Bernard Leong

Bernard Leong

Singapore
Oct
13
Balancing Vision and Reality: The Startup Founder’s Dilemma

Balancing Vision and Reality: The Startup Founder’s Dilemma

Every startup founder faces a conflict between bold vision and practical constraints, and success depends on balancing both.
8 min read
Sep
07
The Privilege of a Lifetime is to Be Yourself

The Privilege of a Lifetime is to Be Yourself

This is the note that I write for myself and read it whenever times are tough and difficult.
3 min read
Jul
19
Index while Read

Index while Read

In this essay, I discuss the skill of indexing after reading books specific to the field which I want to learn more and have the ability to remember key strategic decisions that will change the battles in a business war.
6 min read
Jun
08
The Metaphorical Startup

The Metaphorical Startup

While I have no ideas at the moment, I have a mental model in what kind of company that I want to build. In this essay, I share my “secret plan” to what & how this startup will look like in the future.
4 min read
Nov
10
When Software meets Hardware (or Physical Assets)

When Software meets Hardware (or Physical Assets)

In this essay, we discuss why hardware (or physical assets) imposes constraints to the disruptive nature of software startups with the failure of sustainable unit economics.
6 min read
Oct
06
Thinking about Communication, Truth and Media with Thermodynamics

Thinking about Communication, Truth and Media with Thermodynamics

In this essay, I explain how these laws of thermodynamics have offered me perspectives to think analogously on communication, truth and media.
5 min read
Sep
29
On Loyalty

On Loyalty

In this essay, I explain why the virtue of loyalty is important to me and how I have incorporated the value into my tours of duty in my career.
6 min read
Sep
22
Thinking about Cycles & Open Web

Thinking about Cycles & Open Web

In this essay, I updated my thinking on the cycles of open and close webs & the possibility of open web returning.
3 min read
Aug
20
How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio

How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio

In this short note, I share a video by Ray Dalio, author of "Principles" and "Big Debt Crises" on how the economic machine works.
1 min read
Jul
14
How I write

How I write

In this essay, I discuss the frameworks that I adopt behind my writing process.
5 min read