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Gong Xi Fa Cai! It’s almost two weeks since we published our Request For Comments 1 document and the response has been tremendous. Many thanks to everyone: we really appreciate all your feedback. It leaves us set to roar into the Year of the Tiger with a very clear picture of how JFDI can work….

The mailing list for the project was previously mengcubator@googlegroups.com. It has been renamed to jfdiasia@googlegroups.com. The list remains the same, only the name has changed. Archives available at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdiasia/topics

One of the key differentiators of JFDI is that we don’t ‘commercialise ideas’. Instead, we turn that on its head and create ideas around commercial opportunities. Today we can announce that we’ve hooked up with innovation consultancy Propellerfish, so those opportunities should soon start reeling in. Which comes first, the idea or the business? Sounds…

One small step for a startup, a giant leap for a frog: JFDI was incorporated yesterday. Dear Sir/Madam Company No.:201000777K NOTICE OF INCORPORATION This is to confirm that JFDI.ASIA PTE. LTD. is incorporated under the Companies Act(Cap.50), on and from 11/01/2010 and that the Company is a PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. Thank You Accounting…

So over the last few months a few interested parties have been meeting on a semi-regular basis to prod the idea along. The basic idea hasn’t changed: we want to see a new kind of incubator in town, one that operates in batches, twice a year, similar to Y Combinator and Techstars. Somebody suggested we…