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	<title>Chris Leong &#187; Funding</title>
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		<title>Key to start-up success</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisleong.net/index.php/2010/06/03/key-to-start-up-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Echelon 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at echelon 2010 in Singapore and attended the Dave McClure’s keynote presentation where Dave McClure shared his thoughts on the future of internet start-ups (which is getting better and better) and why large VCs are not suitable for internet start-ups. Here are his slides. Startup 2.0: A Silicon Valley Story View more presentations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating your business idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine, Bugs Tan has a great way for inventors and entrepreneurs to evaluate good business ideas. Bugs Tan is an award winning inventor who is very passionate in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. Based on his experience, he came out with a practical series of questions to help entrepreneurs and inventors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factors that attract VC to New Ventures</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisleong.net/index.php/2010/04/07/factors-that-attract-vc-to-new-ventures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teak Capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine, Eliza Nordin is a VC and have recently did a great presentation on the subject “Factors that attract venture capitalist to new ventures”. Here are the slides to her presentation. Follow her on Twitter to tap into her thoughts: elizanoordin Overview of Teak Capital Teak Capital is a venture capital management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a good business idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before answering the question, What is a good business idea? Let me ask you this question, do you need a good business idea to start your business? A long time back, my MBA professor once told me that your business idea do not need a competitive advantage to make money. The class was stunned but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budgeting for Cradle pre-seed grant</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisleong.net/index.php/2010/03/19/budgeting-for-cradle-pre-seed-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been meaning to write more about the entrepreneur scene in Malaysia, but I just can’t seems to find the time to do that. But I would like to share with any budding entrepreneurs that wants to apply for the Cradle pre-seed grant a useful budget spreadsheet. Like any grants, Cradle’s pre-seed grant has rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enabling Your Business Ideas With Grants &#8211; Cradle Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisleong.net/index.php/2010/01/13/enabling-your-business-ideas-with-grants-cradle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite some time back, I wrote about some resources that Malaysian entrepreneur can check out to get their idea started. Cradle Funds had just launched its new commercialisation grant (RM 500k) to assist entrepreneurs in their ventures. Cradle has 2 grants, one for product development and one for commercialisation. With these 2 funds, Cradle had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Entrepreneurs – Resource to get your idea started</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisleong.net/index.php/2009/01/26/attention-entrepreneurs-resource-to-get-your-idea-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been participating in many activities that involves in entrepreneurship or should i say the promotion of entrepreneurship. It’s always a fun and inspiring thing to do to talk to people who is so passionate and innovative. I find entrepreneurs naturally very positive. They must be, else they will just stay employed. I have [...]]]></description>
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