From College App Developer to a Dual‑Engine Entrepreneur James Chou, Founder of JTCG, an AppWorks Accelerator Batch #13 alumni, stands out as one of the rare entrepreneurs who can seamlessly switch between product design, growth hacking, and enterprise sales. In college, James built Colorgy, an app to help students manage class schedules and connect with peers. It started with him manually inputting his own timetable, coding at night, and testing during the day with classmates. Feedback led him to realize students cared more about the social side than schedules. So he pivoted, adding features to help them find classmates and form study groups. As usage patterns varied across departments, he developed … read more

Some founders are relentless. Mike Hahn is one of them. Over the past two decades, Mike has built five startups, completed multiple exits, and held intrapreneurial roles—all while demonstrating a rare tenacity to keep pushing, not for headlines or capital, but because he genuinely loves solving hard problems. With Vaudit, his sixth venture, Mike is applying everything he’s learned to build a more transparent and accountable digital advertising ecosystem. The Hidden Leak in Ad Spend Today, advertisers are spending more per click than ever. Yet a surprising portion of that spend never reaches real, verified users. During early customer discovery, Mike and his team uncovered that a large share of … read more

Growing up in Indonesia, I understand the pressing importance of waste management as it preserves the environment and greatly affects everyone’s quality of life. Indonesia’s waste management situation has never been great, but as people’s consumption and hence our waste output grows with the economy in recent years, the situation has deteriorated to an alarming state. There’s more trash on the streets, rising cases of illegal dumping, illegal trash burning, and fields of plastic waste floating in our ocean.  It’s often said that the health of our planet determines our collective future. In Indonesia, an emerging economy with the world’s 4th most populated, environmental preservation is far from guaranteed. Rapid … read more

The intersection of AI and web3 represents one of the most exciting frontiers in technology today. While many projects chase the latest trends, few founders bring the combination of proven execution ability and deep market understanding needed to build something truly transformative in this space. That’s why we’re excited to support Kevin Mintaraga, a third-time founder with two successful exits under his belt, as he builds By then, an AI-powered platform that transforms static NFTs into dynamic 3D avatars, enabling new forms of digital expression and interaction. From Counter-Strike Pro to Serial Entrepreneur: Kevin’s Journey Kevin’s path to entrepreneurship began far from the world of tech startups. In his early … read more

Motorcycles dominate the streets of Indonesia, a nation of 284 million people with over 137 million two-wheelers in circulation. With that many vehicles, riders often struggle to find safe and accessible parking in dense cities, fueling widespread illegal parking and worsening urban congestion.  On the other hand, most parking lots in the Thousand Island Nation still rely on outdated systems and manual approaches, leading to significant revenue leaks—an ongoing pain point for owners. These losses, coupled with operational inefficiencies, make it difficult for landowners to scale operations and expand. This creates a vicious cycle: limited parking spaces, rampant illegal parking, and worsening congestion that ripples across the urban landscape. That … read more