Chris Leong

Disoriented views from the rosy lens of an optimistic realist.

Tag: Cradle Funds

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 [...]

What is a good business idea?

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 [...]

Budgeting for Cradle pre-seed grant

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 [...]

Enabling Your Business Ideas With Grants – Cradle Funds

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 [...]