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When we were having lunch in KFC and brainstorming on our next killer app like we usually do, we thought Budgetarian was a keeper. We stumbled upon the idea from how gamification and location aware apps have been the rave and wanted to make use of the same concepts to save money.

The niche of budgeting apps seem like the perfect place to start. We pitched the idea during Sabah Got Ideas (SGI) and came home with 20k to kickstart the product. More importantly, this gave us the confidence that our idea holds some value to our target market, not just in our heads.

So what is Budgetarian?

Its a mobile application that changes the way you budget and spend. We think that budgeting apps

That’s not enough though and that’s why we’re releasing a survey (and the reasons behind it) to validate our assumptions. If you got a few minutes to spare, help us out by completing Budgetarian’s survey.

Our blog has been awfully quiet recently as we’ve been heavily involved in the Nov ICT Month events here in Kota Kinabalu. These past 2 months have been the highlight of our year. Here’s  a summary from Lim’s blog.

WebcampKK (Watch the Videos)

On November 4th, we had our fourth and biggest Webcamp KK ever. With the support from SATA, we flew in 3 awesome speakers from KL. Premesh Chandran (MalaysiaKini CEO, Allstars.my), Kamal Fariz (Founder of Bitfluent & Fluentspace) and Wu Han (Chief Designer of Mindvalley, Founder of Webcamp KL).

Sabah Got Ideas

The day after, John and I joined Sabah Got Ideas, a pitching competition organized by SATA. This was the Kota Kinabalu District level and we finished second to enter the finals. 2 weeks later, at the finals, the unthinkable happened. We managed to finish in the top 6 for 20k.

Our pitch was about a mobile budgeting app dubbed ‘Wife in your pocket‘. For all the insights and lessons we learned, check out my previous post on how to craft a memorable pitch.

Hackathon KK 2011

Then on the final weekend of November, an old friend of mine, Edham Arief together with the support of Sabah Computer Society organized our first ever Hackathon in KK. We were tasked to build a working application in 24 hours. Our team (John , Isaac and I) finished first with the app (CityQuest) that rewards you for exploring the city.

So what next? We’re determined to release Budgetarian and we’re taking the first step. More to come on our next blog post

WebcampKK ended the year with a bang with the final meetup of 2011

In conjunction with our ICT month, we were privileged to invite some of the most amazing people to share their experiences. It took awhile but here are the videos of the talks on that day