Founder's Story
As of: November 2023
A brief look back: The corona period has turned all of our lives upside down – I had to navigate the trials and tribulations of the (Berlin) education system with my son and was able to experience the excessive demands of schools and administration first-hand. But as we are a really good team, it was all manageable. True to the motto: a problem shared is a problem halved. But the experiences of the last few years as a single father in particular have taught me one thing: It doesn’t work, it doesn’t exist.
Another huge challenge was my move into entrepreneurship. In twenty years as an employee, I was often asked why I didn’t actually work as an entrepreneur, as I certainly have qualities such as resilience, a willingness to take risks, passion and self-confidence, as well as perseverance and stamina. But there was always something missing.
After playing a key role in building up a company from 2015 to mid-2020 (albeit as an employee), I increasingly came to the conclusion that we need to shape our own careers much more and actively steer them in the right direction.
“The cause is caring about each other. The secret to this job is personal relationships.”
[Jerry Maguire, Mission Statement “The things we think and do not say”]
One service is missing in the HR market: the player agent.
The player agent who takes me to the next club as a difference maker, who supports me in difficult situations with the management, who is my first point of contact for career questions. The Hollywood movie with Tom Cruise about the player agent Jerry Maguire really inspired me.
When I met Sven Galander in autumn 2020, I realized that there were no more excuses. And on January 7, 2021, the time had come: we had our notary appointment and our baby was born, RainmakerSociety GmbH!
Since then, we have been working on our network-driven “player agent” idea: Is there a market for our vision of a resilient career network? Do clients and members accept our services?
Year after year, we have been able to expand our partnerships with companies and move our turnover into the seven-figure range by placing top candidates. At the same time, we are working on service offerings for our members, on our platform and on our positioning. In addition to our bubbling ideas, however, I realize every day that one thing is even more important in a young company than vision and strategy: the execution of ideas, the tough implementation.
As much as technology is the driver for the valuation of company value today: It’s still people’s business! We also want to be the “tech-enabled” personal contact for our members to help them fulfill their individual needs.
“The question is, how do we personalize that machine? (…) Let’s bring soul and character to what is already there.”
[Jerry Maguire, Mission Statement “The things we think and do not say”]
With the RainmakerSociety GmbH, we want to identify the “difference makers” or accompany them on their way to becoming one of these difference makers. We want to provide a network and contacts to open doors, we want to offer tools to help along the way and we want to start a movement.
I know these are big words. And we are only at the beginning of the journey or just packing our backpacks. But once I hear the following, I know we’ve made it: “Dirk Schuran, my agent. You’re my ambassador of Kwan.”
With this in mind: LET. IT. RAIN.
Dirk Schuran
Update: January 2025
At the beginning of the year, I would like to take this opportunity to share some information that has kept me very busy in recent weeks:
It’s time
to say thank you
for what was,
so that what will be
begins under a good star.
My journey with Sven Galander began four years ago: The founding of the Rainmaker Society, the “player agent for top notch people”! I have had many shared experiences with Sven and we have navigated the ship through many challenges together. Founded during Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, the current energy crisis, one or two HR issues…
I am very grateful for the many experiences we were able to gather – it was great fun! We are very different types, but we were able to benefit greatly from each other in many areas.
Over the four years, however, our goals and the image of the company have changed. At some point, we realized that we had developed very different perspectives on some topics.
We both put a lot of time, sweat and tears into setting up the Rainmaker Society, but realized that our visions of the future were no longer the same. At the end of last year, we sat down together and laid out the cards. Sven then decided to leave the company and sell most of his shares. Briefly, professionally and as painlessly as possible, we agreed that we would take different paths in future. And I will now take over 100% of the entrepreneurial responsibility.
There are rarely any “winners” in a topic like this – but for my part, I am glad that there is no dispute, but rather a constructive handover on both sides. I’ve also had other experiences in this regard.
Therefore: THANK YOU, Sven, that we went on this journey together – and for you: Always a hand’s breadth of water under the keel!
Incidentally, the engine start does not explicitly refer to the current separation, but rather to the start of the year. Now we have the year ahead of us and can pursue our goals with vigor – I’m looking forward to the many exchanges and projects with you in 2025!!
We want to establish ourselves even more as a “player agent” – we want to develop even more top-class networking formats, but also further expand our recruitment business. We are currently sharpening our future strategy in this area – we’ll give you another insight into the engine room soon!
And now: Please, fasten your seatbelts! Let’s make rain together!
Stay with us!
Dirk Schuran
