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Ed Richards
Founder of Budgey
Ed Richards is the founder of Budgey. He's a software engineer with 11 years of experience and a single dad who built Budgey to see what's actually left of each paycheck.
On the blog
- How to budget for a family of 5, paycheck by paycheck
- A zero-based budget for new parents, one paycheck at a time
- How the cash envelope system works, in cash or on your phone
- How to combine finances as a couple without fighting about it
- Zero-based budgeting gives every dollar of each paycheck a job
- How to budget with irregular income
- How to use sinking funds for family expenses you know are coming
- Budgeting methods explained: 50/30/20, zero-based, envelope, pay yourself first and values-based
- Budgeting for beginners, starting from your paycheck
- How busy families can use the 50/30/20 rule
- How to pay off debt with irregular income
- A single parent budget that works on one income
- How to set a grocery budget for a large family and make it stretch
- Emergency fund or debt first, and how to split each paycheck
- How to automate savings on payday
- How to do a subscription audit
- Debt avalanche vs snowball, and how to pick one
Other apps
- Budgey. Budget by paycheck and see what's left of your paycheck (budgeyapp.com)
- SelfieLab. Character image generator (selfielab.me)
- MoodTap. Mood tracking and emotional wellness (moodtapapp.com)
- Rail Ruckus. Dice game for families (railruckus.com)
- Hockey Line. Hockey team management (hockeylineapp.com)