Interviews

In the last few years, JFDI Mentor Sangeet Paul Choudary has helped scores of our startups to understand the dynamics of their multi-sided market ‘platform’ businesses. This week he’s offering free downloads of his new book, writes Crystal Neri Back in January 2013, a few months into starting his blog, Sangeet Paul Choudary found a comment from…

Redmart Chief Information Officer Jon Sugihara shared insights in fundraising with the JFDI 2015A Accelerate batch. “First, you need to understand the VC from their point of view,” says Sugihara. “They want a couple of home runs.” These were the things he learned from raising and talking to many venture capitalists through the years, writes Crystal…

JFDI Discover helped Ritchie Ng, Andre Tan and Varun Patro round up a flock of funding for their startup Kinsheep, writes Crystal Neri   Ritchie, Andre and Varun Patro met at college. Their friendship survived the failure of a first startup, Gloqo, as did their faith that their combined skills could make them an awesome team. Yet their next project…

National University of Singapore law student Leonard Tye asked JFDI CEO Hugh Mason what budding lawyers need to know about entrepreneurship and startups, writes Crystal Neri.   Leonard: Is it desirable for people from different countries to start a startup? Hugh: Historically 90% of our startup teams at JFDI have come from outside Singapore and,…

What happens to startups after JFDI? OurHealthMate mapped its journey in an infographic, writes Crystal Neri In June 2013, Abhinav Krishna started his pitch to the crowd on Demo Day with a story. It all began four years earlier when he sent money for his Dad’s health care, only to see that money go into a…

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 investor in the Southeast Asia Region, Michael Lints has been actively looking for startups solving real problems in the region, writes David Ongchoco Golden Gate Ventures Venture Partner…

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. A serial entrepreneur, Jon Sugihara has co-founded 5 startups and has sold his companies both in the US and Asia, writes David Ongchoco RedMart Chief Product Officer Jon Sugihara gave a…

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. Frontier Ventures Vice President Pavel Alimov has been in the finance and investing industry for more than 10 years and has invested in several market leading internet companies , writes David Ongchoco In…

“Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself”. Vinh Nguyen who founded RabbitReads – an online forum for consumer product reviews – learned to embrace that wisdom and recommends it to any startup founder, writes Cui-Lyn Huang.  …

The first step to creating a startup is finding a prime pain point worth solving. Wang Chao founded Sure BeautyPlace to aid the working woman in tackling her career, without compromising some of life’s luxuries, writes Cui-Lyn Huang 1. What brought you to JFDI Discover? JFDI Discover was recommended by JFDI alumni Ching Tse of JFDI’s…