Press resources for Lightstead.
For journalists, podcasters, and influencers covering family workspace software, homeschool tools, or independent software businesses — here's what you need.
Dan Mattera — Founder
All press inquiries go directly to the founder. Email is the best channel; response is typically within 24 hours. Available for interviews, podcast appearances, and written quotes on family workspace software, homeschool tools, and independent SaaS businesses.
Email: dan@lightsteads.com
The basics
- Founded
- 2025
- Founder
- Dan Mattera
- Headquarters
- United States (remote)
- Product type
- Family workspace + homeschool compliance
- Pricing
- $9.99/month or $89.99/year (entire household)
- Platforms
- Web (live at app.lightsteads.com); iOS + Android native apps in private beta ahead of store launch
- States covered (homeschool)
- 51 (all US states + DC)
- Founding year of homeschool module
- 2026
- Domain
- lightsteads.com (marketing) · app.lightsteads.com (product)
About Lightstead (50-word version)
Lightstead is a family workspace built for homeschool families: calendar, chores, lists, meal plan, allowance, and 51-state homeschool compliance scaffolding — all in one household subscription. Founded in 2025 by Dan Mattera, a homeschool dad. $9.99/month or $89.99/year. 30-day free trial.
150-word version
Lightstead is a family workspace built specifically for homeschool families — though it works for any household. The product combines shared calendar, chore charts with rotation and parent review, an allowance economy, aisle-aware shopping lists, meal planning, and a 51-state homeschool compliance layer covering portfolios, IHIP filings, attendance, and transcripts. The integration between modules is the point: a homeschool field trip is a calendar event; the meal plan fans recipes into the grocery list; chores feed the allowance ledger. Founded in 2025 by Dan Mattera, a homeschool parent who wanted one tool for the whole household instead of five tools that didn't talk to each other. Lightstead is a one-person operation; the founder responds to support emails directly. $9.99 per month or $89.99 per year for the entire household, with a 30-day free trial.
Brand assets
The Lightstead lockup is a candle-on-chalice mark with the wordmark below. Right-click and save the asset below for editorial use, or email dan@lightsteads.com for higher-resolution PNG / SVG files and the full asset bundle.
Deep Jade
#032121
Brand Gold
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Surface
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On Surface
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Note: “Lightstead” should appear as one word, capitalized only at the start. Avoid “LightStead” or “LIGHTSTEAD.”
Topics Dan can speak to
The homeschool record-keeping problem
Why state-specific compliance is harder than most homeschool tools admit, and what the 51-state landscape actually looks like.
Family software vs personal productivity
How family workspaces differ from individual task managers, and why most family apps stop at "calendar plus list."
Building solo SaaS in 2026
The one-person operation behind Lightstead, what's hard, what's tractable, what the founder-led-support model actually feels like.
Kids as software users
Designing for the 7-to-17 age range without dumbing-down, and what server-enforced authorization means when households share devices.
Need something not listed here? Email dan@lightsteads.com.