Co-Founder, CTO
San Francisco, CA
January 2024 - Present
Jobs, startups, passion-projects, failures, and everything in between.
San Francisco, CA
January 2024 - Present
FanCave (YC W24)
Bringing NFL-inspired roster management software to college athletics.
2024
Remote
January - November 2023
FanCave
Cross-platform mobile app to chat, react, and talk trash with fans and rivals on gameday.
2022
Frontend Contributor @ Everyprompt
Fall 2022
Development of an IDE for AI-prompt generation and deployment.
Remote
June - Octobger 2022
Sideline
A SwiftUI Reddit app for game threads - peak ~500 WAU
Remote
Spring 2022
Founder Fellow
Selected to join the early-stage accelerator - Collaborated with other founders building their next startup
Kansas City, MO
August 2021 - Present
PayIt
The leaders in digital government services and payments.
Frontend Contributor @ Strangemood
March 2022
Design/Development for a protocol aiming to power decentralized video game marketplaces 🕹
2021
Remote
October 2021 - March 2022
Crescent
Designed, engineered, and grew a waitlist to 30,000 people for a crypto-powered high-yield savings startup.
Solo Builder @ SonarLotto
October 2021
A sweepstakes platform for a hot consumer social app that was acquired by Lens Protocol.
Founder @ Foyer
Summer 2021
Featured Top 5 Product of the Day on ProductHunt 🏅 Launch a referral-powered waitlist using Notion.
Lincoln, NE
May 2021
Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL
Crazy Joe's Fireworks Admin System @ Crazy Joe's Fireworks
Summer 2021
A robust cross-platform inventory system to manage order flow, inventory, pricing, and more at my family's fireworks stands.
Texts.com Landing Page @ Texts.com
Spring 2021
Designed the current landing page for Texts.com, a platform acquired in 2023 for $50M ⚡️
UNL Meal Swipes Checker @ UNL
March 2021
Hacked together a cross-platform mobile app to check UNL dining package usage - 850 DAU within a week.
ReadMeThis @ ReadMeThis
February 2021
Request long articles to be narrated by real humans in your favorite podcast client within 24 hours.
Lincoln, NE
2019 — 2021
Heyday
Assembled a team of 5 to build and launch a personal financial management app designed specifically for cash-flow-negative college students.
2020
Co-founder @ Findo
Spring 2020
Lent $1k to COVID-19-affected UNL students at 0% interest, among other experiments.
The Resolutions App @ Resolutions App
December 2020
A minimalist, cross-platform mobile app for tracking New Year's Resolutions.
Lincoln, NE
2019 — 2020
Tigerpaw
Led team of 5 to deliver a business intelligence Alexa Skill through a Raikes School Design Studio year-long capstone project.
Raikes School Website Redesign @ UNL
Fall 2019 — May 2021
Chosen by peers to completely overhaul the official UNL Raikes School of Computer Science & Management website.
2019
Lincoln, NE
Summer 2019
Hudl
Developed tools that 98% of American high school football coaches in the U.S. currently use to manage their game film.
TD Ameritrade Tax Search @ TD Ameritrade
Spring 2019
A Raikes School sophomore team project for the TD Ameritrade tax customer support team.
Lincoln, NE
Spring 2019
UNL
A realtime event check-in system for the largest student-run philanthropy on campus.
2018
Founder @ SponsorWhale
Summer — Fall 2018
Accessible, automated affiliate opportunities for even the smallest of content creators.
Kansas City, MO
Summer 2018
PayIt
Trusted as an 18 y/o at a startup backed by $100M+ in investment to build features for the state of Kansas.
Co-founder @ Pradl
Spring 2018
A chatbot CRM system for Craigslist sellers (and my first failed startup!)
2017
Lincoln, NE
August 2017
Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL
Solo Builder @ Munchy
Spring 2017
My first real code — an Android mobile game with a brief stint on the Google Play Store.
2016
Crazy Joe's Fireworks & Sneads BBQ Websites
Summer 2016
My earliest "programming" experience, making (very bad) websites for these family businesses.
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"He's got a great attitude, a healthy sense of humor, and an impressive work ethic."
"I've been so impressed and immensely thankful to Nick for all of his endless hard work and organization... THANK YOU Nick!"
"[Nick's] been crushing it. The waitlist system is 💯"
"I love to design and code things"
Awarded "Most Outstanding Technical Software Project"
"Nick has been very impressive. He has ramped up quicker than any intern that I have worked with in the past."
"He's always attacking problems with the user in mind!"
Semi-Finalist
2019 UNL Geography Bee Champion