# Hammad Manjra

Founder of Anchor

I’m Hammad. I’m from Santa Monica and moved to New York in 2024 after college.

I didn’t know anyone here and wanted to make friends outside work, so I started hosting events. That became Anchor. We now host events in New York, LA, and San Francisco.

I work on Anchor alongside my job at BlackRock. Most of my time goes into finding venues, talking to partners, and putting the events together. I write about some of it here.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hammadmanjra/)
[Canonical author page](https://anchorplatform.app/authors/hammad-manjra)

## Stories

- [I want people to make plans without me](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/making-plans-without-me)
- [Taking this back to LA](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/taking-analyst-connect-back-to-la)
- [The first event was 25 people in a park](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/more-than-your-job-title)
- [I moved to New York without knowing anyone](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/moving-to-new-york-after-college)
- [Bringing Anchor to San Francisco](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/bringing-anchor-to-san-francisco)
- [We booked an art gallery in Williamsburg](https://anchorplatform.app/blog/an-art-gallery-for-meeting-people)