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Lambent Data™ had the exciting opportunity to present as a semi-finalist in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition (HBSNVC) New York City/Northeast Regionals. The semi-finals occurred in the form of a Showcase, which took place on the evening of February 13, 2020 in New York City. The HBSNVC is an annual, global startup competition that serves as a launch pad for innovative companies founded by HBS alumni from around the world; HBS students compete in separate tracks than the alumni. It provides cash prizes, in-kind services and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. The New York City/Northeast Region is the largest of the ten HBSNVC global regions. Previous winners of the NYC/NE competition have grown their businesses to become some of the most notable startups in this region, including last year's NYC/NE Regional winner Blueland, which also won the 2019 global HBSNVC. Leaders of 24 companies participated on Feb. 13 with hopes to advance, and to talk about their ventures with the over 170 people registered to attend the Showcase. Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair (Princeton '84, HBS MBA ’89, and Harvard Kennedy School MPA '89) was excited for Lambent Data to participate as a semi-finalist, though Lambent did not advance to the Regional Finals. However, she was very grateful for the opportunity to highlight and explain Lambent Data's work to potential investors and advisors, including those who have become more involved with Lambent since the event. In addition to discussing Lambent's OurVisit™ collaborative software platform and app to empower healthcare and social service providers and the families they serve, she explained about the New Jersey 20% Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. This striking program is open to investors (even if they themselves do not live in NJ) who invest in NJ-based tech/science companies, including Lambent Data. They receive 20% of their investment back, regardless of whether they have any other reason to file a NJ tax return. For more info on this Angel Investor Tax Credit program, please visit: https://www.njeda.com/technology_lifesciences/angel_investor_tax_credit_program For more info on the HBSNVC, please visit: https://www.hbscny.org/events/register-save-the-date-new-venture-competition-regional-semifinals-company-showcase-1/?fbclid=IwAR21TFFT70AI2jFaHugw1pxeRkvYDqdE39vRKjw5wzKyUouJHMwr3fHCkcw

During a week in January of 2020, Lambent Data™ hosted five undergraduate students from Princeton and Rutgers to participate in an internship program during a significant time of development for Lambent Data. The four Princeton interns assisted through the Princeternship program, sponsored by the Princeton University Center for Career Development. Karla Soto Cuevas (Princeton ‘23), Sydney Dubin (Rutgers ‘21), Addele Hargenrader (Princeton '23), Yazan Mimi (Princeton ‘22), and Rachel Sylwester (Princeton ‘22) learned to navigate the fast-paced bustle of entrepreneurship in the dynamic workspace of Tigerlabs, where Lambent Data is located. The interns utilized their different skills to create an enthusiastic and dedicated team that together contributed to developing and further designing the pilot prototype and related documentation for OurVisit™, a collaborative software platform and app to equip and empower healthcare and social service providers and the families they serve. They also helped create posters and other materials for interactions with potential investors. They worked daily with CEO and Co-founder Kirsten Hund Blair (Princeton ‘84) and CTO Vin Shelton (Princeton ‘80), who are very excited for the next steps. Interns concluded the program by engaging in a Career Panel where they learned more about the team’s history, shared and asked questions relevant to their own pathways, and received inspiring advice on their career journeys. Panelists included Co-founder and Board Member Tom Amato (Princeton ‘67), Board Member Bob Lem (Princeton ‘67), and COO Kevin McClarren (Southeast Missouri State Univ. ‘89), as well as Hund Blair and Shelton.

Lambent Data™ Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair was delighted to participate as a panelist and in other ways in the outstanding 4th annual Early Childhood Innovation Summit, organized by the HeadStarter Network, with the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The Summit occurred July 22-24, 2019 in Indianapolis with the goal of facilitating and spreading ideas, processes, and technologies that can greatly benefit early childhood development.  Kirsten enjoyed interacting with many educators, other practitioners, funders, researchers and entrepreneurs. Big shoutouts to the HeadStarter team for organizing and facilitating the sessions to include enlightening presentations and lively discussions -- and to Ashley Beckner, Venture Partner at the Omidyar Network, for skillfully emceeing the Summit, including with thought-provoking questions. During Day 1 on July 22, Kirsten served as a panelist on the kick-off panel "Reimagining How We Deliver the Promise of Early Childhood Education."  Other panelists were Michelle Cissell & Angie Kinser of the Children's Learning Center of Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana. Lisa Stewart, Chief Strategy Officer of the HeadStarter Network, nimbly moderated the panel and the Q and A.  They had a wonderful and informative session about new innovations to help advance learning environments for children and to engage families. During this panel, Kirsten was happy to explain the OurVisit™ collaborative software platform and app with data analytics, including how it’s being built to engage and empower practitioners and the families they serve, starting with the home visiting arena (including Early Head Start and other models).  During the Q and A and later conversations during the Summit, she received much enthusiastic feedback about it, including helpful questions and ideas. On Day 2, Kirsten displayed the OurVisit™ prototype and shared related materials at the Innovator Studio, attended by participants both of the Summit and the concurrent Head Start Manager and Director Academy conference. If you were a participant in the Summit and/or this concurrent conference, please click on this survey to provide feedback -- thanks so much! Other interactive sessions on Day 1 and 2 ranged across educational models, technologies, architecture, hands-on-learning, and more. Energetic conversations continued during Day 3.  Stimulating discussion topics included artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics regarding AI’s potential involvement in the lives of children and families -- including in education.  In another session, other social entrepreneurs shared about their work, including re. child development assessments and other tools; language learning; responsive reading; infant/toddler hearing diagnostics; and professional development for early childhood educators. They also received positive feedback from Summit participants. Since returning from Indy, Kirsten has continued lively engagement with other Summit participants through phone calls, emails, and planned meetings. Thanks so much again to the HeadStarter Network planning team, including Yasmina Vinci (Executive Director of the NHSA), Lisa Stewart noted above, Tim Oppenheim, and Taylor Bohn!  And many thanks again to emcee Ashley Beckner and to all the other Summit participants! It was an extremely fruitful conference and we at Lambent Data™ look forward to continuing interactions! @HeadStarterNet #ECIS19 #InnovateEarly #EarlyEd

Leaders from the early learning community—and beyond—will gather July 22-24 at the HeadStarter Network’s fourth annual Early Childhood Innovation Summit, organized in conjunction with the National Head Start Association. Lambent Data™ Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair is excited to be a panelist for the kick-off panel"Re-imagining How We Deliver the Promise of Early Childhood Education." She also is enthusiastic about displaying the OurVisit™ collaborative software platform and app during the "Innovator Studio" session. If you are a participant in the Summit and/or the related Head Start conference, please click on this survey to provide feedback -- thanks so much! The goal of this year’s Summit, to be held in Indianapolis, is to catalyze and disseminate ideas, processes, and technologies to increase quality in early childhood development and education. Participants will explore cutting edge ideas through interactive sessions focused on current and future innovations that we can put into practice in early childhood education. Lambent Data™ is building the OurVisit™ collaborative software platform and app to empower and equip social service agencies and families: to communicate smoothly, set and track shared goals, access resources, provide data analytics, and more. This will reduce inefficiencies and save costs for agencies (public and non-profit), as well as boost outcomes for families. Both results will also be attractive for the funders of the agencies. The software includes many features that are grounded in research. See more details about the Summit at: https://www.headstarternetwork.org/2019-early-childhood-innovation-summit.

Lambent Data™ showcased our work at the dynamic New Jersey Tech Council's Venture Conference on April 11, 2019, at NJIT in Newark, which attracted hundreds of participants. Throughout this five and a half hour event, at our display table, Lambent Data™ representatives highlighted our mission, business model, and screenshots from the OurVisit™ prototype design for the collaborative software platform and app. Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair, Co-founder and Board Chair Joe Studholme and Interns Fleming Peck and Serena Ren talked with numerous event participants who stopped at our table. These included potential investors, other entrepreneurs, providers of entrepreneurial support, professors, students, and others. Blair also presented an engaging, focused, and well-received pitch to the audience during one portion of the event. We were honored and excited to have been chosen to pitch; details about our work and investment opportunity were also included in the conference program booklet. We're looking forward to continuing follow-up discussions with many people!

Lambent Data™ has been chosen to pitch at the NJ Tech Council's Venture Conference 2019 on April 11 in Newark, expected to attract over 1,000 registrants.  Lambent, co-founded by Joe Studholme (Princeton '84) and Kirsten Hund Blair (Princeton '84, Harvard Business School '89, Harvard Kennedy School '89), works to improve child and family well-being through user-friendly software and data analytics. Its first product, OurVisit™, in the prototype design phase, is a collaborative software platform/app for social services agencies and the families they serve.  CEO Blair notes, "We began building this innovative tool for the arena of "home visiting" for families with babies through pre-schoolers. Home visiting is an evidence-based way to boost outcomes for children and families, especially those who are low-income and facing many other challenges. However, the product will also be valuable in other arenas, for practitioners and families with children with special needs, foster children, addiction challenges, and other needs. We're seeking advice and funding, via investors, accelerators, and foundations." Lambent Data, located at Tigerlabs at 252 Nassau St. in Princeton, also is engaging other Princeton alumni, including CTO Ted Nadeau '87, Chief Data Scientist Philip Baldwin '82 (Univ. of Illinois Ph.D. '87), and seven Princeton undergraduates.  See https://www.lambentdata.com/post/princeterns-join-lambent-for-a-week-of-learning-and-building for a list of the undergrads (most of whom were Princeterns) and info about their contributions. At the Venture Conference 2019, Lambent and other entrepreneurs who will be pitching will each have a display table. Prominent speakers and a reception will also be part of the conference, which will occur 2 pm - 7:30 pm on April 11. Please see http://bit.ly/StartupVentureConference19 to register. #lambentdata #njtcVentureCon Please share this post, to spread the word! Lambent could also receive recognition and extra time on stage, through a NJ Tech Council social media contest that counts the number of mentions. Every post must include the following five items in any order, to be eligible: 1) #njtcVentureCon 2) #lambentdata 3) April 11 4) Venture Conference 2019  5) http://bit.ly/StartupVentureConference19 Thank you very much!

In January of 2019, Lambent Data™ hosted six Princeton undergraduates for a week through the Princeternship program, sponsored by Princeton University Career Services, to learn about entrepreneurship. Kisara Moore '22, Fleming Peck '20, Livia Qoshe '21, Serena Ren '22, Alberto Rigail '22, and Nalanda Sharadjaya '21 dedicated their excellent skills and enthusiasm to a variety of projects, including prototype building, market research and analysis, and website design. They worked with CEO Kirsten Hund Blair '84 and CTO Ted Nadeau '87, as well as Shamay Agaron '19, who has been devoting his expertise and energy in working with Lambent as a consultant. During a mid-week career panel, the Princeterns engaged with Lambent Data™ advisors and staff. The panelists, each of whom has decades of experience, spanned a wide range of industries. Participants included Benedikt von Schröder, Kirsten, Ted, Board Chair Joe Studholme '84, Chief Data Scientist Philip Baldwin '82, and other Lambent Data™ advisors. Tigerlabs, the co-working space where Lambent Data™ is located, provided a dynamic environment, as the students were also able to observe and interact with other entrepreneurs. On the last day, the Princeterns presented their work to the Lambent Data™ staff, advisors and potential investors.

Lambent Data™ engaged in several ways in the first-ever Princeton University MediHack Conference April 20-22, 2018. Students from across the U.S. (plus some from Canada) came together to work on innovative solutions for healthcare challenges. The tracks included: * Classic Hackathon in software and hardware * Computational Psychiatry * Deep Learning for Drug Discovery * Design Thinking Click here for more details of the exciting event! Lambent™ was a sponsor and co-founder Joe Studholme served as a Judge. Other Lambent team members served as Mentors -- Ted Nadeau in "Technical" elements and Kirsten Hund Blair in "Design Thinking" elements for the various tracks -- for the enthusiastic and talented student-participants.