For JFDI Startups

A workshop held last night explored how automating legal documentation could be a key technology that helps startups scale across ASEAN. JFDI is spinning out the processes it has developed to address this pain point, writes JFDI co-founder Meng Wong First-time entrepreneurs imagine that cutting their first deal with investors will be a handshake and…

Lunchtime frustration with a vending machine stacked with unhealthy snacks inspired Walter Oh and Andrew Lim with the idea for a new business. But how to build it without a CTO? David Ongchoco picks up the story.   Snack Better And Healthier BoxGreen is building a personalized e-commerce brand for healthy, delicious and wholesome snacks currently…

Ernani Omar Cruz founded Stash to fix inefficiencies in healthcare services in the Philippines. The JFDI Discover program gave his team confidence to execute fast, knowng that even in a healthcare environment, failing and learning would be OK, writes Cui-Lyn Huang. JFDI Discover is JFDI’s 21-day online pre-accelerator course that runs every month. JFDI Discover teaches founders how to…

Ching-Tse Tseng was a Taiwanese foreign student studying in Singapore when he realised that an everyday problem could form the basis of a great business. It let him to co-found Vault Dragon, a startup that secured record investor interest after graduating from the JFDI Accelerate program, writes David Ongchoco. During his summer vacations, Ching would…

The value of an accelerator program like JFDI Accelerate comes from its mentors. Their advice counts because they’ve been on the front line themselves. As an entrepreneur and and investor, Vinnie Lauria has seen startups both struggle and succeed to hack the challenge of growth, writes David Ongchoco Golden Gate Ventures Founding Partner and serial entrepreneur…

Pitching a startup at a demo day is one thing: getting through a meeting with investors to a ‘yes’ is another. That’s why JFDI has always included detailed criticism from investors through role play and a consistent set of success factors comes shining through, writes David Ongchoco. This week’s JFDI Accelerate investor role-play session saw…

Driving a startup is like flying a plane: you need dials on the dashboard to tell you if you’re on course for your destination. Learning how to measure progress systematically was the key insight that team FirstRide took away from JFDI Discover, writes Huang Cui-Lyn JFDI Discover is our 21-day online pre-accelerator course that runs every month….

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…

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…

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…