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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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you do not have to correct every wrong version of you

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ThoughtsMotivationalCareer

you do not have to correct every wrong version of you

other people can build a version of you from incomplete evidence. one conversation. one mistake. one decision they did not understand. one season of your life they watched from a distance.

aug 12, 20266 min read

Business

make the promise smaller and the delivery stronger

make the promise smaller and the delivery stronger. companies often use language to borrow confidence they have not earned.

aug 12, 20262 min read

Business

growth can hide a broken engine

growth can hide a broken engine. rising revenue makes many arguments disappear.

aug 10, 20262 min read

Career

the deadline should force a decision

the deadline should force a decision. some deadlines create motion. others create theater.

aug 7, 20262 min read

BusinessEntrepreneurship

ai can generate everything except what makes us human

ai is getting extraordinarily good at making us say "wow." that does not mean it is getting good at making us feel. every week, a new ai model arrives and the same people declare that another human industry is officially dead.

aug 7, 20269 min read

Entrepreneurship

small teams cannot afford unclear people

small teams cannot afford unclear people. in a large company, confusion can hide inside layers. another department catches the mistake. an extra meeting covers the gap. someone quietly does work that never belonged to them.

aug 5, 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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