Aplicación YC de Launchpad Toys

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Summer 2011 como una empresa de Consumer. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2011
Industria: ConsumerGaming
Tamaño del equipo: 2
Estado: Acquired
Lanzado: 2012

Fundadores

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Lo que hace Launchpad Toys

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.

Aplicación YC de Launchpad Toys, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

Launchpad Toys, batch Summer 2011. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

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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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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de Launchpad Toys?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de Launchpad Toys (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como Launchpad Toys se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo Launchpad Toys?

Launchpad Toys formó parte del batch Summer 2011 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó Launchpad Toys?

Launchpad Toys fue fundado por Thushan Amarasiriwardena, Andy Russell.

¿A qué se dedica Launchpad Toys?

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

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de Launchpad Toys, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.