Candidature YC de Launchpad Toys

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Summer 2011 en tant qu'entreprise Consumer. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2011
Secteur d'activité: ConsumerGaming
Taille de l'équipe: 2
Statut: Acquired
Lancé: 2012

Fondateurs

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Ce que fait 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.

Candidature YC de Launchpad Toys, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Launchpad Toys, promotion Summer 2011. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

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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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Launchpad Toys ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Launchpad Toys (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Launchpad Toys se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Launchpad Toys appartenait-il ?

Launchpad Toys faisait partie du batch Summer 2011 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Launchpad Toys ?

Launchpad Toys a été fondé par Thushan Amarasiriwardena, Andy Russell.

Que fait Launchpad Toys ?

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

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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