The program starts with a 3-day offline induction in Bengaluru. During the 6 months of the program, you’ll spend most of your time learning online via 23+ weekly sprints. On clearing the mid and the end-term exam and completing the careers checklist, you will get access to career and placement support.
Each sprint is a week long and covers an individual topic, with a mix of solo and live group-based learning.
Popularly known as Case Weekends at Stoa. Sprints end with hackathons that put your week’s learnings to the test.
We pick startup founders, executives and investors with real-world experience to lead all learning sprints.
Each sprint is designed to help you pick up skills that you can apply at your work. Learn through a mix of individual and team-based modes.
Product Discovery and Research
Product Growth
Plan and Build your MVP
Customer Journey
Marketing Mix
Digital Marketing
Sales
Goal Setting & Alignment
Business Writing & Communication
Zero to One
Analytics 101
Financial Accounting for Businesses
Financial Modelling
Structured Thinking and Problem Solving
Business Operations
Supply Chain Management
Venture Creation 101
We get it. Work and life gets busy. That’s why the Stoa Program is designed to be light on the weekdays and gives you the flexibility to schedule your own learning.
Weekdays: We share a learning prompt that you can consume at your own time.
Weekends: Your week’s learnings are put to test with a real-world case study to work on.
Career and placement support to those who clear the exams during the Program + complete the career service checklist. Access to hiring partners, company connects, and career drives.
The Stoa Charter is a certification of competence. As one of the first groups to pursue the Charter, you are literally co-creating this true "alternative" to a degree. The Charter can only be earned - not bought.
The Charter stands for competence, pride in the craft, rigour, better thinking and a great peer network - it will indicate to the external world that you have mastered the business concepts and the business thinking.
Stoa will invest our capital and resources in educating employers about the Charter and the Charter holders. We will celebrate YOU through the next few months if you earn it, bringing more attention to your success. You should expect inbounds from Stoa's hiring partners over time as well.
The process to earn the Charter itself is intense, and we expect original work on the business problems you choose to work on. This process will test your ability to research the markets and the users, make decisions while considering trade-offs and engage in structured thinking to solve a business problem.
Over a long time horizon, the Charter would provide you with a professional network as you go about building your career. We expect many Charter-holders to go on to build great careers and reach CXO titles.
After completing the Stoa program, candidates are expected to take the Stoa charter exam, which consists of a thesis defense in front of an external jury. To be eligible for the exam, candidates must score a minimum aggregate of 60% on the mid and end term exams held during the program. Once they meet this requirement, they can begin the charter process, which involves submitting their assignment and completing the thesis defense, typically within one month.
The jury comprises of external industry leaders who are veterans and functional experts on various fields such as marketing, product, leadership, strategy, and business operations
Candidates who do not pass the Stoa charter exam will still receive a program completion certificate and graduate as a Stoa fellow. However, those who pass the charter exam will also be awarded a digital badge and certificate as a Stoa Charterholder. This badge is a symbol of achievement and signifies that the candidate has demonstrated their competence in front of an external jury, placing them among the top performers and merit holders in the Stoa program.
The Stoa charter assignment serves as strong evidence of a candidate’s skills and knowledge, making them a more competitive candidate for high-growth job roles. In addition, the assignment provides a valuable opportunity for candidates to receive feedback directly from industry leaders and to demonstrate their competence in front of an external jury, further bolstering their credentials. Furthermore, presenting the charter assignment offers an opportunity for candidates to network with potential employers and showcase their abilities. (edited
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Stoa Charter is a professional charter for Business talent which you can earn while working. The charter exam takes place post the completion of the 6-month program. It is earned only by clearing our industry-backed, rigourous assessments.
The Stoa Charter is a certification of competence. The Stoa Charter is awarded to those who demonstrate mastery in applying frameworks to solve substantial business problems.
It is the highest level of academic honour awarded within the Stoa Program, granted only to a few outstanding candidates within any cohort.
The Charter is awarded upon successfully defending proposed solutions to a business problem, before a jury comprising of executives at leading firms.
The process to earn the Charter itself is intense, and we expect original work on the business problems you choose to work on. This process will test your ability to research the markets and the users, make decisions while considering trade-offs and engage in structured thinking to solve a business problem.
Stoa Charterholders consistently get better opportunities and compensation on the job market due to their provable excellence.
Rigour. Perseverance. Pride in the Craft.
That's what the Stoa Charter demands.
At the end of the Stoa program. Candidates are eligible for the Charter process upon securing a minimum aggregate of 60% on the mid- and end-term exams held during the program. Once they meet this requirement, they begin the charter process which involves submitting their assignment and completing the jury defence, typically within one month.
External jury members will independently judge the output of the project. You will be cross-examined on the assumptions, the process, the insights and the proposed solutions. The dates for jury day will be disclosed once you sign up for the process.
The jury consists of industry experts who have held Director / VP / CXO level designations at corporates and startups. These experts are veterans and functional experts in various fields such as marketing, product, leadership, strategy, and business operations
Candidates who do not pass the Stoa charter exam will still receive a program completion certificate and graduate as a Stoa fellow. However, those who pass the charter exam will also be awarded a digital badge and certificate as a Stoa Charterholder. This badge is a symbol of achievement and signifies that the candidate has demonstrated their competence in front of an external jury, placing them among the top performers and merit holders in the Stoa program
The program's mid-term and end-term exams are conducted in a proctored, written format. They serve as essential checkpoints to test your theoretical understanding across a wide range of topics covered at Stoa. They are evaluated internally. The Charter evaluation consists of tackling a single, complex problem and defending it to an external jury.
In the last run, around 50% of the candidates who met the criteria and appeared for the jury examination earned the grade to qualify as a Stoa Charterholder.
Stoa enables individuals to develop diverse business skills and build a proof of their competence, making it easier to make career transitions or pivot roles. However, success depends on an individual's hard work and dedication to their goals, supported by Stoa's career assistance resources. Our fellows have switched roles, functions and industries. They have received average salaries of around 15-16LPA and some have received salaries in the range of 40LPA as well.
Stoa's week-long 'skill sprints' enable individuals to develop diverse business skills and build a proof of their competence, making it easier to make career transitions or pivot roles. However, success depends on an individual's hard work and dedication to their goals, supported by Stoa's career assistance resources.
Stoa provides a practical learning approach that helps individuals gain real-world experience and build a proof of their skills and competence, making it easier to showcase their expertise to potential employers. With Stoa's career assistance resources, individuals can create an impressive portfolio and connect with potential employers and industry professionals, regardless of their company's recognition of the program.
Upon completing the Stoa program with a 60% aggregate, individuals are granted access to placements and the optional charter exam.
However, if an individual does not pass the charter exam, they will not be awarded the charter holder certificate. Nevertheless, they will still receive the Stoa Program completion certificate and be granted access to valuable career assistance resources. Although individuals will not have the ability to showcase the Stoa Charter on their profile, they can still reference their completion of the Stoa program and the valuable knowledge and skills they have acquired.
We currently do not offer an income share agreement or a no-cost EMI option. However, we have partnered with reputed loan companies that provide education loans with EMIs starting from three months to forty-two months.
