Business Builders with Pavlo Phitidis

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/ You've worked hard to build your business, but what if the very habits that made it successful are now holding it back? In this episode of Business Builders, I answer one of the questions I'm asked most often: after working with more than 4,000 business owners...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/ Most business owners have annual budgets. Some have three-year plans. Very few know exactly where they want their business to be in 20 or 30 years. That changes everything. In this episode of Business Builders, I explain why the strongest businesses are built by worki...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/ Many business owners believe growth means expansion. Open another branch… Add more people… Invest in more infrastructure. But what if the next stage of business growth is not about getting bigger? In this episode of Business Builders, I explore a common challenge I se...

Most owners think succession is something to deal withlater. I think that's a mistake. Long before an owner retires, growth can start slowingbecause too much judgement, trust, and responsibility still sit with oneperson. Decisions bottleneck. New leaders hesitate. Innovation slows. Thebusiness becomes dependent on the current owner. This week on Business Builders, I sat down with thesecond-gen...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/Too many established businesses get stuck because the market cannot clearly tell what they really do best. For years, saying yes can be a growth strategy. You solve problems, keep customers happy, and build a reputation for always finding a way. But eventually that fle...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/Most AI businesses being launched todaywill not survive. That sounds harsh. But I believe it istrue. I say that as someone who believes deeplyin the AI opportunity. Right now, thousands of entrepreneurs arebuilding agentic AI tools, automation businesses, assistants, w...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/Follow on Linkedi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/Too many established businesses get stuck because the market cannot clearly tell what they really do best. This week I sat with an owner who, together with his wife, pulled their pension money out of secure jobs and put everything into rescuing a struggling surface sup...

Subscribe to receive weekly emails https://aurik.com/businessbuilders/ Follow on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlophitidis/ A strong product and reliable delivery arenot always enough to protect margin and support growth. In this episode of Business Builders, I sitwith an owner leading a 56-person business through a difficult shift incustomer behaviour. Orders are getting smaller, more fr...

Why do so many business owners feel uncomfortable talking about money? In this episode of Business Builders podcast, I share a different perspective on money, growth, and the role it plays inside a healthy business. I believe many owners carry unnecessary discomfort around money. There is often guilt attached to making it, wanting more of it, or speaking about it openly. But the reality is simple:...

Many established businesses reach a pointwhere growth continues, but every new opportunity becomes a price negotiation. The work is strong. The team delivers. Yetthe market keeps pulling the business back into comparison and discounting. This is not a sales issue. It’s apositioning issue. When customers buy you for what you sell,they will compare you on price. But when they buy the bigger problem...

You can improve your operations and still struggle to scale. In this Business Builder conversation, we unpack a manufacturing business with strong systems, capable people, and real capacity, yet growth remains constrained. The issue isn’t inside the factory. It’s the quality and consistency of demand. When volume is unpredictable, even a well-run business cannot perform at its best. This is where...

I believe business is one of the most creative acts a person canundertake and one of the most powerful forces for good when it’s built right. Business Builders is where I take you inside real businesses, under realpressure, solving real problems. Each week, I break down what actually drives scale, growth and value. Not theory, but lessons from the coal face, so you can build a business thatruns wi...