As first appeared on Forbes.com by Melissa Thompson. Gurbaksh Chahal, a successful American-Indian internet entrepreneur who in 2007 sold his company to Yahoo for $300 million, leads the fight against discrimination with the Chahal Foundation. I recently wrote about how entrepreneurs deal with setbacks. There’s little doubt that the life of an entrepreneur is often full of adversity…
There is no job as thankless and selfless than that of a mother. On my Facebook today, I thanked my mother for giving me the gift of life and for always being there for me. My mother is an incredible person who sacrificed a very comfortable life in India, but gave up to raise her four children…
Think of one universal quality that is shared by every successful man or woman in history. Is it ambition? Hard work? Luck? Insightfulness? Probably. But there’s one more thing that is imperative to succeed: fearlessness. How Gurbaksh Chahal Overcame Failure and Found Success “Be fearless. The road to success is paved with failures. If you’re…
True success goes hand in hand with generosity and willingness to make the world a better place for those near and far. The readiness to share the secrets of one’s own success is no exception: successful entrepreneurs know how to handle these insecurities that sometimes make people feel that their own achievement might be at…
Having a rough morning? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That’s called purpose. Don’t ever give up. Everyone struggles with insecurities. They make us vulnerable. And, they either make us or break us. We all have them, after all we’re humans. It’s how we deal with them that separate us. We have this inner voice…
In India every hour, two girls under the age of 15 are forced into sexual exploitation with little hope for freedom. The human trafficking industry is among the fastest growing criminal activities. In fact, it is a multi-billion dollar industry with complex global networks. Child trafficking is a serious problem and continues to plague the…
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) now being seen as an essential tool in various sectors, it is important for our generation to incorporate innovative dynamic learning needs into our global education system. But when cutting-edge sectors evolve at lightning pace, it is not always possible for traditional sectors to change at the same speed. My company,…
One of my favorite segments on Oprah was when she brought in a special guest by the name of Randy Pausch on October 2007. Professor Pausch was an esteemed professor at Carnegie Mellon University, a devoted husband and father who was fighting pancreatic cancer. He gave an abridged version of his speech of his “Last…