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Aurik build your scaleup and growth blueprint Kwa Zulu Natal 3 February 2026

Build Your ScaleUp & Growth

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Key takeaways:

Identify Your Growth Impediments:
Spot recurring impediments to growth and value and how to resolve them

Design Your Actionable Scaleup Blueprint:

Develop a three-to-five-year roadmap to deliver growth, improved value, and operational and management succession. Including:

  • Crafting a lasting Brand distinction and clear Purpose
  • Engineered scale delivering predictable, consistent customer experiences
  • Building a motivated, effective team
  • 4 growth strategies to achieve defined outcomes
  • An understanding of the 5 levers of company value
  • Embedding the levers to support valuation, capital raise, succession and exits

“Real-world relatability to any business in any industry”

Presenter:

Pavlo Phitidis 

Pavlo

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.

Host:

Kate Lax

CHRISTO

Kate has extensive experience in change management for organisations of all sizes and her passion for helping people and organisations to excel has delivered meaningful results for the clients she works with at Aurik.

She believes that a synergy and balance between people, processes and systems make all the difference in businesses and  considers it a privilege to work with business owners to build their businesses into Assets of Value™.
Kate is the business principal for Aurik KwaZulu Natal and Aurik Cape Town.


Date: 03 February  2026
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am including a light breakfast and networking 
Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, Umhlanga Arch

Outcomes:

Leave with a practical, customised, actionable blueprint to implement in your business the next day, setting you on a clear path to achieving your ambitions.

“Very informative and simplified a complex process”

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Aurik scaleup and grow business blue print

Registration Details Aurik KZN 03 February 2026

Join us for 55 minutes on 29th September to understand how we have gotten this right, and how we would work with you and your team to achieve the same, or more.

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Tuesday 03 February 2026
7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am
Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, Umhlanga Arch 

We will be in touch nearer the time and look forward to seeing you there. 

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Aurik build your scaleup and growth blueprint Cape Town 5 February 2026

Build Your ScaleUp & Growth

This event has closed. Visit the events tab to find out about upcoming events 

Key takeaways:

Identify Your Growth Impediments:
Spot recurring impediments to growth and value and how to resolve them

Design Your Actionable Scaleup Blueprint:

Develop a three-to-five-year roadmap to deliver growth, improved value, and operational and management succession. Including:

  • Crafting a lasting Brand distinction and clear Purpose
  • Engineered scale delivering predictable, consistent customer experiences
  • Building a motivated, effective team
  • 4 growth strategies to achieve defined outcomes
  • An understanding of the 5 levers of company value
  • Embedding the levers to support valuation, capital raise, succession and exits

“Real-world relatability to any business in any industry”

Presenter:

Pavlo Phitidis 

Pavlo

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.

Hosts:

Johan Taljaard

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.


Date: 05 February 2026 
Time: 7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am including a light breakfast and networking 
Venue: The Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock, Cape Town 

Outcomes:

Leave with a practical, customised, actionable blueprint to implement in your business the next day, setting you on a clear path to achieving your ambitions.

“Very informative and simplified a complex process”

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Registration Details Aurik Cape Town 5 February 2026

Join us for 55 minutes on 29th September to understand how we have gotten this right, and how we would work with you and your team to achieve the same, or more.

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Download the details for the Scaleup and Growth Blueprint workshop. 

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Thursday 05 February 2026
7am arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am
Venue: The Old Biscuit Mill, King Protea Room, 375 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town 

Parking: 

Please note there is no parking at the venue, parking is over the road at the College of Cape Town. 

 Access to this parking is from Kent Street via the Salt River Circle or Devon Road from the Main Road.

 Please review your options at this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KKs7cHtFutGtkb4eA

There will be marshals on site indicating where to cross over to The Old Biscuit Mill

There is no charge for parking

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Aurik scaleup and grow business blue print

Registration Details Aurik Online Webinar 29 October 2025

Join us for 55 minutes on 29th September to understand how we have gotten this right, and how we would work with you and your team to achieve the same, or more.

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Download the details for the Build Your Business Backwards – Create Your Future With Certainty Webinar

Click on the button to download the diary entry and save it into your calendar. 

Wednesday 29 October 2025
9am to 10am

We will be in touch nearer the time and look forward to seeing you there. 

Aurik Build your Business Backwards Online session


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29 October 2025, Online, Webinar

Aurik Build your Business Backwards Online session

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Closure, handover, or sale – every business ends one of three ways.
The question is: Will it be by design or default?

Join us for a powerful, fast-paced session that flips the script:
Build your business backwards – start with your desired endgame and engineer your business to meet it.

In just 45 minutes, you’ll:

  • Understand the four calculators for four future outcomes
  • Measure the gap between where you are and where you want to be
  • Learn the architecture to scale, grow, and embed value with intent
  • Shift from reacting to events to taking control of your destiny

This is not theory. It’s action. Designed for business owners who are:
– Seasoned, successful, ambitious
– Under pressure but unwilling to compromise the future
– Ready for a new way to lead, grow, and exit, but on your terms

“Real-world relatability to any business in any industry”

Host & Presenter:

Pavlo Phitidis 

Pavlo

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 4,000 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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Your Customers Don’t Care What You Sell

They care about the problem you solve.

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Please register and share some insights with us to ensure we all get the most from the discussion with Pavlo.
While this is primarily a business owners’ event we would love to host your partners and we will advise as soon as we have clarity on capacity.

Register for a Scale Up & Growth Blueprint Workshop

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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. 

“Very informative and simplified a complex process”


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



Presenter:

Pavlo Phitidis 

Pavlo

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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Registration Details CBE Johannesburg 7 August 2025

Join us for 55 minutes on 29th September to understand how we have gotten this right, and how we would work with you and your team to achieve the same, or more.

You’re registered!
Download the details for the Scaleup and Growth Blueprint workshop. 

Click on the button to download the diary entry and save it into your calendar. 

Thursday 7th August 2025
8.30 arrival for 9am start to lunch
The Country Club Johannesburg, 1 Napier Rd, Auckland Park 

We will be in touch nearer the time and look forward to seeing you there. 

Cape Town 6 August


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