We had a small mini meetup of Rodinhooders in Delhi yesterday.
It was unplanned and without an agenda with the sole purpose of catching up over drinks and conversations.
Ofcourse it wouldn’t have happened if Asha hadn’t initiated the thought and set a venue and time for the meetup.
It was a small group, unlike our previous meetups and I was able to have a have a great conversation with Sunil and got to learn some fascinating insights about his fresh fruits and vegetables delivery business, Falphool.com . They are focussed in Dwarka and are sustainably growing over time.
While driving back, I was wondering, “Why don’t we have more meetups ?” when I realized we are all waiting for Asha.
As most of you know, she is based in Goa and whenever she travels to Delhi or other places, she tries to get a meetup going in that city. And it usually rocks. Check out the last one here in Hyderabad.
However, we have 100’s of cities in India from where we have Rodinhood members and she possibly can’t arrange a meetup in every city.
So here’s a thought – If you are reading this why don’t you think of organizing a meetup in your city?
Start small – even if a group of 5-6 people show interest, meet at a cafe or a Rodinhooder’s office for an hour or two. It will make for great conversations and you will get a chance to meet interesting rodinhooders from your city and who knows what you might end up collaborating to create.
After all, TheRodinhoods itself started as a small gathering in Alok’s office and it’s 10,700 + strong today.
Don’t wait for Asha – Get started with a meetup in your city and watch the magic unfold 🙂
Here is a simple 5 step process to do it:
1.) Decide on a date and time (preferably on a weekend)
2.) Select a conveniently located venue
3.) Announce it as an event on TheRodinhoods.com
4.) Share among your friends / networks
5.) Meetup and have fun
asha chaudhry
wow. only you could think of posting this abhik!
last evening i was marvelling how passionate about EVERYONE’S startup you have always been. and how objectively and earnestly you listen to everyone, ask q’s and bounce ideas to help them. you are one of the few rodinhooders who pays attention and shares candid feedback.
it was awesome meeting sunil – he’s promised to start a comic strip from jan on trh 🙂
and meeting pallavi for the first time was a delight! she too is keen to regularly contribute to trh – so stay tuned!
and you are very humble to miss mentioning that you are always keen to help enable other rodinhooders of different cities to have a structured meetup whenever they feel the need. the one you organised in delhi this time was a huge success!
thank you for posting this. after that hyd meet i did tell alok that if need be i would be willing to travel to diff cities to kickstart structured meetups – but you’re right. there is absolutely no need for me to be around!! it can actually happen on its own 🙂
mandar and rudrajeet have been very keen on doing one in pune. am sure it will happen soon without me 🙂
Sunil Suri
Hi Abhik,
I think it was one of the best day and what a wonderful, awesome and insightful discussion we had. You really tested us to the core. You have been a great motivator and guide throughout the discussion.
I thank Asha for organizing it and making it an enriching experience. I thank Pallavi, Vinay, Prateek, Kaanchan, Anamika, Tarun, Pranav and not to forget little champ Aarini for making the entire session fantabulous.
Thanks & Regards
Sunil Suri