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Some interesting stats from our YouTube channel now that we have a reasonable sample size. It’s great that so many people have shown interest and supported us this far – couldn’t have done it without you! Now we know something about who you are …

Day 37: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today Hugh is joined by startup team Flocations who have discovered some intriguing statistics. https://youtu.be/XhEKcd38yOQ

Chris Evdemon from Innovation Works Development Fund in Beijing visited us in the Jungle this week. He shared thoughts on his experiences working with early stage companies in China as well as lessons he learned from his time in Singapore. What advice did he share? Every country in SEA is different “The challenge with this…

Day 36: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today Hugh is joined by four guests who share the experience of trying to take business across national and cultural barriers: Badhurunnisa Hameed Sultan at X|Media|Lab Mike Dunphy, Consultant at MD Media Consulting Bernard Leong, Co-founder of Singapore-based Chalkboard Benjamin…

“If you have 64 days left– you should spend 30 days on product development and 30 days on testing, feedback, and raising money.” That was the advice JFDI Mentor Bernard Leong to the founders on day 36 of the JFDI–Innov8 2012 Bootcamp. Bernard is co-founder and CTO of Chalkboard. He is a serial entrepreneur, having started…

JFDI Mentor Rowan Simpson has shared a bit about his experience mentoring at #jfdi2012 on his on his blog. Rowan was here with us for the first two and a half weeks of the bootcamp. In addition to one-on-one mentoring, he gave great advice in talks on the Mythical Startup and taking your startup from…

Resident Mentor and UI expert Thomas Gorissen stopped by Wednesday to give the frogs some guidance on the design process. What was his advice to the startups? Have a plan “Have a map for every use case scenario. Think about: frequency, accessibility, speed, complexity….once you’ve created a map so you know how your product works,…

Day 35: JFDI.Asia CEO Hugh Mason continues his video log of the JFDI-Innov8 Bootcamp 2012. Today Hugh is joined by guests from the tech community in Malaysia to talk about the early stage startup scene there. https://youtu.be/2IeGkihD3nI

Join us for a Startup Talk with JFDI Mentor Anil Joshi on raising angel investment. Anil leads the operations at Mumbai Angels, a leading Angel Investment forum in India. Mumbai Angels brings start up and very early stage companies them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in, and have…

JFDI Mentor Marc Bernegger spoke with 50 JFDI and local founders on Tuesday at Plug-in@Blk71. He shared learnings from his experiences with two companies from startup to exit. What lessons did he share? Build a team with complementary skills “It is easier to modify your business idea than your founding team, especially in the beginning.”…