Superconnector · Entrepreneur

I bring the
right people
together.

So that encounters become business,
and business becomes relationships that last.

1,000+

Connections made
between entrepreneurs

2,000

Active members
in 33 countries

Since 2008

Entrepreneur

Mindset

Terrace in the mountains of Vietnam, looking into the valley

Vietnam, during our world trip

Why I do
what I do.

2007, Melbourne. I’m in my early twenties. I’ve just built a community of Germans on the other side of the world, and I’m standing at the corner of Young & Jacksons when something clicks: People are remarkably similar wherever you go. What sets them apart is who they meet. And which doors open because of it.

Seventeen years later I’m on a terrace in Vietnam with my wife and our two kids, looking into the mountains, and the same truth hits me again. Eight months through Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia. The kids were three and five. Open-mindedness, for me, isn’t a word on a values slide. It’s what my family grows up with.

Between those two moments are a thousand connections I’ve made in Germany.

Entrepreneurs, owners, managing directors who met through me and now do business together, build projects, share friendships. That’s my craft. And it’s always the same job: bringing the right people into the same room.

Method

How I work.

When we meet for the first time, I take thirty minutes. In that time I want to understand four things.

The first two questions are the ones everyone asks. The third and fourth aren’t. And yet that’s where the strongest connections live. Because someone who has already solved your problem is more valuable than someone trying to sell you something. And because a planned investment opens doors you don’t even know exist.

A referral isn’t a contact. It’s a promise.

Offering

What you offer and for whom. Your role, your market, your clients.

Asks

Who you’re looking for right now. Clients, suppliers, multipliers, partners.

Challenges

The question that’s on your mind in the morning when you walk to your desk. This is where the connections live that others don’t see.

Investments

Where you plan to direct capital, time or energy in the coming months. Investments open doors you don’t yet know about.

Corporate Connections

Where we meet.

Corporate Connections is a global business network with 2,000 active members across 33 countries. Members are owners, managing directors, shareholders and board members typically running companies with five million euros in revenue or more. Established entrepreneurs, not freelancers looking for their first client.

In Germany I run three chapters: Mainz, Cologne and Koblenz. Each chapter is a circle of entrepreneurs who meet regularly to move each other forward. Not by trading business cards, but through real referrals.

What sets CC apart

Jeder Stuhl ist nur einmal vergeben. Only one member per industry. Which means when you join, nobody at the table is competing for the same clients. Everyone has a stake in your growth.

I personally meet every guest.

Before you visit a chapter meeting, we talk. That way I make sure CC really fits you, and you fit CC.

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Stage

On stage.

I speak when I have something to say. Not when I want to sell something. My topics come from what I do and live: connecting people, building companies, travelling the world, running long distances, waiting for the right moment.

The perfect wave.

What entrepreneurs can learn from surfing about timing, patience and the right moment to drop in. A keynote about decisions you can’t force.

Keynote

The marathon of relationships.

Why real networks aren’t built on sprints but on distance. A keynote for everyone who wants to understand why referrals don’t happen by accident.

Keynote

Hosting & Emcee.

I host two to three CC chapter meetings per month in Germany, plus international formats like the European Leadership Summit 2024 in Amsterdam with 100 international guests and the Global Leadership Summit 2025 in Tokyo with 700 participants. For conferences, summits and panels that need more than a presenter.

Hosting

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Personal

The person behind it.

When I’m not bringing people together, I’m on a surfboard, running long distances, or sitting with my family somewhere in the world we’d never been before. My wife and I took our kids on the road early — eight months through Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia, when they were three and five. What we learned, we brought home: that life is bigger than your calendar, that people everywhere are more alike than you think, and that the best ideas often come when you’re far enough away from your desk.

I’m a father. I’m a husband.
I’m an entrepreneur. In that order.

Johannes at the finish line of a half marathon

If you want to
read along first.

Once or twice a week I write on LinkedIn about people, networks and the craft of connecting. Stories from my everyday work, observations from stages and chapter meetings, lessons from a thousand connections. For everyone who wants to understand how real relationships are built.

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Kontakt

Let’s talk.

Whether you want to get to know CC, have a stage to fill, or just want to find out if we’re a match: write to me. I reply personally.

johannes@johannesgoering.com

Why I do what I do.