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Why don’t investors sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s)? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in our pre-accelerator program,JFDI Discover. So much so that it’s one of the biggest worries of our potential participants – one team even pulled out of the program because of it. This post addresses that question once and for…

Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) today announced that applications are open for its next 100 day startup accelerator program to start in August. Teams accepted to enter the program will receive an immediate SGD50k (USD37k) commitment for a fixed 8.88% equity stake, double the investment that JFDI has previously offered, with the promise of an…

JFDI Discover and Accelerate alumni QLC.io founders Will Fan and Fei Yao shares how they plan to solve quarter life crisis, writes Crystal Neri. Photo from JFDI’s 2014B Demo Day. “Being plugged into a community of people at different stages of the journey means that you can learn from both experienced founders or share frustrations with…

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…

StartupMalaysia.org and JFDI.Asia (JFDI) today announced that 8 ASEAN startup teams have begun the intensive JFDI Discover 21-day pre-accelerator program as part of their prize for winning the Global Startup Youth ASEAN 2015 (GSY ASEAN) event held last month in Kuala Lumpur. On completion of the pre-accelerator program and further work on the startups, StartupMalaysia.org…

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…

JFDI Accelerate 2014A Alumni, Madhu GB (founder of Augment and GuitarStreet) blogs about his positive experience with theJFDI Accelerate Program. Here are the things we love – and can learn – from his story, writes Crystal Superal. It was just a regular day at the smoochy office when we noticed on a conversation on Twitter. From Kush…

JFDI Discover is a 21-day pre-accelerator course that runs every month. Discover teaches founders how to apply and get results from powerful startup tools such as the Lean Canvas, Pirate Metrics and OKR (Objectives & Key Results). Shishir Choudhary, co-founder of Sociacad, shared his experience in the March Discover program with us. Tell us about your…

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed definitions of accelerators and incubators. Now, we’re going to talk about angel investors.  I used to imagine angel investors as wealthy men dressed in dark suits. Did you know that sometimes, friends and family could become angel investors too? With additions of my few insights, this article heavily cites Susan…