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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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3: Exits
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12: Patents
25+: Years building

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protect the downside before chasing the upside

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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

ThoughtsCulture

your children are watching what you normalize

children do not become what we tell them to be. they become what we make normal.

jul 23, 20263 min read

MotivationalCareer

the day ambition changes shape

at some point, collecting wins you no longer care about becomes failure. when you are young, ambition is loud.

jul 21, 20263 min read

BusinessEntrepreneurship

ai can give you an answer. it cannot give you a standard.

ai can give you ten answers before you finish asking the question. that is the miracle.

jul 18, 20263 min read

ThoughtsMotivational

44 wears differently

i'm not gonna say 44 is the new 30. or 24. or 21. or whatever number people use to make time sound negotiable.

jul 17, 20266 min read

ThoughtsMotivational

what my parents understood about risk

my parents came to america with twenty-five dollars. people love that sentence because they know the ending.

jul 16, 20263 min read

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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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