A few projects I'm working on

As many of you know, I founded Harvest Profit, a farm-management software company that helps farmers track finances and make sharper business decisions. John Deere acquired Harvest Profit in 2020, and I still support the team informally. With that context, here’s what I’m building next:

1. Nerd Out Note-Taking App

• Problem: Existing tools like Obsidian and Reflect each have strengths, but none give me:

  • a friction-free daily note feed to allow for infinite scroll backward and forward in time, and

  • real-time collaboration with end-to-end encryption

• Solution: I’m coding Nerd Out to deliver exactly that.

• Status: Private beta should launch in 2-3 months.

2. Business-Themed 3D-Printed Games

• I’ve fallen hard for 3D printing, and my five-year-old twins keep stealing my wallet while shouting, “We love money!”

• My need for wanting to teach them the value of money plus my love of teaching business concepts sparked three board game concepts where most components are 3D printed.

• Next step: Printing the first game now and refining the other two.

3. Home-Grown Accounting + Mini-ERP

• Harvest Profit users long asked for a QuickBooks integration—an integration that never made full sense because typical accounting software lacks the data structure to make an integration smooth. If it did, there likely wouldn’t have been a need for

• Gaps I see in today’s accounting tools:

  • Expensive multi-entity support

  • Rising subscription prices

  • A lack of accounting software being deeply integrated into other tools like a CRM, marketing automation, etc.

• My build: Core accounting plus lightweight ERP modules (email marketing, inventory, project management) that I can dog-food in the 3D printing venture. I might keep this internal or I might not….we’ll see!

I plan to sprinkle updates on these projects into future Nerd Out on Business newsletters.

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Nick