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This Week@Work – Simplify your business using the Onion Method

This Week@Work a meeting with a pump business reminded Pavlo how complex and complicated businesses can become as they grow. To be able to scale, successfully, you need to understand clearly where your focus and investment should go. To get this right, think about your business like an onion.

Watch as Pavlo shares the Onion Method.

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This Week@Work – Unconscious Competence

This Week@Work Pavlo met with a business owner whose growth is being hindered by his unconscious competence –  he’s mastered what he does to the point where he gets things done without thinking. It may seem like an advantage, but it can also lead to complacency.

Watch as he discusses this ‘blind spot’ which affects many of us in our businesses.

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Alumni meet up 30 June 2023

Join us for 55 minutes on 3rd November to understand  how we would work with you and your team to achieve your business goals and ambitions. 

Alumni networking and dealmaking

Business event 30 Nov

30 June 2023
5pm to 8pm 

The Office, Melrose Arch 

Get access to and insight from a network of peers in a casual, convivial setting that will offer:

  • Networking: build relationships and connections that can lead to new business opportunities
  • Learning: draw on the insight and foresight of established business owners with direct experience in problem-solving and opportunity creation
  • Collaboration: develop opportunities, such as partnering on projects or sharing resources.
  • Innovation: gain exposure to new ideas from peers at the forefront of their industries

Please note this is a closed event, exlusively for Aurik Alumni, your invitation is not transferable. 

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Specialised tools

This Week@Work: Specialisation alone is not enough to scale, grow and secure a successful business exit

This week at work, Pavlo met with a group of brilliant engineers who undoubtedly offer a highly specialized solution. It’s something no one else can do at this stage and they believe that is enough to drive their growth. It made me ask whether these engineers are building a business, or if they are just creating a job for themselves. The difference is profound.

Watch as he address what’s missing if all you have is a brilliant product or service.

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Ship Sailing

This Week@Work: Building a business is like sailing a ship 

This Week@Work Pavlo visit an old warship to bring to life an analogy that building a business is like sailing a ship.

Both a ship and a business need: A destination, a crew that operates clear systems, and a Captain, whose time is either spent in the engine room or up on the bridge.  

Watch as he takes you on a quick tour 

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PAST EVENT: Business Breakfast 30 November

Join us for 55 minutes on 3rd November to understand  how we would work with you and your team to achieve your business goals and ambitions. 

Lock & load your business to grow & dominate in 2023

Business growth system

1 December 2022 
1pm SAST / 11am GMT 
Online

As the year races to a close, it’s easy to get stuck in the engine room of your business, being ‘busy’. But now is the time to be thinking about and acting towards the goals you want to achieve next year

If you don’t, you’ll be in exactly the same place in 12 months’ time.

If you do, you’ll be in a better position to  get ahead of your competitors and take your business to its next level.

For 15 years, Aurik has partnered with over 3 000 businesses to deliver average annual growth rates of 28.9% and average EBITDA growth of 32.4%

Join us on 1st December to understand how we have gotten this right, and to gain a fresh perspective on your own business. 

In 55 minutes we will cover: 

  • What worked and what failed in 2022
  • Opportunities and threats 2023 will bring
  • What mindset, business model and approach will best capitalise on them

Speaker

Pavlo Phitidis

As an entrepreneur and investor, Pavlo offers over 25 years of direct experience in conceptualising and building businesses across three continents. He has developed and brought to market business assets in excess of $400m through a combination of business start-ups, turnarounds, sales and acquisitions. Using his hands-on experience, business capabilities and relationship networks, he continues to support the growth of business owners through Aurik , a venture capital business growth service.

Pavlo is a regular media commentator, an international speaker on business growth and author of the best-selling, Sweat Scale $ell as well as his newest title: Reset Rebuild Reignite.

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PAST EVENT: Lock and load your business for 2023 / 1 December online

Join us for 55 minutes on 3rd November to understand  how we would work with you and your team to achieve your business goals and ambitions. 

Lock & load your business to grow & dominate in 2023

Business growth system

1 December 2022 
1pm SAST / 11am GMT 
Online

As the year races to a close, it’s easy to get stuck in the engine room of your business, being ‘busy’. But now is the time to be thinking about and acting towards the goals you want to achieve next year

If you don’t, you’ll be in exactly the same place in 12 months’ time.

If you do, you’ll be in a better position to  get ahead of your competitors and take your business to its next level.

For 15 years, Aurik has partnered with over 3 000 businesses to deliver average annual growth rates of 28.9% and average EBITDA growth of 32.4%

Join us on 1st December to understand how we have gotten this right, and to gain a fresh perspective on your own business. 

In 55 minutes we will cover: 

  • What worked and what failed in 2022
  • Opportunities and threats 2023 will bring
  • What mindset, business model and approach will best capitalise on them

Speaker

Pavlo Phitidis

As an entrepreneur and investor, Pavlo offers over 25 years of direct experience in conceptualising and building businesses across three continents. He has developed and brought to market business assets in excess of $400m through a combination of business start-ups, turnarounds, sales and acquisitions. Using his hands-on experience, business capabilities and relationship networks, he continues to support the growth of business owners through Aurik , a venture capital business growth service.

Pavlo is a regular media commentator, an international speaker on business growth and author of the best-selling, Sweat Scale $ell as well as his newest title: Reset Rebuild Reignite.

Register here



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PAST EVENT: In-person KZN 12 October 2022

Join us for 55 minutes on 3rd November to understand  how we would work with you and your team to achieve your business goals and ambitions. 

In person in Umhlanga, KZN 12 October 2022

Business growth system

46 business owners 
R4,071 billion of annual turnovers in the room

Pavlo Phitidis

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Asset of Value questions: Exit