📅 Wednesday, December 10, 2025, THE 5. Live [Best for founders, operators, and professionals building scalable companies] [FREE]
THE 5. Live is positioned as one of the most ambitious online entrepreneurship gatherings ever organized in Poland, bringing together more than thirty top founders, operators, investors, and industry leaders for a full-day program dedicated to the realities of building globally competitive companies. Scheduled as the official premiere of Tomasz Karwatka’s book The 5., the event blends practical frameworks, unfiltered founder stories, and step-by-step methodologies designed to help entrepreneurs escape the constraints of local markets and systemically scale their companies from day one. The mission is direct: equip Polish founders with a strategic playbook that enables them to survive early-stage volatility and eventually compete on global terms.
Hosted entirely online, the event features more than eight hours of curated sessions, each focused on a critical dimension of entrepreneurship. Participants will gain insights into global expansion strategies for B2C, B2B, and deep-tech companies, explore how to identify business ideas with true scale potential, and learn how to convert consulting knowledge into proprietary IP that anchors a scalable product. Several sessions dissect the choice between bootstrapping and venture funding, offering practical rules for valuation, profitability, and sustainable growth. Others examine how to build AI-resilient companies, combining services with product strategies to create durable business models in an increasingly automated economy.
The program emphasizes the realities of leadership under pressure: making difficult team decisions, navigating crisis moments, resolving cultural misalignments, and understanding how long-term organizational health is shaped by founders’ habits, emotional resilience, and clarity of judgement. Participants will also hear behind-the-scenes stories from founders who exited companies collectively valued at 760 million PLN, offering a rare look into the dynamics of due diligence, buyer expectations, valuation multipliers, and strategic preparations that determine whether an exit becomes a success or a failure. Additional segments showcase perspectives from private equity and strategic investors, outlining red flags commonly found in Polish companies and the operational practices that materially improve acquisition outcomes.
The event concludes with a candid review of entrepreneurial failures, unexpected wins, counterintuitive lessons, and unspoken aspects of running a company. This segment is designed to humanize the founder journey, highlighting improvisation, resilience, and the often-messy reality that underpins business success. Throughout the day, speakers such as Tomasz Karwatka, Bartosz Majewski, Borys Musielak, Piotr Nowosielski, Rafał Han, Lech Kaniuk, and more than thirty additional guests will guide participants through a structured, experience-driven curriculum. All proceeds from the book The 5. will be donated to the Połączona Puszcza Polska conservation initiative, reinforcing the event’s dual focus on entrepreneurship and long-term societal contribution.
Participation is free, but only attendees who join live will receive access to exclusive bonuses and additional materials. The program is crafted for anyone seeking clarity, direction, and proven methodologies for building high-performance companies capable of succeeding beyond Poland’s borders.
Agenda
12:00–13:00 Firma globalna od pierwszego dnia
13:00–13:45 Jak znaleźć pomysł na biznes
13:45–14:15 Karwatka Framework
14:15–15:00 Firma z inwestorem czy bez
15:00–15:45 Usługi i produkty razem
15:45–16:30 Najtrudniejsze decyzje przedsiębiorcy
16:30–17:15 Najlepszy pracownik się zwolnił, a ja otwieram szampana
17:15–18:00 Marketing i sprzedaż dla przedsiębiorców
18:00–18:45 Odporność przedsiębiorcy
18:45–19:30 Jak sprzedaliśmy firmy za 760 milionów
19:30–20:15 Jak sprzedać firmę drogo
20:15–21:00 Wstydliwe porażki i absurdalne zwycięstwa founderów
Speakers
Tomasz Karwatka, Bartosz Majewski, Borys Musielak, Piotr Nowosielski, Rafał Han, Lech Kaniuk and more than thirty additional guests.
City: Online
Language: Polish
Start time: 12:00
Event type: Meetup
Topic: brand building
Main link: https://www.the5.live/
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