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http://youtu.be/7Nr73zBNiRw I introduced two friends last night over skype and the meeting didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. It made me realize how different startup cultures are right for different situations, says JDFI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason JFDI.Asia’s next 100 day accelerator program starts August and pre-registration is open now.

In the second of this two-part series, JFDI.Asia mentor Graham Lind explains to Hugh Mason how startups selling to bigger businesses can start to understand the psychology of customers with a very different culture and expectations. Part 1 of this series is here. Applications for the next JFDI.Asia accelerator program are open now and will…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vhl5VXBBQ4 Yesterday, JFDI.Asia accelerator manager Ray Wu took us behind the beard of mystery to sense the secrets of growth hacking. In the second thrilling episode of this short series, Ray reveals that the Facebook ads he posted are like totally awesomely crushing it. Quake with amazement as he shares the secret of how to…

In the first of this two-part series, JFDI.Asia mentor Graham Lind explains to Hugh Mason how startups selling to bigger businesses can start to understand the psychology of customers with a very different culture and expectations. Part 2 of this series is here. Applications for the next JFDI.Asia accelerator program are open now and will…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFrC_M6k6k It’s easy to imagine that the day your startup gets funded is the end of something … but in truth it’s much more a new beginning. JFDI.Asia startup cofounder Nishanth Sudharsanam is hoping that’s the situation his team will soon be in … meanwhile he’s well aware of the challenges that lie ahead, he…

The Global Accelerator Network (GAN) today announced that it will bring together accelerators and their key partners across the Asia Pacific region. The event will be hosted by JFDI.Asia in Singapore on Friday 26 July 2013. Attendance will be free of charge and by invitation only. The APAC Accelerator Meetup will offer the region’s accelerators…

http://youtu.be/70G0SiadN78 JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason and Smove.sg CEO Tom Lokenvitz explore the challenge of creating a different kind of culture as a business moves from startup to growth JFDI.Asia’s accelerator program is accepting applications at: http://jfdi.asia/accelerator

Singapore, 25 June 2013 — The Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI.Asia) announced that, from today, it will accept rolling applications from ambitious early stage Internet businesses to its regular acceleration programs. Purely on the basis of merit, strong teams from anywhere in the world will be offered a place on the next available program. Teams…

Hidayah Salamat is Associate Editor at I-S magazine in Singapore. She recently interviewed me for a feature on the island’s start-up scene but space limited the material she could publish in print. Here’s the full interview, writes Hugh Mason. Q: “Startup” has become quite a buzzword here. How would you define it? A: We see businesses…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxCUctqBDs Ariff Munshi, co-founder, UserScout— JFDI.Asia is definitely one of the top accelerator programs in this region. Never before have I seen so many entrepreneurs, mentors and investors come through one place over such a short period. Aravind Ravi Sulekha, co-founder, Scrollback— We had a minimum viable product ready. But what we needed the most…