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Cool idea Martin, thinking the same. I know some founders who may be interested in this. Feel free to email me at:

[email protected]

Jarred, perhaps this can be a small help. I organised a group of startup school 2017 alumni in London to do the course together, so we have a large number of ‘advisor track’ graduates from last year in our community. Been in contact to explain the problems you guys are having, a number of them have said they can do weekly office hours style sessions. For us, the structure of checking in and having a group that you’re accountable to is a huge part of the value in having an advisor. Perhaps this ‘advisor lite’ option can help and offer these founders support at a time when they need it?

Jarred, perhaps this can be a small help. I organised a group of startup school 2017 alumni in London to do the course together, so we have a large number of ‘advisor track’ graduates from last year in our community. Been in contact to explain the problems you guys are having, a number of them have said they can do weekly office hours style sessions. For us, the structure of checking in and having a group that you’re accountable to is a huge part of the value in having an advisor. Perhaps this ‘advisor lite’ option can help and offer these founders support at a time when they need it?

Just spoke to the team at YC, they’ve extended the cut off time for us! You should be able to apply now. The deadline is 11:59pm PST, that’s tomorrow 7:59am GMT.

Let me know if you would like feedback on your answers. Happy to arrange help.

Just spoke to the team at YC, they’ve extended the cut off time for us! You should be able to apply now. The deadline is 11:59pm PST, that’s tomorrow 7:59am GMT.

Let me know if you would like feedback on your answers. Happy to arrange help.

Please see my other replies, we’re seeing if something can be done!

We have a couple of founders here in the UK who got caught out by the same misunderstanding. I’m emailing the guys at YC to see if there’s anything that can be done. Late submissions are possible for the core YC program, so fingers crossed!

If you email me at [email protected] I can keep you updated on the situation.

We have a couple of founders here in the UK who got caught out by the same misunderstanding. I’m emailing the guys at YC to see if there’s anything that can be done. Late submissions are possible for the core YC program, so fingers crossed!

If you email me at [email protected] I can keep you updated on the situation.

The deadline for Startup School is getting closer, so if you’re considering applying, now’s the time! Want to get your application reviewed by Startup School 17 alumni who all passed the course? We have a few founders who are happy to help. All reviewers are founders we know personally and all reviews will be done in a double-blind structure (they don’t know who you are - unless you choose to make it explicit - you don’t know who they are).

Send us an email here if you want feedback on your application:

[email protected]

Awesome work Alex & Teambit! Also, love the animal illustrations, genuinely charming!

Very cool, been looking for something like this!

Hey Santiago, thanks for getting in contact and wanting to take part, I'll drop you an email.

That's awesome ENadyr, you just made my Friday night!! Note to self: got to stop working long hours on Friday nights! If you can get the BillForward guys involved that would be brilliant, thanks a bunch from all the London Startup School founders :)

Drop me an email and I'll be in contact about what we're up to.

I've been organising a group of founders in London. Right now there are 28 of us signed up to do Startup School together, looking to do the course as a group and recreate as much of the YC experience as possible. We have weekly dinners lined up with some brilliant speakers and a London business school is kindly offering its space for us to work together during the ten weeks. We're also looking at plans for a London demo day at the culmination of the course.

I got to speak with Sam Altman on Monday whilst he was in London, explained what we're building for founders and what it is they want more than anything: to meet and learn from YC alumni. He was generous with his time and supportive, advising us to go out there, find them and persuade them to take part. So here I am on HN following Sam's advice! We'd love to have YC alumni come along to some dinners and share valuable insight with our collection of founders. Even if you can only spare 30mins, any alumni assistantance would be amazing. We're a friendly bunch who are passionate about building things.

If you're a YC alumni near London who wants to get in contact, please post a message here or email me at:

[email protected]

If you're a London founder who'd like to take part, please get in contact too!

Sam gave a great talk in London yesterday, with AI and Startup School rightfully getting lots of attention.

I came along with 8 London based founders who are doing Startup School together when it begins on April 5th. Right now there are 28 of us signed up to do Startup School London (two new additions last night at the event!), looking to do the course together and recreate as much of the YC experience as possible. We have weekly dinners lined up with some brilliant speakers and a London business school is kindly offering its space for us to work together during the ten weeks. We're also looking at plans for a London demo day at the culmination of the course.

So if you're a founder near London who wants to do the course with us, please post a message here or email me at:

[email protected]

We'd also love to have YC alumni come along to some dinners and share valuable insight with our collection of founders. Even if you can only spare 30mins, any alumni assistantance would be amazing. We're a friendly bunch who are passionate about building things.

Hi Steven, I understand you're putting together the Startup School MOC with Finbarr and Sam.

I'm a London based startup founder who loves the idea behind the course and is interested in getting the most possible from it. My interest lead me to hitting the Startup School Radio podcast where I heard this sentiment from a fellow London founder, YC alumni and ex-YC partner Harj Taggar "Just psychologically it's a big deal to be around a lot of other people going through the same thing you are, and just not feeling like you're crazy". I took Harj's words to heart and went about finding other London founders who were in a similar situation to us, told them about the upcoming MOC and started organising us into a YC inspired network of support. After one week of reaching out and attending non-stop Meetup events for tech startups (7 so far, 4 more to go!), I've collected a brilliant group of 18 founders. It turns out they loved the idea of doing the course together just as much as we did. First YC lesson learnt: build something users love and they will be very happy to engage with you. We're currently organising our first weekly dinner (it's tomorrow and I've never cooked for 18 people - here's hoping everyone likes pasta!), and our attempt at office hours will commence with the first lecture.

Any advice or assistance you'd be able to offer us would be brilliant and most appreciated. Is emailing you guys at [email protected] the best place for that?

Thanks for your time reading a rather long message! Lots of love from the London YC gang to the MOC team in Mountain View.

Sam Knightsbridge

ComHouse CEO