Bernard Chong
Angel Investor, Bren Investments. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Bernard Chong founded Bren Esports, which won the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M2 World Championship in 2021. He helped scale Philippine footwear brand World Balance and makes angel investments across tech, food, and media.
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Everything Bernard Chong said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Chong: Forcing an unnatural strategy or pace on founders destroys their business
“Because the moment I enforce something to them, and that's not their nature, it will be destroyed.”
Chong backs founders launching startups in industries where they have already succeeded
“If somebody was successful already in the industry, and he's just gonna make her own or their own, I would jump on it, because I know that the experience they have in their history will be carried on to our project.”
Chong: First-mover innovations often suffer inaccurate budgets due to lacking blueprints
“If it's an innovation where it's something that
It's going to be the first.
That is something I always very much think about the reality of it, because often when it's the first, there is no blueprint to follow.
You don't know what's right or wrong.
You will l…”
Chong requires pre-revenue startups to have 10-12 months of runway
“So what I look for me is the runway. If the runway, at least it could run for at least 10 months or one year by itself without making anything, and then the MVP will be good. Sometimes I go to it because that's what it takes.”
Chong: Partnership failures usually stem from operational misalignment, not moral faults
“Often, there's a person who wants this thing in this way, and you have an integrity also of this is how you do things. So if that don't align, it's not because it's bad or good. It's just because it's just wrong. It was not aligned to what you, what's your sty…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Bernard's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 INNOVATORS & INVESTORSLEDGER | Angel Investor, Bren Investments | 1 | 5 | — | full record on Innovators & Investors → |