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Gurbaksh Chahal

Three exits north of $400M. Twelve patents. Two and a half decades of building. The unfiltered record — essays on ambition, resilience, and the craft of the self-made life.

“If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient.”

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your best customer may be the one who complains

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your best customer may be the one who complains

your best customer may be the one who complains. polite customers are easy to like. they thank the team, avoid conflict, and sometimes disappear without explaining why.

aug 3, 20262 min read

Motivational

protect the part of you that can still begin

after enough disappointment, hope can start to feel embarrassing. you stop saying what you want out loud. you tell yourself the timing is wrong. you leave the application unfinished, the message unanswered, the idea sitting in a notebook where nobody can reject it.

jul 31, 20263 min read

Business

do not build a company around one lucky month

do not build a company around one lucky month. a sudden spike can make an ordinary system look exceptional.

jul 29, 20262 min read

BusinessEntrepreneurship

proof has a half-life

a fact can remain true long after it stops being useful. the customer really did buy. the campaign really did work. the person really was right for the role. the process really did save time.

jul 28, 20263 min read

Entrepreneurship

the first version only needs to teach you

the first version only needs to teach you. founders often ask an early product to do too much. it must impress investors, silence competitors, delight every customer, justify the last six months, and look polished enough to protect the founder from criticism.

jul 27, 20262 min read

Business

protect the downside before chasing the upside

protect the downside before chasing the upside. ambition likes to talk about what can be won. discipline asks what can be lost.

jul 24, 20262 min read

The Builder

Building global businesses

Currently Founder & CEO of AuraOne and The Chahal Foundation.

A serial entrepreneur with 25+ years building global businesses.

Previously founded RadiumOne (acquired by Nexxen), BlueLithium (acquired by Yahoo!), and ClickAgents (acquired by ValueClick).

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