Events

The value of an accelerator program like JFDI Accelerate comes from its mentors. Their advice counts because they’ve been on the front line themselves. As an entrepreneur and and investor, Vinnie Lauria has seen startups both struggle and succeed to hack the challenge of growth, writes David Ongchoco Golden Gate Ventures Founding Partner and serial entrepreneur…

Pitching a startup at a demo day is one thing: getting through a meeting with investors to a ‘yes’ is another. That’s why JFDI has always included detailed criticism from investors through role play and a consistent set of success factors comes shining through, writes David Ongchoco. This week’s JFDI Accelerate investor role-play session saw…

Envoyrs co-founder Tim Beiko blogged about his experience at the JFDI 2015A Accelerate Program. He shares a twist – how his team found a place to stay, which eventually turned out to be the batch’s ‘startup house’. For more of Tim’s story, read along.   HOME | AWAY | JFDI   And the first week in…

Why don’t investors sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s)? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in our pre-accelerator program,JFDI Discover. So much so that it’s one of the biggest worries of our potential participants – one team even pulled out of the program because of it. This post addresses that question once and for…

Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) today announced that applications are open for its next 100 day startup accelerator program to start in August. Teams accepted to enter the program will receive an immediate SGD50k (USD37k) commitment for a fixed 8.88% equity stake, double the investment that JFDI has previously offered, with the promise of an…

JFDI Discover and Accelerate alumni QLC.io founders Will Fan and Fei Yao shares how they plan to solve quarter life crisis, writes Crystal Neri. Photo from JFDI’s 2014B Demo Day. “Being plugged into a community of people at different stages of the journey means that you can learn from both experienced founders or share frustrations with…

What if someone steals my startup idea? This is the one of the most frequently asked questions in our pre-accelerator program, JFDI Discover.  We understand it’s only a natural thing to wonder. After all, when someone is on the brink of building something no one has ever done before, the tendency is to hide it until…

One of our alumni startups messaged me this morning. The team has a great story to tell – it’s just raised a seed round – but it also has a strong engineering culture that suggests everything should line up perfectly before sharing news with the world. I told the team that it looks to me like…

JFDI Accelerate 2014A Alumni, Madhu GB (founder of Augment and GuitarStreet) blogs about his positive experience with theJFDI Accelerate Program. Here are the things we love – and can learn – from his story, writes Crystal Superal. It was just a regular day at the smoochy office when we noticed on a conversation on Twitter. From Kush…

This is the second in the series of PR for startups posts by our guest contributor Kashmira Chawak. In the previous blog post, we looked at some of the best practices to engage with journalists and build long term relationships. After you’ve developed some relationships, it is equally important that you explore the right opportunities…