Outside of Faria Lima, Networking Clubs expand to Latin America

With its 99% of Brazilian companies classified as small and medium-sized, and 78% of its leaders pointing out networking as the main source of new business, a growing movement has been transforming the way entrepreneurs access knowledge, connections and opportunities: the rise of networking clubs outside the major financial centers.In a continental country like Brazil, most entrepreneurs are not in Faria Lima, and do not have easy access to the same type of capital, training or visibility. But this does not mean that they are not ready to scale. On the contrary, they want what was once the privilege of a few: practical education, visibility and high-level networking. This search for growth and qualification has been observed more strongly in medium-sized cities and regional poles, which concentrate thousands of companies on the rise and high potential of scale. 

In Brazil, and 41,7% of entrepreneurs they point out investment in education as the best strategy to face periods of instability and maintain competitiveness. In parallel, the number of groups, communities and platforms that offer immersions, mentoring and events aimed at generating business grows, combining high-level relationships with content applicable to the daily lives of SMEs. In Latin America, the phenomenon is even broader. The region already has more than 100 million people involved in entrepreneurship, and has registered an explosion of business events focused on training and relationships. Countries such as Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Colombia have been incorporating networking as a tool for economic development, often associating mentoring, immersions and practical content to the creation of business communities.In 2024, Latin America surpassed 76 Million 5G connectionsaccelerating the digitalization of business and integration between markets.

It is in this context that the Group X it has consolidated itself as one of the main business education hubs in Brazil, with an international presence and performance in countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and England. With a billing of R$ 30 million in the last 12 months, 167 Thousand businesses impacted and R$ 350 million generated by your students, the proposal is clear: take the entrepreneur out of regional isolation and put him on the map of the new economy. “Networking is not just exchanging cards. It is exchanging vision, learning from those who have already made mistakes and hit, and growing faster together. “We have many billionaires spread around the country who do not have access to connections. Brazil is not Faria Lima”, he says Jorge Kotz, CEO of Group X. For him, the strength of networking clubs reveals a new entrepreneurial elite that is not born from the top, but from the bottom. They are entrepreneurs who grew up behind the scenes, away from the spotlight of Sao Paulo or Brasilia, and who now have real tools to scale. “The strength of networking clubs reveals a new entrepreneurial elite that is not born from the top, but from the bottom.