Former civil servants built an app for hassle-free event organizing

Goodbye slow pen-and-paper registration at events.

In pursuit for their passion for technology, YJ Soon, Akmal Abd Rahman and Steven Chan founded in 2012 Tinkertanker which provides software consultancy and programming education service. GuestDay, an app for hassle-free event organizing, is their flagship consumer product.

As they had been asked to help out at the reception table, the three entrepreneurs who are all turning 34 this year created the initial version of GuestDay to help ease the pain of guest registration at a friend's wedding. These three are all former civil servants who took on government scholarships to study overseas.

Over the next year, they refined the product at more events & weddings, including their own with the hope to solve the problems of long queues, flustered receptionists, and slow pen-and-paper registration at events. They started selling it as a professional service shortly after.

“While other companies focus on monetising the signup process for event organisers, GuestDay is focused on making the event registration process smooth and painless for both event organisers and attendees,” said YJ.

YJ claims that GuestDay is the best way for event organisers to register guest attendance on-site. Using an iPad app, they take away the hassle of pen, paper, and manual counting, and present a simple and elegant solution for company functions, wedding dinners, conferences, and other events.

YJ shared that TinkerTanker was initially bootstrapped using their own funds and through software consulting work. They have since tied up most of their software consultancy projects, and are focusing on GuestDay.

With $120,000 total funding at hand, YJ said that they plan to reach out to more professional event organisers and wedding planners, and are also planning to expand their staff.

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COMPANY PROFILE

Name of the Company: Tinkertanker
Founders: Akmal Abd Rahman, Steven Chan, and YJ Soon
Website: guestday.com/
Total Funding at hand: $120,000
Source of Funding: Bootstrapped
Target Funding: N/A (not seeking funding at the moment)
Start of Operation: 2012

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