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Stoa, India’s best alternative to traditional MBA, is back with its  invite-only, 

 Dosa Party in the heart of Bengaluru, on Sunday, 19th of March for working professionals.

After how much fun we had the last time, we just had to do it again!

Stoa's Bengaluru Dosa Party 2.0

Test Event

See the world the way business leaders see it. 

Aditya and Raj will be streaming for 100 days straight, join in on their first day.

Audience limited to 50 folks. Preference to Stoa alumni.

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You've probably thought about doing an MBA, but a couple of things are holding you back - time and money.

But what you're looking for is credibility and recognition. So, is MBA the only way to stand out?

‍Attend this event today to interact with our founder and get all your queries answered.

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Ask Me Anything w/ Amatya Agarwal

“It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know”. While this statement can be polarising there is a nugget of truth at the centre of it.

The larger your professional network is the more access you’ll have to knowledge, opportunities and growth. Networking the right way could make you more noticeable and land you avenues for new opportunities for both professional and personal life.

However, you don’t have to network with everyone. 

Learn to meet the right people, make friends and grow in your career with 

Master the Art of Networking

Navy SEALs are known for their extremely demanding training and routine which sets them apart from the rest of the special units you read about on the internet. Due to their training and routine, they are able to have better judgement in most situations.

The top performers in the corporate and the startup world are no less than the Navy SEALs, irrespective of the companies they work for. In the business world, top performers are the ones who showcase better judgement. Consistently.

How do you develop a better judgement? How do you train yourself to think better irrespective of any business problem or situation?

; IIM-B). Previously, Aditya has built two companies and has had two successful exits.

After interacting with more than a thousand people ranging in different roles ~ executives, middle management, freshers, and more ~ he is able to distil his learnings down to some of the most fundamental factors required to become a top performer.

Deliver top performance at work like a Navy SEAL

When people say the words "managing up" they often think of incompetent managers with whom they can’t stand to work. Always micromanaging, giving vague feedback, and forcing you to work overtime. But managing up isn't about trying to "fix" a bad manager.

Managing up is about building a better relationship with good managers to bring out the best in you as an employee.

Sounds good, but how do you start? And will your boss embrace these changes?

) will share tips and strategies on managing up so you can be a top performer. By the end of this session you will learn:

Managing Your Manager

When you hear sales roles, what do you think? 

Some of you might think of the insurance agents trying to get you to buy the best insurance. Bless you, if you're still receiving calls from agents to enrol in a university. 

When people hear sales they think of stubborn people refusing to hear no for an answer. 

No, this is not what people in Sales roles do. The movies and your experiences have ruined the reality of what Sales folks should do. 

Sales roles are the safety net in any company

Sales roles have a bad rep. And we are here to change that.

In this session learn what it means to work in Sales and the skills required from Sukita Tapadia and Omang Agarwal, insiders with 15+ years of experience.

At the end of this session you will learn:

Secrets of Sales Rockstars

DAOs, Tokenisation, Blockchain, Web3, Crypto…

It’s an exciting time for the internet, there are a lot of new opportunities knocking people’s on doors but it can be a little confusing to get started. Especially if you’re in business roles. The truth is web3 companies need business talent just as much as they do technical, it’s just a matter of knowing how to get your foot in the door.

And that door is decentralised autonomous organisations. This session with Saumya Saxena and Jayant Ramanand will give you an insight into the future of decentralised organisations and how they can help you work in web3

By the end of this session you will learn:

How To Work In Web3

How many times have you thought “I just need to get an interview, then I am confident about getting that role”? But crossing that first hurdle is as difficult as speaking French.

You wreck your brains thinking of creative ideas to get the attention of some startup founder. You spend your nights biting your nails combing through every website and job board looking for a perfect role. You even offer to do unpaid assignments for them! But it doesn't work.

More savvy job seekers have different strategies. They know that some of the startup jobs are not even listed!

A bunch of Stoa’s team got hired through network, cold emails, projects, and surprisingly Spotify playlists had a role to play one role.

So how do you tap into the hidden startup job market? How do you avoid the crowd and take the side doors to get into your dream startups?

Learn it from Raj (Co-Founder, Stoa). Learn from his experience of interacting with hundreds of fast-growing, stellar startups.

Breaking Into Startups

At work, we’re expected to frequently make decisions that are large in nature. 

Showing thoughtfulness and having an educated approach in order to be able to make decisions both efficiently and effectively pay off in the long run. 

Combining thoughtfulness with a bias for action is the ultimate superpower to building a great career - and the key to winning appreciation at work.

Now that we’re in agreement, how can you learn to become a better thinker? In this workshop, Aditya Kulkarni (Co-Founder, Stoa School; IIM B) will it break down for you. At the end of this session you will learn:

Win Appreciation at Work

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When startups begin to look for people to add to their team, they often look for generalists with a focus on a certain field. For example, Airbnb's first hire had responsibilities across operations and product development. Uber's first employee was hired to be a "business development and product badass." Pinterest's first hire was a jack-of-all-trades who could help wherever he was needed.

Why is that? Put simply, startups are full of ambiguity and experimentation.

When you throw a generalist at a problem. They use lateral thinking, drawing from various experiences and contexts to find innovative solutions to problems. They’re built to deal with ambiguity. Perfect for fast-growing startups.

But what does the life of a generalist look like and what skills does it require? At the end of this session you will learn:

Life of a Generalist

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“I want to build something of my own, am I ready?”

These are questions you’ve likely asked yourself at some point in your career. With all the noise and glamour around startups, the network, the funds raised and edgy social media posts - it can be a really tempting prospect to drop everything and build your own business.

But for every success story, there are a hundred failures, so the pivotal question you end up asking is - “Will it succeed?”

Time to get some answers, in this workshop Aditya Kulkarni (Co-founder Stoa, ex-IIM, ex-BITS) will highlight the questions you need to think about to determine if you’re founder material.

Are You Founder Material?

We see chaos and conflict at work every day, especially those of us that work in high-pressure environments. Your peers and seniors have probably said to you, "

Don't fear conflict; embrace it - it's your job.

Most people translate that as putting up with toxic behaviour but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Conflict, if handled correctly can help improve the quality of your work and further business goals much better than tiptoeing around it.

How do you embrace conflict and make it work for you rather than against you? In this workshop, Aditya Kulkarni (Co-founder, Stoa) will give you the cheat sheet to do just that. At the end of the session you will learn:

Manage Conflict at Work

People aspire to obtain leadership roles as quickly as possible.

The problem is when people think about businesses and their careers it’s often two dimensional — leadership and operators. Leadership are supposed to understand the fundamentals of the business, its strategy and growth potential. And operators should be specialists in their functions and ensure their reporting metrics are achieved.

 employees of companies should have an appreciation of how their business works. Businesses are driven by incentives, which means the best way to align your work with your company’s incentives is by understanding the business. If you haven’t asked yourself how your work affects the business, it’s time.

It’s how you can build better career outcomes in the long run and grow 10x at your company.

In this session learn from Raj (Co-Founder, Stoa) about growing 10x at your company and how it will help your career in the long term. In the end, you’ll learn:

How To Grow 10x At Your Company

In the last couple of months, it’s seemed like more and more organizations are announcing a new set of layoffs every day. With investors believing that businesses have hit an inflexion point with a flattening growth trajectory and a harder to secure next round. As a result, businesses might start to feel like they’ve over-hired.

It can be worrying to think that, with all of this, your job might be on the line, especially amidst a post-pandemic recovery, where a lot of businesses are being tested, meaning new opportunities are less than guaranteed.

With the anxiety, it’s important to keep in mind two things, why these layoffs happen and the factors that affect them and learning to protect yourself in the short and long term.

But how do you start to improve your job security? In this workshop, Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-Founder, Stoa) will break down just that. At the end of this you will:

Learn How To Protect Yourself From Layoffs

At work, we’re expected to frequently make decisions that are large in nature, and it pays to have some knowledge and an educated approach in order to be able to make decisions both efficiently and effectively.

The key to unlocking better decision making is learning to be more thoughtful about your work, resources and consequences.

Think Better and Win Appreciation at Work

“It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know”. 

While this statement can be polarising there is a nugget of truth at the centre of it. The larger your professional network is the more access you’ll have to knowledge, opportunities and growth.

Learn to meet the right people, make friends and grow in your career with Raj (Co-Founder Stoa School). At the end of this session you will:

Master The Art of Networking

Career transitions can seem like a full-time job. Resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn connections, InMail requests, cold calls, cold emails, cold DMs and the list goes on and on. 

And for what? To get the chance to fight it through a thousand other people that are going through the same motions you are. How do you convince recruiters that you have a unique skillset to offer and can really bring value to the company? 

Why don't we reframe that question? How can you convince recruiters to present you with opportunities because they're already convinced of your domain expertise and abilities? 

How do you be in demand and never chase opportunities again? 

In this workshop Raj (Co-Founder Stoa School) will teach you exactly that. Tune in!

Be in Demand, Never Chase Opportunities Again

There's an aphorism titled the Pareto Rule, which asserts that 80% of outcomes (or outputs) result from 20% of all causes (or inputs) for any given event. A goal of the 80-20 rule is to help businesses prioritise inputs that are the most productive. 

Unfortunately, businesses don't look at their customers through the same lens. The truth is your customers are wildly different from each other; most companies have ideal customers and, let's say, less than ideal customers. Embracing these differences and optimising how you approach your customers is the base for customer-centricity. 

As an employee working in marketing, product, customer success or a host of other functions, your north star metric is to provide customers with the best experience possible. As soon as you change your approach to become more customer-centric, you receive better results, which means your efforts are more seen at work. 

And that makes that promotion a whole lot easier. 

This is easier said than done, especially if your organisation's culture isn't customer-centric, so where do you start? In this workshop, learn from Aditya Kulkarni (Co-Founder Stoa School) how focusing on the right customers is the key to unlocking your next promotion. Tune in! 

Winning That Promotion

When you hear the words "marketing" and "startup" what do you think? 

It's probably the CRED ads. And while people loved the creativity and humour that went into these ads it brought up a lot of questions. Why did they choose to run these kinds of ads, how did they create the concept, the budgets and what does CRED do? 

This is a great jumping-off point to understand what your marketing role at a startup might look like. Marketing is expansive and it's a lot more than wacky ads and edgy social media posts. 

How do you break into a marketing role at a startup and what does it take once you're on the inside? In this workshop, 

 Co-Founder Stoa School) will break it all down. Tune in!

Roadmap to Marketing at a Startup

Considering applying to Stoa School but have questions that you seek answers to?

We at Stoa School recognize and respect your need for seeking clarity before you commit yourself to our rigorous selection process.

 on Zoom where the founders, alumni, and current fellows will address your questions on anything and everything that you might want to know about Stoa School. Oh, and some hard-hitting truths too!

Join in. We promise that you'll leave with a better sense of what you should do next :)

We’ll have the founders, Aditya Kulkarni and Raj Kunkolienkar along with some alumni from previous cohorts across experience ranges and backgrounds joining us.

Q&A with StoaMBA Founders

Except it isn't. Your job is to bring value to your organisation through your skillset, not do that despite the chaos and conflict you deal with at work. Chaos is a symptom, not a disease and we can all find the ways conflict breeds at work and learn to avoid it.

But where do you start? How do you find the beginning of the thread that will unravel all your chaos at work? 

In this workshop, Aditya Kulkarni (Co-founder Stoa School, IIM B, BITS Pilani) will walk you through just that.

Tune in, it's going to be anything but chaotic. 

Avoiding Conflict and Chaos at Work

The no-code movement is one that's gained traction over the last few years. Tools like Notion, Figma, Airtable and their like have become staples at every startup. It's made it possible for small teams to build scaleable businesses from every part of the globe. 

Democratising processes that previously took way more time, money and people. Resources that startups are often lacking. 

But can you build a business using ONLY no-code tools? In this workshop, Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-Founder Stoa School) will go through 5 businesses built off no-code so you can find inspiration. Tune in!

5 Business Ideas, No Coding Required

We all have to make decisions, no matter where we are and what we are doing. The truth is we make decisions almost continuously. Most of the decisions we make are small and relatively inconsequential in nature, what to wear, what to eat or when to sleep. 

However, we also have to frequently make decisions that are much larger in nature, particularly at work and it pays to have some knowledge and an educated approach in order to be able to make decisions both efficiently and effectively.

How do you start making better decisions? In this workshop, Aditya Kulkarni (Co-Founder Stoa School, IIM B) will it break down for you. 

P.S In case you were wondering joining this event is the right decision 

Decision Making Fundamentals

Stoa, India’s top B-School for the startup world is throwing an invite-only, 

 Chhole Bhature Party in Delhi on Sunday, 10th of April for working professionals who are either working at, or interested in startups!

Stoa's Delhi Chhole Bhature Party

When people say the words "managing up" they often think of incompetent managers with whom they can’t stand to work. Always micromanaging, giving vague feedback, and forcing you to work overtime. 

But managing up isn't about trying to "fix" a bad manager. 

Managing up is about building a better relationship with good managers to bring out the best in you as an employee. 

Sounds good, but how do you start? And will your boss be open to the idea? 

In this workshop Raj (Co-Founder Stoa School) will share tips and strategies on managing up so you can be a top performer. 

Managing Your Manager 

If there's one drawback to marketing, it's that everyone thinks they're an expert. 

And that makes building a marketing strategy for your business a lot more difficult than it sounds on paper. So what is marketing? But more importantly what is great marketing?

 (BITS-P, IIM-B, 3x entrepreneur) on what marketing strategy is all about.

Monday Satsang: Marketing Strategy

You must have heard of how people bag jobs, clients and investment using Twitter.

But do you find yourself clueless about how to even get started?

Is it hard to figure out how to restrict yourself to only 280 characters?

We get it, Twitter's quite the wormhole to get lost in, and if you don't know who to follow and learn from, you most likely will want to deactivate your account within the hour, if not a week.

We know you have thoughts & ideas to share, but just don't know how to. We're here to introduce you to some cool professional twitter niches we know of, and how to bring in your knowledge to network your way to opportunities on Twitter.

 (@kunksed, 24k followers) will be sharing tips, tricks and strategies around using Twitter.

30 minute breakdown followed by Q&As and open consultations based on your needs.

Twitter for Professionals | Stoa Workshops

'Strategy' is one term that's often thrown around very loosely in every other business conversation. Append 

 to any word and you sure will come across as a smart and sophisticated person.

 (BITS-P, IIM-B, 3x entrepreneur) on what strategy is all about and how companies employ it to make decisions to build enduring businesses.

We'll be analysing the following decisions in a super interactive class. 

Making Strategic Business Choices

 Vadapav Party in the city of Mumbai on Sunday, 27th of March for working professionals who are either working at, or interested in startups! 

Stoa's Mumbai Vada Pav Party

 on Zoom where the founders, alumni, and current fellows will address your questions on anything and everything that you might want to know about Stoa School.

StoaMBA: Live Q&A with Founders & Alumni

Are you curious about the future of the web but not sure where to start?

You must have seen your Twitter and LinkedIn timelines full of threads and posts related to how web3 is the future of the internet.

But for a beginner, clueless and curious about the space, where to begin?

There is so much happening new every day that you are not able to filter substance from the noise. 

To help you out and paint you a much clear picture of the introductory world of web3, we are having a session this Wednesday by our fellow 

 who has launched multiple projects in web3 space and looks after growth at 

 which is a startup studio focused on shipping products for the next wave of users in web3 ecosystem.

 and crypto educator with his series How to DeFi. He’s built the infrastructure business with PoS validator nodes and is currently working on new DeFi 2.0 initiatives keeping regulators in mind - a result of starting his crypto journey at Hex Trust a licensed custodian for institutional crypto.

The session would be happening at 7 pm on 22nd of March i.e. Tuesday 

Register for the event by filling in your details, and we will see you at the session with your eth domains :p

Introduction to Web3

 Dosa Party in the heart of Bengaluru on Sunday, 13th of March for working professionals who are either working at, or interested in startups!

Stoa's Bengaluru Dosa Party 

Overwhelmed and stressed out by the stack of books you’ve been meaning to read? Those 100s of articles you have bookmarked but never really read?

Learning new topics and reading effectively is hard work.

And then when you finally do get down to it, the information doesn’t stick and you forget it before you knew it.

Let’s face it, our reading and learning habits have been corrupted ever since our daily lives got surrounded by social media and the dopamine hits that it provides us with.

Even if we force ourselves to read an article or a book, most of what we read is forgotten within a span of a few days.

But even today in a world full of video content or podcasts, books and articles remain to be one of the best sources for going deep into a topic and learning something new.

And while reading a book cannot hold your attention like a Mrbeast video, there sure are ways that can help you get started or accelerate your learning and reading experience.

To help you out, we are hosting Aditya Behere this Friday where he will be sharing some small changes that one needs to make in their routine to change the trajectory of what they get from the books and articles that they're reading.

He is an Associate Product Manager at Upraised and has dedicated years of his life to discovering ways to learn and retain knowledge effectively.

The session will get started at 7 pm on Friday, 4th March. 

Register for the session by filling in your details, and we will see you with your notepads and pencils in the session :)

How to read books and articles effectively

While every other fin-tech startup is working on giving out loans and credit to its users, what does it take to build a product with completely opposite approach?

Well, hear directly from the person who is building a product focused on savings!

, a financial product that rewards you for saving up for large purchases, such as a Macbook or iPad.

He has previously built and sold a ride-sharing startup in 2015.

He was the country manager for Udacity in India, he also led all efforts to localize India product and growth initiatives for TripAdvisor, and was a strategic consultant to Fampay’s founders. AND he is also a SEBI registered investment advisor!

He will be joining us for a session on Friday, where he will be taking you on his journey on how he started and launched Tortoise. He will be talking about how he used counter-positioning as his strategy for his startup and how you can use it to your advantage.

Also, Vardhan will be giving exclusive access of 

 to the participants ;). So don’t miss the chance to attend the session and learn from the amazing journey and insights of Vardhan.

Fill in your details above, and we will see you in the session :)

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