[samknight]

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 [e-mail] 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