Tag: Business Growth
Why Growing Businesses Should Choose Customers They Can Grow With
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.
Converge Solutions Show Why Businesses That Scale Build for the Channel, Not the Founder
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.
Aurik Business Blend with Pavlo Phitidis, 28 July 2026
Aurik Namibia Business Blend
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.
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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.
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Tensile Rubber Hoses: Building Local Manufacturing Through Stronger Customer Relationships
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.
iWater Management: Building Water Security Where It Matters Most
Reliable water has become one of the biggest operational challenges facing South African businesses. For retirement villages, shopping centres, schools and residential estates, interruptions don’t simply inconvenience people. They disrupt operations, affect customers and create significant business risk.