For JFDI Startups

Augmented intelligence sees computers helping humans to make better decisions. That will be an opportunity for startups in coming decades as deep-learning apps roll out to mCommerce market, predicts JFDI Guest Mentor Dr. Lawrence Lau. Augmented intelligence, while still heavily dependent on narrow artificial assistance, becomes an expert in its own right if you aggregate…

Luke Skywalker didn’t just roll out of bed one morning and defeat the Emperor. First he faced the deaths of his aunt and uncle. Then he encountered Obi-Wan Kenobi. He trained with Yoda. He battled Darth Vader. Finally he confronted the Emperor. Well, entrepreneurship works the same way. A startup’s journey toward becoming a public…

I just got two emails asking about JFDI’s ‘success rate’ with startups. They set me thinking about the patterns of success and failure we’ve seen looking at well over 2,000 startup teams in the last few years and why we can now pass on 96% of the applications to JFDI Accelerate with confidence, writes JFDI…

A workshop held last night explored how automating legal documentation could be a key technology that helps startups scale across ASEAN. JFDI is spinning out the processes it has developed to address this pain point, writes JFDI co-founder Meng Wong First-time entrepreneurs imagine that cutting their first deal with investors will be a handshake and…

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…

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…

Landing pages are an essential part of every startup’s online identity, but can be intimidating and confusing to those unfamiliar with the process. We want to make the process as painless as possible and enlighten you on how to improve the development of your landing pages, writes Cui-lyn Huang.   Where do we start? There…

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…

For startup founders, here are some fundamental differences between Asia and the United States, by Crystal Neri It’s easy to assume that just because a startup worked in America, it would work in Asia too. Why wouldn’t it? Don’t we all need assistants? If so, why did the TaskRabbit clones in Singapore fail? Before you decide to…

Open Frog is an informal forum where anyone can ask and answer questions, or discuss anything related to innovation, entrepreneurship and start-ups. Earlier this month, there was a discussion about the timing and relationships between pivots, investors and revenues. Pivots and Startups The idea of a pivot comes from the lean startup methodology. Pivoting is a…