Network
Your network is
the new business channel.
Ads are ignored. Cold outreach is deleted. But a recommendation from someone you trust still opens every door. Operator Network is a closed room of Stockholm's C-suite where those recommendations happen — over dinners, breakfasts and real conversations.
The people you meet become the deals you close, the roles you're offered and the ideas you build on. Together we are stronger.
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The research is unambiguous: relationships outperform every other channel.
This isn't a feeling. Decades of research on trust, persuasion and hiring all point in the same direction — people buy from, hire and back the people they meet.
89%
of people trust recommendations from people they know more than any other channel — ahead of every form of advertising. Word of mouth is the most trusted channel in the world.
Source: Nielsen Trust in Advertising Study, 40,000 respondents
34×
A face-to-face request is 34 times more effective than the identical request made over email. In-person is not a nostalgia play — it's a measurable advantage.
Source: Harvard Business Review / Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
80%
of professionals consider networking important to career success — and 70% were hired at a company where they already had a connection.
Source: LinkedIn global survey
Trust is the shortcut
Every deal, hire and partnership starts with the same question: can I trust this person? A warm introduction answers it before the first meeting. Cold channels spend months trying to earn what a peer's recommendation grants in one sentence.
In-person compounds
A LinkedIn connection is a data point. A dinner is a relationship. The people you've shared a table with remember you, refer you and pick up when you call — and that advantage compounds every time the room meets again.
Alone you're capped
One person can only meet so many people, publish so often and be in one room at a time. A network multiplies you: a hundred members sharing your ideas, vouching for your name and opening their networks to yours.
What you get access to.
Membership opens every room we run and every channel we publish — in person in Stockholm, and amplified far beyond it.
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Executive dinners
Curated tables of 8–12 peers. No vendors, no pitches — just senior operators talking honestly over dinner.
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Breakfasts
Role-based morning sessions — CMO breakfasts, CFO round tables — before the workday swallows the calendar.
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Curated discussions
Small-group deep dives on the questions your board is asking — under Chatham House rules.
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Mentorship
A two-way match: a mentor further along your path, and a mentee earlier on theirs. You receive and you give.
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Newsletter publications
Your perspective published in Operator Network's newsletters, read by Nordic executives and operators.
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Podcast appearances
A recorded conversation you can point to, share and build on — your voice, in the ecosystem's feed.
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LinkedIn boosts
When you publish, the network amplifies. Coordinated sharing and engagement that puts your ideas in front of thousands.
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All in Stockholm
Every room is local and in person — because trust is built across a table, not a screen.
~150
Members in the network
90%
C-suite & founder members
+25
Dinners, breakfasts & discussions per year
1
City — Stockholm, in person
Together we are stronger.
Operator Network isn't an audience — it's an engine. Every member makes every other member more visible, more credible and better connected. Here's how the flywheel turns:
You meet the room
Dinners, breakfasts and discussions put you face-to-face with the operators shaping Stockholm's tech and fintech scene. Not badge-scanning networking — real conversations, curated tables, peers only.
The room gets to know you
Through mentorship, hosted discussions and repeated encounters, the network learns what you know and what you're building. Familiarity turns into trust; trust turns into referrals.
Your voice gets amplified
Newsletter publications carry your perspective to Nordic executives. A podcast appearance gives you something to share. And when you post, the network's LinkedIn boost puts a hundred senior voices behind yours.
The channel starts working
Warm introductions, inbound opportunities, invitations to stages and boards. This is what "network as a business channel" means in practice — pipeline that starts with trust instead of a cold email.
People trust people. Recommendations from someone you know remain the most trusted channel in the world — more than any advertising, any content, any brand.
Source: Nielsen Trust in Advertising Study
What members say.
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Two of my three biggest deals this year started as conversations at an Operator Network dinner. I've stopped thinking of this as networking — it's my best-performing channel.
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The LinkedIn boost is real. My last article reached ten times my usual audience because the whole network got behind it. Alone I'm one voice — here I'm a hundred.
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My mentor match opened doors I'd been knocking on for two years. And mentoring someone earlier in their journey sharpened my own thinking more than I expected.
Frequently asked questions.
Why is a network a business channel?
Because trust is where business decisions actually start. Nielsen's global research consistently finds that recommendations from people you know are the most trusted channel of all — ahead of every form of paid marketing. In practice, a warm introduction from a peer outperforms cold outreach, ads and content. For most senior operators, the network isn't a nice-to-have alongside the pipeline. It is the pipeline.
What do I get access to?
Executive dinners, breakfasts and curated small-group discussions in Stockholm, a two-way mentorship match, publication in Operator Network's newsletters, a podcast appearance, and coordinated LinkedIn amplification of your ideas by the network.
Is everything in Stockholm?
Yes, deliberately. Every dinner, breakfast and discussion happens in person in Stockholm, because in-person is where trust compounds fastest — research shows a face-to-face request is 34 times more effective than the same request by email. The membership is built for executives working in or around Stockholm's tech and fintech ecosystem.
What does "together we are stronger" mean in practice?
Every member amplifies every other member. When one member publishes an article, appears on a podcast or takes a stage, the rest of the network shares, comments and vouches — on LinkedIn, in the newsletters, and in the rooms they sit in. Individually you have one voice; inside the network you have a hundred.
Who can join Operator Network?
Membership is open by application to CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, CMOs and founders working in or around Stockholm's tech and fintech ecosystem. Every application is reviewed for seniority, contribution and fit — the value of the network is who's in it.
How do I apply?
Apply through the application page or book a 30-minute application call. Every membership starts with that conversation, and you'll get an honest answer on whether it's a fit.