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Singapore, 20 April 2015—Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI.Asia Pte Ltd) today revealed details of the 12 Singapore-based startup businesses joining its sixth 100-day accelerator program. The latest cohort are all Business-to-Consumer (B2C) companies whose customer insights will inform JFDI’s focus on the urban middle class of Asia. The new teams come from countries as diverse…

Timmy De Jesus today is doing exactly what she wants: filling a role that combines technology, management, and entrepreneurship altogether. As JFDI Asia’s Philippine country manager, the petite, smiley-faced, 26-year old Cebuana stands in the company’s expanding community, writes Crystal Neri   “I got into the world of frog via Startup Weekend Cebu,” says Timmy. “We…

Adrian Tan used to spend his days teaching kids what he knows about technology and researching new cool things to tell them. Then came a milestone – fatherhood. It wasn’t enough for this former teacher to document special moments by taking pictures. Those photographs, increasing by dozens each week, were stagnating in his phone. He thought…

Many first time founders may experience bouts of depression during the developmental stages of their businesses – otherwise known as founder’s depression. There is a lot at stake when starting a new business – an uncertain road with the potential for a lot of pitfalls – relying on trial and error for success. These concerns…

Everyday, Kai Huang opens his laptops and digs through dozens of queries and operational tasks as JDFI’s Program Manager. The 34-year old Taiwanese born Singaporean uses the metaphor coach to describe his work. “I handle JFDI’s Discover and Accelerate Program,” he says. JFDI.Asia is a Singapore-based accelerator that nurtures, curates and supports venture fundable startups….

We spoke to Richard Moh, co-founder of CatJira (formerly Rebaem.com) – the digital content marketplace to find, hire and collaborate with social media creators. The team took part in the February Discover program and share what they learnt in the 21 days. CatJira helps social media content creators to discover paid sponsorship opportunities.”Our secret sauce to this is…

The end of Askabt and Scrollback beginnings, as told by Gaurav Srivastava, Co-founder, Scrollback “What’s the story behind Scrollback?”, we are often asked. Our answers vary from investors to users to friends, depending on who is asking. If I have to really scroll back to how it all began, this is how the story would…

It was just back in 2012, that Cameron Priest and his TradeGecko co-founders would pack their bags and leave the lives they had in New Zealand behind, to take a chance on their dream of potentially building a billion dollar business by joining the pioneer batch of JFDI.Asia’s Accelerate Program in Singapore. Fast forward two…

A couple of weeks ago, JFDI startup Klinify hit the headlines across the world when it closed a USD600k funding round for its business. Securing that coverage, then coping with the influx of queries that resulted took three months of planning, co-founder Krish tells JFDI CEO Hugh Mason. JFDI.Asia’s Chief Frog Hugh Mason talks to Krish of…

Since freelance brokering services like Odesk set up, the processes they use to ensure quality have got more and more rigorous. JFDI startup Flocations has managed to keep its core headcount low while making effective use of freelance workers: CEO Tudor Coman shares his top tips for making that work with JFDI’s Hugh Mason. https://youtu.be/xYLBreIkLgo…