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Aurik business blueprint workshops

Written by pippa@aurik.com on . Posted in Uncategorized.

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. 

Invest your time and attention to work ON your business not IN it

Fully booked

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Gain perspectives, insights, actions and connections with growth-minded business owners while you build an actionable CEO business blueprint to scale, grow and secure the value of your business as you walk out of the door.

Create your customised blueprint to achieve your ambitions, whether that be to:

  • Scale and grow
  • Scale to exit
  • Succession to the next generation

Facilitated by Pavlo Phitidis, he will challenge you on your business, and inspire you with real stories of business owners like yourself, who are getting it right.

“A great workshop. Good to be given a structure to apply various thoughts and action that were previously scattered everywhere.”

Invest your time & attention and walk out armed with a blueprint to lead both as an operator and an investor in your business 

As an operator, an actionable blueprint that will deliver: 

  • A distinct brand position
  • A reliable and predictable customer fulfilment experience
  • A motivated, effective team
  • A shift from operating to leading your business
  • 4 growth strategies across your business lifecycle
  • A value-lock to increase valuations

As an investor, understand the 5 levers of company value: 

  • How they work
  • How to craft them
  • How to embed them
  • How to use them

Presenter

Pavlo Phitidis

As an entrepreneur, Pavlo Phitidis cut his teeth in turnaround companies. He 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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The Meat in the Sandwich

The Meat in the Sandwich

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Leadership, Mindset, Positioning, Scale & Grow, Week at Work.

This Week@Work any economy can be compared to a sandwich, and the nutrition dense filling is the layer made up by established privately owned businesses.

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This Week@Work: The taking stock trilogy, WHO?

This Week@Work: The taking stock trilogy, WHO?

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Leadership, Mindset, Positioning, Week at Work.

This Week@Work we’re closing our stock take by asking a tough question: Who should be leading growth in your business? Surely it should be the person who is most deeply invested in its success?

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The taking stock trilogy, WHAT?

The taking stock trilogy, WHAT?

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Leadership, Mindset, Positioning, Week at Work.

This Week@Work we’re getting to the second part of our annual stocktake, and need to ask ourselves: What are we doing differently today, than we did this time last year, to get our business to where it needs to go?

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What does it mean to be a 'leading business' in your industry?

What does it mean to be a ‘leading business’ in your industry?

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Asset of Value, For you now, Funding, Grow & Exit, Insights, Lead generation and conversion, Mindset, Positioning, Trends.

In the world of small businesses, defining and achieving industry leadership can be a complex but rewarding goal. This article discusses what it truly means to be a leader in your industry and outlines practical steps to move from a vague vision statement to a measurable and achievable business objective.

What Does It Mean to Be a Leading Business?

Many companies state in their vision or mission that they aim to be the leading business in their industry. However, when pressed to explain what “leading” actually means, business owners often struggle to provide a clear definition. Without a precise and measurable definition of leadership, this goal can become an empty claim.

The Importance of Clarity

To become a true industry leader, a business must first define what leadership means in its specific context. Is it about market share? If so, who constitutes the market? For example, if you are in the business of manufacturing luxury furniture, you need to break down what “luxury furniture” includes. Is it dining room tables, sofas, chairs, or lounges? Understanding your market and product specifics is crucial.

Setting Realistic and Measurable Goals

Let’s say your focus is on luxury dining room tables. The first step is to determine how many such tables are bought annually in your target market. If you identify that 500,000 dining room tables are sold each year in your defined geographic region, you then need to ascertain how many of these qualify as high-quality luxury items. Suppose 5,000 of these meet the high-quality standard. This gives you a tangible target to aim for.

Understanding Market Share

To claim industry leadership, you must know your competitors and their market shares. If you have ten competitors and the market is evenly split, each would sell about 500 tables annually. If your goal is to be the leading supplier, you need to sell more than 500 tables per year. By consistently increasing your sales figures—say from 500 to 600 to 1,000 to 1,500—you can objectively measure your progress towards market leadership.

Enhancing Business Operations

Achieving and maintaining a leading position requires continuous improvement in various aspects of your business. This includes enhancing the quality, price, service, delivery, durability, and brand reputation of your products. By systematically improving these areas, you can increase your market share and solidify your status as an industry leader.

Claiming to be the leading business in your industry is more than just a statement—it requires a clear, measurable, and achievable plan. By defining what leadership means in your specific context, understanding your market, setting realistic goals, and continually improving your business operations, you can move towards becoming a true leader in your industry.

By Pavlo Phitidis

13 February 2025 Aurik Cape Town

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Uncategorized.

29 Nov

This event has passed.
You can view upcoming Aurik events focused on building your business into an asset of value here: aurik.com/events

This full-morning workshop is designed for business owners ready to take their company to the next level. Be it scale-up growth, succession or an exit, walk out with a customised, actionable blueprint to attain your 3–5-year ambitions

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”

Hosts & Presenters:

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.

Johan Taljaard

Johan Taljaard

Johan is one of the directors of Aurik Business Cape Town & KZN. 

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.

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: 13 February 2024 
Time: 7.00 arrival for 7.30am start to 11.30am including a light breakfast and networking
Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton, 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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aurik asset of value event, pavlo phitidis

18 February 2025 Aurik Kwa Zulu Natal

Written by Lindokuhle Ntombela on . Posted in Uncategorized.

29 Nov


This event has passed.
You can view upcoming Aurik events focused on building your business into an asset of value here: aurik.com/events

This full-morning workshop is designed for business owners ready to take their company to the next level. Be it scale-up growth, succession or an exit, walk out with a customised, actionable blueprint to attain your 3–5-year ambitions

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”

Hosts & Presenters:

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.

Johan Taljaard

Johan Taljaard

Johan is one of the directors of Aurik Business Cape Town & KZN. 

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.

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: 18 February 2025
Time: 7.00 arrival for 7.30am start to 12pm 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”

Register here



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