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The Game of #Cash with Anthony Coundouris examined what drives revenue in a business, how to save and where to spend #cash, and the implications of doing business in different tax jurisdictions. Watch the video to discover how fun and insightful finance can be when you gamify profit and loss sheets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBeYUBvJyrE   About Anthony:…

Edgar Hardless, MD of SingTel Innov8 came by to give the startups a bit more clarity on corporate governance. Edgar addressed the question of advisors, governance and the kind of top level structures you might put in place to add credibility and solid foundations to your businesses.

JFDI mentor Serkan Toto shared tips on how startups can handle PR situations, writes Erin Frey Serkan has been working as the Japan contributor for US-based TechCrunch since 2008. TechCrunch is one of the world’s biggest technology blogs that offers technology news and analysis, as well as profiling of startup companies, products, and websites.What tips did he…

Thirty future entrepreneurs aged 16-20 from TYE joined us on Friday afternoon. They sat in on our weekly demo day rehearsal and it was great to see that they had no hesitation putting up their hands to ask incisive questions. Yet one of those questions left me puzzled. It made me ask: are we bringing…

Day 51: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today: invasion of the young entrepreneurs. School students from around Singapore take the place of investors in the bootcamp weekly rehearsal for Demo Day. https://youtu.be/cEVju8tD3wA

Day 50: JFDI.Asia co-founders Hugh Mason and Meng Wong celebrate the half way mark of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012 with a tour of the accelerator facilites and a peek at the teams working on prototypes for demo day in fifty days’ time. https://youtu.be/YYijxPgIxyc

Day 49: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today: Yes, like Y-combinator, JFDI would accept a strong team with no specific idea, how startup team QRyo found its focus and why “Technology Transfer” is never easy. https://youtu.be/0qljR2uWhcw

JFDI mentor Shane Cheek shared some advice on what Angel Investors are looking for at a Startup Talk on Monday at Plug-in@blk71. Shane is the Managing Director of Method Advisory, with more than 13 years experience in business consulting, venture capital and technology commercialization. What advice did he share? 1. Angels want to know how…

Day 48: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today: JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp startup Flocations turns down $250k from the investors on Angels Gate and fellow travel service Trafflers discovers it’s not really a travel service at all. https://youtu.be/gRw8tDnJvfU

Day 47: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. As the halfway mark for the bootcamp approaches, Hugh reflects on progress so far and the wider context of interactive digital media as an economic sector in Singapore. https://youtu.be/gcEFbKBeEBQ