the noise, see your business more clearly, and understand what must change if the business is to grow properly over the next three to five years.
Each session is practical and valuable in its own right. Together, they create a clearer view of your intent, your Positioning, and the scale platform your business needs before growth can be pursued properly.
Who this is for
Growth by Design is best suited to an established business owner who:
- Has already built a real business
- Knows there is more potential in it
- Senses that the current way of operating will not unlock that potential
- Wants practical clarity, not vague advice
- Is ready to think more seriously about growth
- Wants to understand what proper growth would require before committing to a fuller plan
Your investment:
£500 ex VAT per session, across three sessions, totalling £1500 ex VAT.
Should you proceed into a fuller Aurik engagement within 30 days of completing this process, the £1,500 fee will be credited toward that engagement.
What we will work on
INTENT: The first session focuses on mindset and commitment. We clarify what you want the business to do for you, what kind of future you want from it, and whether you are still running it as something you operate or are ready to build it as something that can scale, grow and deepen in value.
POSITIONING: The second session focuses on purpose in market terms. Positioning defines the market segments you serve, the problem you solve, and the buying experience you create. It becomes the blueprint that informs the design of the commercial operating system. This session helps you understand whether your current Positioning is sharp enough to guide better decisions and stronger growth.
SCALE: The third session focuses on the systems required to carry growth. The System of Delivery is made up of practical, sequential, measured activities that can be taught, delegated and rewarded. It is what delivers your Positioning and unlocks leadership time. This session helps you see whether your current business is built to scale, where the gaps sit, and what may need to be developed before growth can happen properly.
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Date: Wednesday 13th May 2026
Time: 8am to 9am BST / 9am to 10am SAST
Zoom: URL to join
https://aurik.zoom.us/j/84817855051?pwd=aPwD4RcsD665C6MVSlqsELXOHQem67.1
Meeting ID: 848 1785 5051
Passcode: 445446
Time: 8am to 9am BST / 9am to 10am SAST
Zoom: URL to join
https://aurik.zoom.us/j/84817855051?pwd=aPwD4RcsD665C6MVSlqsELXOHQem67.1
Meeting ID: 848 1785 5051
Passcode: 445446
The session will not be recorded and shared as much of the value comes from the engagement in the session. We look forward to seeing you online!
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Join us for 2 hours on 15th May and gain a deeper understanding of business growth and value impediments as well as how to start, to build a business that runs with you, not because of you
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Date: Friday 15 May 2026
Time: 7.30 to 9.30
Venue: Aurik, 2nd Floor BluBird Offices, 1 Park Road, Birnam.
Time: 7.30 to 9.30
Venue: Aurik, 2nd Floor BluBird Offices, 1 Park Road, Birnam.
We will be in touch nearer the time and look forward to seeing you there.
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Resources
We believe private business owners are the most invested stakeholders in any economy. This is the segment that is investing constantly, to grow, driving innovation from necessity, to stay ahead of the competition, employing and upskilling, and contributing to thriving industries. Your success creates prosperity for all. The resources below were all created with established private business owners in mind. Use them, and if they resonate, pay it forward, and share them with your clients, suppliers, peers and colleagues.
Books
Pavlo Phitidis’s first book, Sweat Scale $ell is The playbook to build your business into an Asset of Value. Pavlo shares the stories of real business owners who have gotten it right and shares how you can too.
In Reset Rebuild Reignite, Pavlo shows how any crisis can be an opportunity to reset your business to get relevant, rebuild it to scale, and reignite it to accelerate growth
Business Builders
Real stories and real strategies from growth minded business owners who are building, growing and scaling their businesses regardless of the perceived challenges in their operating environment. Subscribe for weekly videos where Pavlo will highlight and issue raised through his daily work with business owners and troubleshoot it.
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Test the Waters: Register for a Scale Up & Growth Blueprint Workshop
REGISTER TO BUILD YOUR SCALE UP & GROWTH BLUEPRINT
A 4-Hour Hands-On Business Workshop
Hosted by internationally recognised speaker, author, investor and business growth expert, Pavlo Phitidis, this workshop is designed to help established business owners and their leadership team design an actionable scale-up and growth blueprint.
In this dynamic and practical session, you will:
- Clarify your 3-5 year destination by defining your intent and purpose
- Understand the recurring impediments to scale, growth and value
- Build a customised action plan to resolve the impediments and accelerate growth
- Access the 5 levers of growth and value to use a leadership framework
This is not theory. It’s a proven framework, customised to your business, delivered in an engaging, entertaining, eye-opening and highly practical way.
“Real-world relatability to any business in any industry”
Why Attend?
Scaling, exiting, or passing your business to the next generation won’t happen by accident. Success requires:
- A clear action plan with measurable outcomes.
- An aligned, purposeful team working towards a shared destination.
- A framework that enables it while driving growth, value, and succession.
The Blueprint equips you with exactly that by giving you the tools and clarity to make the big decisions with confidence.
“Reduced the complexity in my business to numbers and a reality check”
What you’ll walk away with
By the end of the session, you will leave with a 3–5 year roadmap to grow your business, improve value, and secure its future. Your personalised blueprint will include:
- A distinct brand and clear purpose that drives market relevance.
- Engineered scale for predictable, consistent customer experiences.
- A motivated, effective team aligned with your growth goals.
- Three proven growth strategies to achieve measurable outcomes.
- A deep understanding of the five levers of company value.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is for established private business owners and their senior leaders. If you’re serious about scaling, preparing for an exit, or creating a lasting business legacy, you need to be in the room.
Bring your leadership team so that everyone is aligned on your growth blueprint – the shared destination and measurable outcomes – and ready to execute across all functions of your business.
“Insightful and Enjoyable, simple and practical to understand ”
Your Next Step
Register to be notified 8 weeks ahead of the next Scaleup Blueprint Workshop in your city. Registration is free and carries no obligations to attend the Blueprint Workshop. Seats are limited per workshop and should you miss the next one, you will be notified ahead of the one that follows
“As they promised, 4 hours of time invested in return of a lot of value. Probably the best event I have attended this year”
Presenter:
Pavlo Phitidis
As an entrepreneur, Pavlo Phitidis cut his teeth in turnaround companies. Then spent a few years in M&A, which allowed him to conclude 68 transactions before answering a call of duty in a family business, which enabled his parents’ retirement.
Pavlo co-founded Aurik by directly starting, growing and exiting 12 businesses to develop a business growth system, which has worked with upwards of 4,500 established companies in 5 countries.
Pavlo is a passionate advocate for business as a force for good and has brought this to life through more than 1,200 radio segments, two books, Sweat, Scale $ell and Reset, Rebuild, Reignite and hundreds of articles for columns across business and lifestyle titles.
Daily, he works with private business owners, personally and through his company, to resolve growth and value challenges.
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Books
Pavlo Phitidis’s first book, Sweat Scale $ell is The playbook to build your business into an Asset of Value. Pavlo shares the stories of real business owners who have gotten it right and shares how you can too.
In Reset Rebuild Reignite, Pavlo shows how any crisis can be an opportunity to reset your business to get relevant, rebuild it to scale, and reignite it to accelerate growth
Business Builders
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Real stories and real strategies from growth minded business owners who are building, growing and scaling their businesses regardless of the perceived challenges in their operating environment. Subscribe for weekly videos where Pavlo will highlight and issue raised through his daily work with business owners and troubleshoot it.
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We believe private business owners are the most invested stakeholders in any economy. This is the segment that is investing constantly, to grow, driving innovation from necessity, to stay ahead of the competition, employing and upskilling, and contributing to thriving industries. Your success creates prosperity for all. The resources below were all created with established private business owners in mind. Use them, and if they resonate, pay it forward, and share them with your clients, suppliers, peers and colleagues.
BOOKS:
Pavlo Phitidis’s first book, Sweat Scale $ell is The playbook to build your business into an Asset of Value. Pavlo shares the stories of real business owners who have gotten it right and shares how you can too.
In Reset Rebuild Reignite, he Pavlo shows how any crisis can be an opportunity to reset your business to get relevant, rebuild it to scale, and reignite it to accelerate growth
BUSINESS BUILDERS
Real stories and real strategies from growth minded business owners who are building, growing and scaling their businesses regardless of the perceived challenges in their operating environment. Subscribe for weekly videos where Pavlo will highlight and issue raised through his daily work with business owners and troubleshoot it.
