40 Years of Business Secrets: From Paper Rounds to Fundraising & Exits
20th June 2025 from 11:00am — 11:45am • Online Event
Friday 20th June | 11:00-11:45am | FREE ONLINE ONLY EVENT | WCIT Entrepreneurship Panel event, but open to non members
Ever wondered what separates entrepreneurs who make it from those who don’t? Rob Wirszycz has spent four decades finding out the hard way.
Starting with a scrappy paper round business as a teenager, Rob has since built, funded, and sold companies across wildly different industries – from a high end restaurant group to cutting-edge AI. He’s been through the fundraising trenches, celebrated exits, and survived the failures that break most people.
In this no-holds-barred 45-minute session, Rob pulls back the curtain on:
- The brutal mistakes that nearly killed his early ventures
- The precise moments that changed everything
- The counterintuitive traits that actually predict success
- War stories from the fundraising battlefield
This isn’t theory from a textbook – it’s raw intelligence from someone who’s lived every high and low of the entrepreneurial rollercoaster in a career that includes roles as a director or chair in over 30 companies.
Live Q&A included so bring your toughest business questions.
Reserve your spot now – because the best business lessons come from someone who’s made every mistake so you don’t have to!