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“Children grow up each in their own way. Your product must evolve too!” That was the lesson learned by Marina Chibirova of Russian startup Teach!Mi, writes Cui-Lyn Huang 1. How did you hear about JFDI Discover? Following our initial success in Russia, an investor recommended we look into the Asian market. We had heard a lot about…

What happens to startups after JFDI? OurHealthMate mapped its journey in an infographic, writes Crystal Neri In June 2013, Abhinav Krishna started his pitch to the crowd on Demo Day with a story. It all began four years earlier when he sent money for his Dad’s health care, only to see that money go into a…

“Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself”. Vinh Nguyen who founded RabbitReads – an online forum for consumer product reviews – learned to embrace that wisdom and recommends it to any startup founder, writes Cui-Lyn Huang.  …

The first step to creating a startup is finding a prime pain point worth solving. Wang Chao founded Sure BeautyPlace to aid the working woman in tackling her career, without compromising some of life’s luxuries, writes Cui-Lyn Huang 1. What brought you to JFDI Discover? JFDI Discover was recommended by JFDI alumni Ching Tse of JFDI’s…

They say you never forget your first love – and that applies to startups too. Startup business Homework Elves helps parents to guide their children through homework problems. Co-founder YL Ang learned not to fall in love with the team’s initial idea, writes Cui-Lyn Huang. We were doing online research to learn about other startups and…

A recent question about how the ‘Joyful Frog Digital Incubator’ got its name prompted CEO Hugh Mason to describe the difference between accelerators and incubators, writes Crystal Neri. The job of an accelerator is to make (B) or break (C) a startup (after Bill Aulet, MIT) JFDI.Asia is best known for its accelerator program, so…

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…

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….