AI Helps or Hinders Entrepreneurship: Gurbaksh Chahal Debunks Myths

AI Helps or Hinders Entrepreneurship: Gurbaksh Chahal Debunks Myths

While the view isn’t entirely unfounded and things AI can do today were once considered Utopian, but it is a change which should be celebrated rather than doubted. While artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way over the years, misconceptions and, more importantly, mistrust around it still linger. It is widely believed that humans…

Gurbaksh Chahal | False Positives: How Social Media is About to Kill Your Career

Gurbaksh Chahal | False Positives: How Social Media is About to Kill Your Career

A few months back, I saw a post by Ray Newal from Techstars that really resonated. “One of the biggest threats to founders today is false positive signaling. It’s easy to mistake the popularity of posts on social media, or the receipt of unknown or unanticipated awards as signs of success. Be very clear, the only…

The Story Of Gurbaksh Chahal by Forbes.com: Mental Tenacity As Fuel For Success

The Story Of Gurbaksh Chahal by Forbes.com: Mental Tenacity As Fuel For Success

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…

Gurbaksh Chahal | Fear of Failure is the Mother of Defeat

Gurbaksh Chahal | Fear of Failure is the Mother of Defeat

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…

Gurbaksh Chahal | How Being Vulnerable Allows You to Succeed in Life

Gurbaksh Chahal | How Being Vulnerable Allows You to Succeed in Life

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…

Gurbaksh Chahal | Don’t Walk like you own the World, Walk like you don’t care who Does.

Gurbaksh Chahal | Don’t Walk like you own the World, Walk like you don’t care who Does.

It’s true, the most successful individuals in the world have the most struggling stories. It’s not that they’re looking for trouble, but pursuing the things they are pursuing in life puts them in some complicated situations. Believe me there is no book out there that says, “You’ve just become successful, if so, here all the things…

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m Possible!”: 2022 Edition

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m Possible!”: 2022 Edition

Audrey Hepburn said it best, “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible.” People used to say flying an airplane was impossible. Decades later, they had the same reaction to space travel. Almost every technological advancement was believed, at one point, to be impossible. But impossibility exists only when we believe it does. There […]

Gurbaksh Chahal | If today was your last day, what would you do differently?

Gurbaksh Chahal | If today was your last day, what would you do differently?

Life is the toughest sport. And, in this sport, I’ve realized in order for you to survive, become successful, and stay successful you must grow a very thick skin. Grow a thick skin—a very thick skin. People will question your ability to succeed, and the loudest among them might make you doubt your own talents, […]

Gurbaksh Chahal | 51 Motivational Quotes for Business, Success & Life

Gurbaksh Chahal | 51 Motivational Quotes for Business, Success & Life

1. If you’re helping someone and expecting something in return, you’re doing business not kindness. Do good and expect nothing in return. It’ll become your life’s greatest gift. ~ Gurbaksh Chahal 2. If you don’t make things happen then things will happen to you. ~ Robert Collier 3. A business has to be involving, it has…