Chris Leong

Company Credo

Chris Leong — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:12:33 +0000

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 ArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArray

Lean Start-up

Chris Leong — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:09:10 +0000

Are you an entrepreneur? Have you heard of Lean Start-up? Then you better understand more on how you can drastically improve your changes by applying the principles in the book. The principles of Lean-Startup can be applied to any business (not only tech). Rather than I explaining it in words, watch this video. It is [...]

Happy Chinese New Year

Chris Leong — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:08:10 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:55:05 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:07:37 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:58:19 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:05:55 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:36:38 +0000

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

Chris Leong — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:36:32 +0000

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?

Chris Leong — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:54:30 +0000

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 [...]