Launchpad Toys YC-Bewerbung

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys durchlief Y Combinator im Summer 2011-Batch als ein Consumer-Unternehmen. Unten: Was das Unternehmen tut, wer es gegründet hat und seine Bewerbung bei YC, Frage für Frage im echten YC-Formular rekonstruiert.

YC-Batch: Summer 2011
Branche: ConsumerGaming
Teamgröße: 2
Status: Acquired
Gestartet: 2012

Gründer

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Was Launchpad Toys tut

We're creating digital toys and tools that empower kids to create, learn & share their ideas through play. Give a young child a couple of toys or a box of crayons and he or she is likely to play for hours, deeply engrossed in an imaginary world. In both art and dramatic play, children construct settings, create fictional characters, and act out fantastic storylines that would be the envy of many Hollywood scriptwriters. Yet, ask that same child to write out a story in a blank notebook or a word processor and you would be lucky to capture a fraction of the depth and splendor of his or her imagination. Play inspires and scaffolds the creative process from an early age, but there is a persistent gap between the origins of imaginative play (ages 4-5) and kids' adoption of the formal discipline of creative writing (ages 8-10). At Launchpad Toys, we're using mobile devices like the iPad to bridge this gap between informal and formal learning, to harness the power of play to help children capture and share their ideas with other kids around the world. Our first product, Toontastic an app for the iPad, is a creative learning tool that blends constructionist and social development theories to empower young children to create, learn, and share their ideas through play.

Launchpad Toyss YC-Bewerbung, rekonstruiert

Y Combinator Bewerbung

Launchpad Toys, Summer 2011 Batch. Die echten Fragen des Antrags, beantwortet aus öffentlichen Daten.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Launchpad Toys

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Creativity at play with tablet toys

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We're building Toontastic, an iPad app that lets kids create animated stories by drawing, narrating, and moving characters. It helps kids capture their imagination by turning play into digital storytelling, bridging the gap between early play and formal creative writing.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and work, close to tech talent and early users interested in tablet toys for kids.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Ist das die echte YC-Bewerbung von Launchpad Toys?

Nein. Y Combinator hält eingereichte Bewerbungen privat. Dies ist eine Rekonstruktion: die echten Fragen des YC-Formulars, beantwortet aus den öffentlichen Daten von Launchpad Toys (Veröffentlichungsnotizen, Gründerhintergründe, Produktbeschreibung). Sie zeigt, wie sich ein Unternehmen wie Launchpad Toys bei YC präsentieren würde, nicht den Text, den sie eingereicht haben.

In welchem YC-Batch war Launchpad Toys?

Launchpad Toys war Teil des Y Combinator Summer 2011-Batches.

Wer hat Launchpad Toys gegründet?

Launchpad Toys wurde von Thushan Amarasiriwardena, Andy Russell gegründet.

Was macht Launchpad Toys?

Creativity at Play. Tablet toys. Acquired by Google, 2015.

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