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When Lean Startup is Wrong

Feb 1, 2012 News 0 comments

Mentor Scott Rafer, CEO of Lumatic, spoke to 50 entrepreneurs at plug-in@blk71 today as part of the JFDI–Innov8 2012 Bootcamp. Scott is an entrepreneur focused on building profitable businesses that solve the usability problems posed by new technologies. Scott surprised the crowd by complaining about the lean startup movement. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries…

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Founder Thoughts by Ari Klinger

Feb 1, 2012 News 0 comments

Ari Klinger, entrepreneur and investor based in Sydney, Australia, spoke to startups at Hackerspace.sg last weekend. It was the first of a series of public talks given by JFDI mentors to local startups, including those involved in the JFDI–Innov8 2012 Bootcamp. The session covered the basics of building a scalable and sellable business, which Ari…

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Upcoming Talk: A Tale of Two Startups with Benjamin Joffe

Feb 1, 2012 News 1 comment

Join us for a talk with mentor Benjamin Joffe, a leading expert on Asia’s digital scene, at 7pm this Friday 3 February at plug-in@blk71. He will discuss 2 case studies of Asian based startups reaching a global market. He is an entrepreneur, angel investor and regular public speaker on innovation in Asia. He has keynoted…

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Chief Executive Frog Vlog – Day 007

Feb 1, 2012 News 0 comments

https://youtu.be/TdJSO7xxjGE

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Mentor Boris Nordenström on startup traction

Feb 1, 2012 News 0 comments

JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012 mentor Boris Nordenström explains the metric-driven approach he uses to coach startups to demonstrate traction in their businesses. Boris has been meeting with the startups since Day 001. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1R7PQyz7E

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Chief Executive Frog Vlog – Day 006

Feb 1, 2012 News 0 comments

JFDI CEO Hugh Mason reflects on the startups’ experience in ideation: stretching their ideas, some mentor whiplash, and what to expect at tonight’s public talk with Melissa Clark-Reynolds (hint: she loves Eric Ries). https://youtu.be/2S7opJkcORY

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Chief Executive Frog Vlog – Day 005

Jan 30, 2012 News 0 comments

https://youtu.be/U4eHT93loLo

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Week 1 with the Frog

Jan 30, 2012 News 0 comments

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Smoochy Adventure: Saturday January 28

Jan 28, 2012 News 0 comments

For context, click here. The incorporation exercise tentatively scheduled for Saturday morning has been postponed to next week. We need to do a briefing for all teams re incorporation and we just haven’t had time for that yet. Instead, after two intense days, we will do a little stress relief, Singapore style: let’s go shopping!…

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Talks by JFDI Mentors start this week

Jan 27, 2012 News 0 comments

Some JFDI Mentors will be speaking on their startup experience and giving advice to those embarking on a startup journey. Click on the mentors’ name to read their bio. Saturday 28 January Ari Klinger Partner, Right Click Capital Previously Built & Exited 2 Companies 5:00PM @ Hackerspace.sg Tuesday 31 January 2012 Melissa Clark-Reynolds Founder minimonos.com…

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