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Kansas City developer’s DIY project turns light bulb on for each new user
Numbers, analytics and reports can statically tick away on an entrepreneur’s computer with the hope that they will provide insight on a startup’s growth and trajectory. But what if the milestones motivating startups were dynamic? Rodrigo Neri, co-founder of Kansas City education app-maker Instin, recounted …
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On heels of myHomework success, Instin makes app for teachers
Less than a year ago, Rodrigo Neri and his colleagues Keith Entzeroth and Ryan Niemeyer were working 9-to-5 corporate jobs and building mobile apps at night. But in May, the trio quit their jobs to begin building a startup, as well. Their startup, Instin, is a Kansas City, Mo. company focused on educational management apps.…
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With Better Nest, Rodrigo Neri enhances Twitter.com
Rodrigo Neri, creator of the MyHomework app, on Tuesday released a side project he calls Better Nest, a Chrome and Firefox extension that adds features, such as a recent follower list, to the current Twitter.com layout. “I’ve tried all kinds of Twitter clients for my Mac and didn’t find one that really satisfied me,” Neri…
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Rodrigo Neri releases Syte, two hours later it’s top post on Hacker News
“I did not expect to have a lot of traction at all,” Rodrigo Neri said around noon today, a little more than 12 hours after releasing Syte, an open-sourced personal website that offers social integrations. “I was just hoping a few people would use it.” Neri, who’s had success attracting more than a million users…
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Making the jump: How we did it
(This is a guest post by Rodrigo Neri.) Today marks the last day at my corporate day job. That’s right people, I’m making the jump. I’m leaving my safe and comfy job to work on the startup I cofounded called Instin! But hold on, it wasn’t that easy, for the past 15 months I’ve been…
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Homework, work from home working well for KC transplant Rodrigo Neri
Rodrigo “Rigo” Neri, a Brazilian native who made his way to the Kansas City nearly seven years ago, has a knack for working at home, or more appropriately, homework. “I have fun creating new things,” Neri, the maker of myHomework mobile app by night and a senior software engineer at Cerner Corporation by day, said…