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The Joyful Frog Digital Incubator recruits a certain type of founder. We look for hackers and makers – artists, designers, developers, engineers. You don’t have to be a hacker to be an entrepreneur. But in the Internet and Mobile sector, it helps. We mean “hacker” in the Steven Levy, MIT, Richard Stallman, GNU/Linux, Eric Raymond…

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana, 1905 Ideas are free. Execution is everything. And you can save yourself a lot of trouble by Googling your idea before you start,writes Meng Wong. The slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/mengwong/20110413-founder-institute accompanies this blog post; this material was put together for a talk at Founder…

My Facebook friend James Norris asks: How many of you Singaporean changemakers are on track to create global social impact before you hit 30 ? His question set me thinking. It took me until I was about 40 to realize that it’s not really my place to change the world, unless it wants to be…

Start the Year of the Golden Rabbit with Scott Rafer! Clinics with Scott, CEO of Lookery and now Omniar, will be available through February 2011. Why meet Scott? Scott is an entrepreneur focused on building profitable businesses that solve the usability problems posed by new technologies. As CEO of Omniar and a member of the…

Joyful Frog Digital Incubator is today announcing that it is now a member of the TechStars Network, a newly launched US White House sponsored alliance of independently owned and operated startup accelerator programs from dozens of cities across the United States and around the world. The TechStars Network comprises other startup accelerator programs similar to…

Whether inspired by popular movie depictions like The Social Network, books like Sarah Lacy’s excellent Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, or the buzz around programmes like Techstars, it seems that the idea of being part of a small team that builds something new and dynamic increasingly appeals to young Singaporeans. The Singapore Computer Society…

Happy New Year and a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us with ideas, participation, encouragement and money as we have ramped up to try and close our funding! Joyful Frog Digital Incubator was actually incorporated on 11th January 2010, so precision geeks might argue we should delay our celebrations. We hope to…

JFDI presents business clinics with Stuart Smith during the month of January 2011! Stuart is a dynamic and insightful mentor who loves the opportunity to meet startups or SMEs to discuss new ideas. Find out more about clinics with Stuart here.   Why meet Stuart? Stuart Smith is an expert in Smart Cities, Social Media…

Marc P Bernegger, JFDI Visiting Mentor, will be in Singapore till 8 December. Come spend time with Marc and share your market-changing idea, chat about the digital scene, and just say hello. In addition to trading insights on the local digital scene, Marc is also looking out for companies to invest in through his Next…

Even if you don’t speak the language in which it’s written, it’s clear that websites from different parts of the world look very different. New research puts numbers on that observation and sets out some clear patterns about the way users interact with the social internet. A key element in JFDI.asia’s vision is our ambition…