Blue Frog Gaming YC Application

Summer 2007Active

Blue Frog Gaming went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2007 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2007
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 11
Status: Active
Launched: 2012

Founders

Matt MaroonFounder/Owner

What Blue Frog Gaming does

Blue Frog Gaming

Blue Frog Gaming's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Blue Frog Gaming, Summer 2007 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Blue Frog Gaming

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Social gaming platform with multiplayer card games

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

We built an online platform focused on multiplayer card games with social features. Our product connects players locally and online, letting them play competitive or casual games with friends or strangers. It's a community-driven experience around gaming.

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

We live in Akron, OH, and the company is based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Akron is where all three founders live and where we've built the product. Staying here lets us focus on development and growing our community without relocation distractions.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Blue Frog Gaming YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Blue Frog Gaming's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Blue Frog Gaming would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.