In the last week a complete bustle of activities has taken place.

Stoa has arrived & set up it’s flag in Hustle Central aka Bengaluru!

An activity planned perfectly to match our arrival at Homebase was the Dosa Meetup at Cubbon Park on Sunday.

If you were in the city, we hope you came, and had a good time - In true Stoa fashion we are dedicating this issue to the attendees of the Dosa Meetup, and are so pleased with the welcome we received!! 🎊

Thankyou for coming out to meet, greet & interact with not only us, but over 200 people that showed up with individuals from the following worlds:

• Tech Twitter

• The Startup world

• The Creator Economy world

• Facilitators at Stoa

• Solopreneurs

• Coaches from Stoa, and the biggest ever cheerleaders,

• Our Fellows.

  

  Aditya Kulkarni @bizaditya

  Dosa with @StoaHQ !

  

  2:57 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022

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Thankyou for spending your Sunday with us!

Here’s a few of the things that got documented:

Shnk @YawShankRedemp

@StoaHQ and @peakbengaluru, thanks for the brilliantly organised Dosa Party! First offline event in Bangalore since the pandemic. Absolutely loved networking whilst munching on crisp Dosas and soft Idlis. Looking forward to the next one! #DosaWithStoa

3:16 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022

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Raj even broke out the chikki that he khilao-ed some people!

ankit🥷 @ankitkr0

Got paid in Chikkis by @kunksed and @StoaHQ to tweet this 🌴☕️

2:00 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022

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The number of people were so many, Madhu had to climb a treee to capture just the sheer numbers of them!

Anish M @Spicemonk

.@StoaHQ thank you for bringing so many like minded folks together and of course, the dosa! #DosaWithStoa

2:01 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022

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We all got to congratulate Suhas of course, and in-person this time!

Shonik @Shonik14

Got to congratulate @MotwaniSuhas IRL and meet @aditipar after 10 years at the @StoaHQ Dosa Party. These @StoaHQ meet-ups could soon become a @peakbengaluru thing! @_waabi_saabi_ can't wait for those lists!

7:43 AM ∙ Mar 14, 2022

Raj Kunkolienkar @kunksed

Phew, what a wild turnout for the @StoaHQ Dosa Party! Thank you good folks of @peakbengaluru for all the conversations ❤️

2:43 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022

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Sneha Prajapati @curious_sne

My celebrity moment with the best of startup world 😎🚀 Thanks for pulling such a nice event @aggarwal_sahib💃 and bringing such a great vibe🪄 of @StoaHQ for everyone

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Here’s a small, small glimpse into what it was like to be at!

But absolutely no photographic evidence of what the Sunday was, will do justice to the fact that the energy in that tiny corner of Cubbon Park was contagious and highly, highly palpable.

Nothing replicates the feeling of meeting like-minded individuals that you look upto, admire & learn from!

🤝 Dosa With Stoa Meetup 🤝

Reverting back to our regular featured bits of the Digest now!

📣 Announcements 📣

For those of you that haven't been around - Cohort Six has arrived on our shores too!

You’ll find them on our Discord, Community Events & even Meetups.

Do give them a warm, Stoan welcome!

📅 Event Announcements 📅

• This Tuesday Sanskaara Lalwani will be walking us through her understanding within the field of Blogging & Micro-influencing.
  Given that the Creator Economy is only recently becoming quite a hotspot of talent, i’m sure this session will be one to attend!

• On Thursday night we’re hosting our Game Night at a completely new time slot.
  10PM - 11PM.
  Radhika Mohta will be joining us to host a Game Night for the Community, do join in if you’re free!

Ujwal Ratra & Anurag Srivastava are going to be hosting an evening of music this Friday for their Looking Beyond The Lyrics 005 session.

Do drop by on the Stoa Radio at 9PM to listen to these two music fans tell you their experience with the music they enjoy most!

Disclaimer: This Digest will be cut short in your mails due to the usage of many images, to scroll to the bottom and tap “View Entire Message” to view the whole mail in your inbox!

🐝 Community Buzz 🐝

Twitter Gang! 💬

• Kevin Kariappa’s on the job market again!

• Have you got some recommendations for a recently moved Bangalorean?

• Goutam’s launching something new soon, keep an eye out!

Linking-In 🖇

• Shreya stretching her writing muscles

• The most effective leaders are followers

Content 💻

• Piyush has been on a roll creating his vlogcasts.

• Bob’s been putting out his content consistently on Substack - lend him your eyes for a few!

• Shraddha & Rahul, two of our alum from Dhan recently announced their campaign to bring more women to the trading & brokerage platform - cutting all brokerage fees by a steep 50% for all women investors & traders.
  Find more about it here!

• Manasi on taking her first solo trip

✍🏼📚⏯ For Stoans by Stoans ✍🏼📚⏯

Best Discord Messages This Week 💬

• Did you see a couple of our Stoans in this video for Ultrahuman?

• What is a Question you’d want every single Spotlit Stoan to answer? Tell us!

• Are you an Apple Fan? What were your notes on the Apple Event?

• Aayush has been looking for comedy fans like himself!

• The hype of Vignesh & Bhavna’s LBTL 004 session!

Books 📚

• Wilful Blindness

Watchtime 🎥

• Why we are the poorest generation

• The workings of Bitcoin

Weekend Binges 🥤🍿

• This is Us

Blogs & Resources 🤓

• Has the aesthetic of Indian cinema been tailored for an audience?

• Some mind numbing figures about the internet age’s evolution

• What are growth KPIs?

• How the Creator Economy has affected our Attention Economy

• Calculating your startup’s TAM, SAM & SOM

🥲 Meme Wars 🥲

Guru Mahesh walking into Cohort 5 strong with a meme on the most fomo-inducing event we’ve run yet.

Hasta La Vista! 🤠

Vignesh & Bhavna hosted our 4th Looking Beyond The Lyrics session last Friday, and here’s their brilliant Hindie soundtrack for the night.