Nick Fogle

Keto Skeptic to Zealot

When I finally decided to get serious about my health, I set some radical goals. The keto diet is like finding a cheat code for fat loss.

Goals

Six Pack Abs in Six Weeks

After a decade of horrible nutrition and inconsistent exercise, I was fat and experiencing a number of concerning health issues. Here's how I reversed 10 years of physical decline in six weeks.

Student Loans

Getting to Zero

If you're feeling hopeless and don't know where to start to pay off that mountain of debt, what follows should be all you need to know to understand your debt, get motivated to attack it, and create a plan for totally paying it off in 5 years.

Student Loans

Student Loan Tools

Free student loan calculators to help you design the perfect plan for getting out of debt.

health

What it's like to have asymptomatic or mild covid.

My son's daycare teacher tested positive for COVID-19, so I had to get him tested before he could return. We went to urgent care on Sunday, July 12th. There was

health

Personal Covid-19 Tracker

I started prepping in February when it became clear that this thing wouldn't be contained. My colleague Hector summed up the divergence in thinking between health care professionals and the

Law

Why you need an LLC

If you run a business without liability protection, you're risking financial ruin.

Programming

Code is just language

Code isn't just for math nerds 🤓. If you're good at language, you can be a great programmer. Growing up, I tended to favor language over mathematics. In high school I

Reflection

Bailing Water

In 2008, I traded a difficult situation for a more difficult one - law school and six figures in student loans.

Learning

How long should it take to learn to code?

I'm someone like you. Not a guru. Not an influencer. (the last thing i posted on Instagram was a hamburger like 6 years ago). In 2012, I was under a mountain of debt and making minimum wage as a shuttle driver.

Startup Life

SaaS Business "Money Ball"

Being broke and shouldering a quarter million in debt created enormous pressure. I never felt comfortable. If I wasn't working, learning, and building, I was moving backwards. This isn't hyperbole. My loans were negative amortizing by $1600 per month.

Law

LLC Filing for Every State

The following is a quick reference for each state with basic filing and recurring fee information. Fee amounts change from time to time, so be sure to double check the

Reflection

The Hardest $1600 I Ever Earned

This was probably the worst I've ever felt about myself. After years of grinding, learning, and working as hard as I could, I was back where I started and unable to pay rent.

Bitcoin

Losing 6 Figures in Crypto

Over the summer I watched my net worth double. By October it had tripled. In November it quadrupled And by December 10x'd. I went from being mostly paycheck to paycheck

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Satellite Node Using Iridium RockBLOCK Mk2

If cellular, WiFi, and the entire power grid go down, I can still send Bitcoin using the Iridium Satellite Network. Totally portable and no dish necessary. 🛰 🛰 🛰

General Design

Satellites and Sovereignty

Since founding Casa, we’ve been on a mission to protect personal sovereignty. We try to think through all potential threat vectors to design systems that are as resilient

Startup Life

Startup: End of Year 2

Here’s my long-overdue quarterly update to close out our second year building Wavve. December 16′ Continued fruitlessly to find product-market fit for the mobile app. Reached the

Reflection

My Twenties

A short reflection on each year of my twenties.

Learning

Startup: Months 15-19

July, August, and September We built an entirely new audio sharing experience for radio shows. As we shifted away from podcasting and towards terrestrial radio, we realized the need for

Raspberry Pi Powercheck Bot

A patrol car drove by my house with a megaphone blaring. It was my last warning. Evacuation of #Charleston in full effect. @MountPleasantPD squad cars driving by homes urging people

Bitcoin

Breaking Pokemon Go with a Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Cryptocurrency Node A few weeks ago I bought a Raspberry Pi starter kit on Amazon. I wanted one for a few months and finally found the perfect use

Startup Life

Startup: Months 11-14

March Introducing Wavve, Inc. We changed our name to Wavve and re-incorporated in Delaware. April Pitch Event. Dig South. We also introduced Wavve to a few thousand during Tech Night

Learning

Building, Raising Money, and Trademark woes

I'm long overdue for an update here. Since launching the MVP in August, it's only gotten crazier over the last 6 months. It's hard to raise venture money in SC

Learning

The MVP Has Landed

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late - Reid Hoffman Our MVP is now public. Embarrassed? ✅ In mid July we released

Startup Life

Building uTalk Sports

*** As of March 10, 2016, we’ve renamed our startup Wavve Did you know there are 86,400 seconds in a day? The last 90 days have forced me