Trolley

A community for new grads in NYC.

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Meet new people, discover interest groups, find roommates, and access exclusive neighborhood events. Join hundreds of like-minded peers moving to the city today.
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Jesse Chand
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Maker
Hey Product Hunt! I'm Jesse, one of the makers of Trolley. Our mission is to become the center of community for young professionals in cities. Our team met in college through building communities together, and we've been inspired by them ever since: their capacity to bring people together, to motivate, and to elevate quality of life. While communities were everywhere in college, we've found that post-grad (in the "real world") it can feel much harder to find your place. It's quite common today for people to jump into a new city for work without really knowing anyone at all beforehand — and outside the structure of college, it can be really tough to just feel connected again. Nearly half of Americans today feel lonely some or most of the time. We built Trolley to make this experience easier. We're starting with recent grads moving to New York City — featuring an online community, events for members, and access to FaceTime with our team of locals for #adulting help. Moving forward, we're excited to expand to other cities and use physical spaces to bring people together. I’m so stoked to hear what you think! If you or a friend are graduating and moving to NYC, we’d love to hear more about how we can help. And if you can relate to us but you're in another part of the world — we'd love to hear from you too! Cheers, Jesse
Abadesi
Hustle Crew Academy
@jessechand Neat idea! I'm curious to hear about how you will support community members as they face some of the common struggles of bring a young professional: anxiety, stress, money worries etc. Is that where your team of locals step in with resources and advice?
Snigdha Sur
The Juggernaut
@jessechand What a great idea! I was the social chair for my business analyst group back in the day when I was in consulting and I remember how important it was to build that social fabric and build out events, especially amid the stresses of your first job life! As folks who are building out community right now through our own product, we at The Juggernaut are finding that it's so important to have those networks for support, and also get outside of your bubble, too.
Jesse Chand
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Maker
Hey @abadesi — that’s a fantastic question! Yes — we think of our team of locals as your “big siblings” in the city. They’re available for a video chat to help answer any questions that come up in your transition to the “real world”: from personal finance and renting apartments, to general logistics and recommendations. We believe that belonging to a tight-knit community is one of the most important factors to your mental health, so we're also putting a big focus on in-person meetups and events!
Ben Stanfield
@jessechand This is really promising! Thinking about a move to NY in the near future and top priority is office space. When do you think the clubhouse will be available in Manhattan? And secondly, will there be office space available in the clubhouse like WeWork or is it just a social space? Keep up the good work!
Jesse Chand
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Maker
@ben_stanfield Thanks Ben! We're hoping to have the Clubhouse ready later this summer, and we're really stoked about it! Definitely hoping to have a more social atmosphere than WeWork, but wouldn't rule out the option to be able to get some work done there too :)
Cherrie Wang
Super exciting concept! Wondering if you plan on monetizing, or if you plan on keeping access to the community for free? I saw the upcoming Clubhouse service on your website, how is that related to the current Slack product?
Calvin LeGassick
Maker
@cher_wang we're definitely planning on building a business! the first step to that is providing an incredible value for our community members. the clubhouse is one of our first ideas for monetization, but we're excited to see where we can provide the most value and what we can build that's worth paying for.
Justin Duan

Can't wait to see how this evolves into the next big thing for urban millennials!

Pros:

Solving a real problem - starting a new life in a new city. Making new friends is 1 of the biggest challenges for those in their early 20s.

Cons:

Don't see any yet

Mike Mahlkow

Excited to see how this plays out

Pros:

Sounds like a great idea! Many of my friends are struggling when they move into new cities.

Cons:

I cannot think of anything that currently solves this problem sufficiently

Sarah McBride

I wrote about just *how* difficult it is to move to this city as a new grad so if you're interested, you can read all the gory details here: https://medium.com/@SarahMcBride...

Pros:

As a foreign import to NYC, this is endlessly useful. So many basic things in this city hinge on having connections.

Cons:

I'm looking forward to seeing how the team bridge the experience from online to IRL meet-ups and mixers.

Adena Bauer
Maker
Thank you so much for this response (and I LOVE your medium article!!). I relate with many of the problems you listed about new york, especially the part on "Spending time with humans." Im so excited that Trolley can help.
Jesse Chand
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Maker
Thanks for your review @sararahmcb ! Loved your article on NYC and I can definitely relate!
Zoe Bauer

looking forward to more people joining!

Pros:

Already a member! very excited to meet other recent nyc transplants

Cons:

so far, so good! it seems members are self-selective and will take advantage of Trolley by interacting on slack and attending events

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