Aplikacja Launchpad Toys do YC

Summer 2011Acquired

Launchpad Toys przeszedł przez Y Combinator w batchu Summer 2011 jako firma z branży Consumer. Poniżej: czym zajmuje się firma, kto ją założył i jej aplikacja do YC, zrekonstruowana pytanie po pytaniu w prawdziwym formularzu YC.

Batch YC: Summer 2011
Branża: ConsumerGaming
Wielkość zespołu: 2
Status: Acquired
Wystartowano: 2012

Foundersi

Thushan AmarasiriwardenaFounder
Andy RussellFounder

Czym zajmuje się 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.

Aplikacja Launchpad Toys do YC, zrekonstruowana

Aplikacja Y Combinator

Launchpad Toys, batch Summer 2011. Prawdziwe pytania z formularza, odpowiedzi na podstawie danych publicznych.

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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.

21 dodatkowych odpowiedzi w pełnej aplikacji

Są w pełnej wersji. Utwórz darmowe konto, aby otworzyć je w YC Insights, obok każdego innego batcha YC.

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Często zadawane pytania

Czy to jest prawdziwa aplikacja Launchpad Toys do YC?

Nie. Y Combinator utrzymuje prywatność złożonych aplikacji. Jest to rekonstrukcja: prawdziwe pytania z formularza YC, na które odpowiedziano na podstawie publicznych danych Launchpad Toys (notatki o premierze, tło founderów, opis produktu). Pokazuje, jak firma taka jak Launchpad Toys przedstawiłaby się YC, a nie tekst, który złożyli.