If every difficult decision still comes back to you, your business may have grown in size without becoming less dependent on you. Turning founder judgement into systems is critical to building a business that can scale.
Many successful businesses are built on the founder’s ability to make good decisions.
A strong purpose can inspire a business, but sustainable growth requires something more: clarity about who uses your solution, who benefits from it and who will pay for it.
Many entrepreneurs start businesses because they see a problem worth solving.
That clarity of purpose is powerful. But as the business grows, another question becomes increasingly important: who gains enough value from solving that problem to pay for it?
The answer is not always the person using your product or service.
Three Destinations Every Business Owner Must Set
Most business owners know what they need to do next week. Very few know where the business ultimately needs to arrive.
Established business owners are exceptionally good at solving today’s problems: Winning customers, managing people, protecting cash flow, making decisions that keep the business moving.
But somewhere along the way, many lose sight of a far more important question: Where is this business actually going?
Not next month or next year… but what is the business’s ultimate destination?
Because until you define where the business must arrive, it’s difficult to know what you should be building today.
In this practical online session, author and business growth specialist Pavlo Phitidis explores the three destinations every business owner must deliberately choose if they want to build a business that creates lasting value, gives them greater freedom and leaves an enduring legacy.
Through the stories of two established business owners who ended up in very different places, Pavlo shares a practical framework for aligning the future of your business with the years you have left to lead it.
During this session, you’ll define three critical destinations.
Your Asset Destination
What must your business become before it can operate, grow and create value without relying on you?
Your Growth Destination
Which stage of business growth should you be leading next, and what changes will get you there?
Your Freedom Destination
What do you want your business to eventually make possible for you, your family and the people who will lead it after you?
You’ll leave with:
Three practical decisions you can begin acting on immediately
Who should attend?
Established business owners who want to build a stronger, more valuable business that can grow beyond them and ultimately provide greater choice, freedom and long-term value.
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.
Most of us only notice a heavy-haul truck when it slows traffic.
What we don’t see is the planning, permits, engineering and expertise required to move oversized equipment safely across South Africa.
Presented by business growth author, speaker and broadcaster 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:
This is not theory. It’s a proven framework, tailored to your business, delivered in an engaging, eye-opening and highly practical way.
“Very informative and simplified a complex process”
Scaling, exiting, or passing your business to the next generation won’t happen by accident. Success requires:
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”
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:
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.
Investec understands that the needs of business owners evolve as their businesses grow.
Through partnerships with leading specialists, Investec provides clients with access to practical insights, expertise and opportunities that support long-term business success.
This workshop forms part of Investec’s commitment to helping established business owners build stronger, more valuable businesses for the future.
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.
The businesses that grow fastest don’t always chase the biggest market
Many businesses compete for the easiest customers, the simplest projects or the highest-margin opportunities.
The businesses that build lasting value often do the opposite.
Many established businesses spend years waiting for enquiries to arrive or chasing one large customer that eventually dictates pricing, terms and priorities.
It feels like growth, but it often creates dependence.
This Future50 business, QualiPak JHB, illustrates a different path.
Many successful businesses reach a point where growth starts to slow.
Not because demand isn’t there, but because every important conversation, decision and customer relationship still depends on the founder.
This week’s Future50 business, Converge Solutions, is tackling that challenge from a position of strength.
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.
For an evening of connection with like-minded, growth oriented business owners.
Think about the one question you want to ask Pavlo, and let us know in the registration form below.
Many of the products that keep South Africa moving go unnoticed until they fail.
For Tensile Rubber Hoses, those products are the specialised rubber hoses that carry coolant, fuel, oil and water through vehicles, heavy equipment, generators and industrial machinery. When one fails, the consequences can be significant.