Launchpad Toys YC 지원서

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys은(는) Summer 2011 배치에서 Consumer 회사로 Y Combinator를 거쳤습니다. 아래에는 회사의 사업 내용, 창립자, 그리고 실제 YC 양식에 맞춰 재구성한 YC 지원서가 있습니다.

YC 배치: Summer 2011
산업: ConsumerGaming
팀 규모: 2
상태: Acquired
출시됨: 2012

창업자

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Launchpad Toys의 사업 내용

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 Toys의 YC 지원서, 재구성됨

Y Combinator 지원

Launchpad Toys, Summer 2011 기수. 공개 데이터를 기반으로 작성된 실제 지원 질문.

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.

전체 지원서에서 21개의 추가 답변

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Launchpad Toys의 실제 YC 지원서인가요?

아닙니다. Y Combinator는 제출된 지원서를 비공개로 유지합니다. 이것은 재구성된 것입니다. 실제 YC 양식 질문에 Launchpad Toys의 공개 데이터(출시 노트, 창업자 배경, 제품 설명)를 기반으로 답변했습니다. Launchpad Toys과 같은 회사가 YC에 어떻게 자신을 소개하는지 보여주며, 그들이 제출한 텍스트는 아닙니다.