Stoa Cards designs and prints custom trading cards built for networking. An action shot, a headshot, a goal, a way to help, a fun fact, and a QR — every element makes it easier for your cohort to remember each other and actually stay in touch.
Two sides, six elements, one purpose: help the people in the room remember and connect with each other. Sample fictional cards below.
To lead with curiosity over certainty, and build a career that compounds rather than just rises.
Reframing strategy problems, finding the simplest version of a complex pitch, and being honest when an idea isn't working yet.
I've through-hiked four states and can identify any mushroom you definitely shouldn't eat.
To build companies that solve real problems for real people, and to know the difference.
Storytelling for non-storytellers, pitch prep, executive communication, and getting unstuck when the message just won't land.
I once won a regional debate championship arguing the opposite of what I actually believed.
— Sample cards · Fictional names · Your designs will feature real photos and your team's actual stories —
A Stoa card isn't decoration — every piece is engineered to spark a real conversation and remember a real person. Here's why each part is there.
The front photo captures someone doing what they love — climbing, coaching, playing, performing. It's a conversation starter before anyone says hello.
On the back: a clean, professional headshot. Useful when people are matching faces to names, and when the card gets shared in a professional context.
One sentence about what someone is working toward. It's the fastest way to know what matters to them right now.
The most valuable square inch on the card. It tells the rest of the cohort exactly when to reach out — and turns vague networking into specific asks.
The thing people actually remember a week later. It's what makes someone go from "name on a card" to "person I want to grab coffee with."
Links to LinkedIn, a personal site, a portfolio — whatever you choose. The card stays a keepsake; the connection stays one tap away.
In ancient Athens, a stoa was a colonnade — a long, open-air walkway with a roof and columns. It was where philosophers gathered, where merchants traded, and where strangers became friends. It was, in the most literal sense, where networks happened.
A whole school of philosophy — Stoicism — got its name from one: the Stoa Poikile, the painted porch in the Athenian agora where Zeno of Citium taught his students. The idea that walking together, side by side, was the best way to think and connect, became foundational.
That's why we named the company ΣΤΟΑ — PRONOUNCED STOH-AH — because every cohort, every team, every group worth remembering is its own kind of stoa. A gathering of people, walking together for a season, exchanging ideas and helping each other become.
Stoa Cards turns that gathering into something you can hold. A deck. A keepsake. A roster of the people who walked with you. We started with one MBA cohort, and we're building from there — one school, one company, one wedding, one reunion at a time.
We handle the heavy lifting — design, layout, printing, and delivery. You provide the people and the story.
We learn about your group — the mission, the inside jokes, the format that makes sense. Usually 30 minutes.
We send each person a short form: photo, jersey number, three short prompts. You don't lift a finger.
Our designers build the deck in your brand colors. You approve a proof before we hit print.
Premium card-stock printing, individually packaged. Delivered to your door, ready to hand out.
Pricing depends on what each person walks away with. Social decks are smaller and personal. Cohort decks let every member trade with everyone. Corporate decks are built to travel beyond the event.
Final pricing depends on group size, customization, and timeline. Ranges reflect what most groups pay.
The handshakes get forgotten — the cards don't. Every member walks away with the whole class in their pocket.
Skip the awkward "how do I find you again?" Cards trade the moment, contact stays. The QR closes the loop.
The keepsake people actually keep. A wedding party deck or family reunion set that gets pulled out years later.
Speakers, attendees, sponsors — a deck that becomes the conference's signature takeaway and travels home with everyone.
Hand them out at the kickoff. By the end, everyone knows who can help with what — and how to reach them.
Mark the moment. Document who was there at the start. A trading card outlasts a group photo.
Tell us about your group. We'll get back within one business day with a proposal, sample mockups, and a no-pressure quote.
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