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Announcing the Catalyst Finalists!
Three weeks after announcing Catalyst, our brand new incubation program for early stage technology ventures at Blue Ridge Labs, we received over 40 outstanding applications! Although it was tough, from...
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What We Learned From Our Summer Fellowship
In a previous post we shared the five exciting applications that resulted from our 2015 summer fellowship. But while it’s always tempting to only look at the end results, we’d also like to share some...
View ArticleAlumni Profile: Dylan Butman
Dylan Butman is native of New York and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Computational Aesthetics from New York University. He works as a programmer, designer, and fabricator, building web-based...
View ArticleFellowship 2.0
Here at the Labs we’re big fans of lean. That means constant iteration on our product – which for us is our programs. At the start of each cycle, we identify a set of assumptions to test, measure the...
View ArticleCivil Justice For All
In the 1963 landmark case, Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, the Supreme Court ruled that anyone accused of a crime deserves the right to counsel – yet still no such right exists for civil cases. A...
View ArticleTrying to Do Good with Tech
It’s not easy to make social change with technology. I knew that going into my fellowship at Blue Ridge Labs, but my experience here has given me a clearer idea of why. These are the themes that kept...
View ArticleNavigating Complexity in the Pursuit of Public Interest Technology
The idea of public interest law was first noted in a famous speech by Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis in 1905. In that speech Brandeis argued that, “able lawyers have to a large extent allowed...
View ArticleInside Philanthropy: Social Entrepreneurs Are Getting Hip to Systems
From its Brooklyn co-working space, Blue Ridge guides its portfolio companies through the treacherous early life of the startup, assisting them with grants and expertise as they flesh out their...
View ArticleMedium: Model Results
Innovators are using technology to change our world — creating global connections, more effective healthcare, safer roads, and on the second floor of a Brooklyn walk-up, solutions in the fight against...
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Five Insights about designing for Consumer Debt
In the summer of 2016, I was part of a team that formed through Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood Foundation’s Fellowship program. We built an online tool called Daisy Debt to help low income New Yorkers...
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