Chris Leong

Disoriented views from the rosy lens of an optimistic realist.

Category: Random Thoughts

Entrepreneurship and Fun

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone – that is something that I always believe in. So there are times, I frowned upon programmes that encourage students to be entrepreneurs by promoting it as a cool thing to be in. While I can understand the rationale behind promoting entrepreneurship but I sometimes wish entrepreneurship was not portrayed as a [...]

2012 – A personal recap

It is the beginning of a brand new year and I’m in a particularly reflective mood. I always felt that looking inward and reflecting back is important for ones personal development. It gives me a sense of whether I really grown as a person. And of course I don’t mean physically. That, I leave it [...]

Company Credo

Something I would like to see in more Malaysian companies. Simple but takes effort to create! Credo 1) No Asshole allowed 2) Work hard, Be Excellent 3) Create value for others

Happy Chinese New Year

Last year was a hectic year for me. With a lot of testing moments that I hope I can appreciate in the coming years ahead of me. Like the late Steve Jobs say, you can only connect the dots when you look back. I’m hoping whatever experience I have for 2011 will be the foundation [...]

Silicon Valley Visit–An eye opener

I have been in the tech circle and the entrepreneurship circle for a number of years in Malaysia. I have always regard Silicon Valley as a very special place, some sort of Mecca for entrepreneurs. My visit there was a mind boggling experience and it is a place where i would like to stay longer. [...]

Presentation the Zen way

Recently I completed my speech #8 in D’utama Toastmaster club, I got many good feedback on my speech and many have asked that I share my slides. Presentation the zen way View more presentations from Chris Leong   While I like to take credit for the insights I have presented, but really, I got most [...]

Bono’s TED Talk

These days whenever I have free time, I will browse through all the interesting TED talk to get some inspiration. I have seen this video before but it still does inspire me. While Bono did not talk about entrepreneurship per say, but his changing the world attitude is one that any individual can learn from. [...]

What I learned from Malcolm Gladwell’s TED Talk

I was browsing through TED’s video and found this video of Malcolm Gladwell’s talk. Being a fan of Malcolm Gladwell writings (I have all his books), I want to see what insights he has to share. He did not disappoint. His talk was titled “What can we learn from spaghetti sauce”. It tells a tale [...]

What have I been up to for 2010–Wrote a book

If anyone were to ask me a couple of years back whether I’ll become an author, I will most probably laugh until my stomach ache. But, things really work unexpectedly, in early 2010 I was actually working on a book on Social Media. When I was tapping Oon Yeoh’s brains on social media for my [...]

Key to start-up success

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 [...]

What is success?

I saw this great video from my friend’s blog – Sybreon Ones Nought. I find it very true and want to share it. There are some things success is not. Its not fame. Its not money or power. Success is waking up in the morning so excited about what you have to do that you [...]

Evaluating your business idea

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 [...]