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After the sale of bluelithium, gurbaksh chahal decided that his role at yahoo was complete and he wanted to write a book. One of americas most successful young internet entrepreneurs tells his unique and inspiring story, and reveals the risks and rewards behind the skysthelimit possibilities of internet entrepreneurship. Gurbaksh chahal, who likes to call himself the indian brad pitt, was led off in handcuffs to begin a sentence that translated to six months behind bars. He landed a book deal to detail the dream his story from a. He released a selfcongratulatory book and appeared on the oprah winfrey show, cavuto, the bonnie hunt show, and his starmaking turn on the secret millionaire. Bluelithium founder gurbaksh chahal keeps his millions. His companies have included clickagents, bluelithium and radiumone. Gurbaksh chahal is an internet business entrepreneur and selfmade multimillionaire. Tech ceo gurbaksh chahal filmed brutally attacking.
May 01, 2014 her guest was gurbaksh chahal, the twentysixyearold founder of bluelithium, an internet advertising firm. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. He was impeccably dressed and looked exceptionally smart. Gurbaksh chahal and the desire to create the chahal foundation. Gurbaksh chahal is one of the youngest and most successful entrepreneurs of our times. Much of that story chahal himself told in his international bestselling book. Gurbaksh chahal, 31, was faced 45 felony counts, including assault with a deadly weapon over the incident in his san francisco flat in august 20. In 2006, bluelithium received the highest honor of top innovator of the year in acknowledgement of its achievement.
Gurbaksh chahal started the internet advertising company clickagents from his bedroom at the age of 16, having emigrated to the united states with his sikh family from the small town of tarn. Connect with awardwinning entrepreneur, gurbaksh chahal. G has a compelling writing style in the beginning, writing of the difficulties he encountered growing up as an sikh indianimmigrant. Her guest was gurbaksh chahal, the twentysixyearold founder of bluelithium, an internet advertising firm. Gurbakshs successes as an entrepreneur has also been noted in the new york times, entrepreneur magazine, forbes and businessweek. Dec 28, 2009 gurbaksh chahal is one of the youngest and most successful entrepreneurs of our times. While battling for the best ideas and equities, mr. While success like his is often attributed to luck, chahals story, like.
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See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. G was born in the town of tarn taran, near amritsar in punjab, india to avtar and arjinder chahal. In the latest twist to a notorious silicon valley tale, a judge on friday sentenced tech mogul gurbaksh chahal to 12 months in the san francisco county jail, three years after the young titan was. His book is a mustread for a internet entrepreneurs who are looking for inspiration as well as important lessons from a young internet millionaire when g was only 16 years old he dropped out of school and started a successful performance based advertising network. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Gurbaksh chahal is a selfmade multimillionaire and internet business entrepreneur who started his first company from his bedroom at the age of 16. I would like to thank, first and foremost, my siblings and parents, who have been there when it all began and whose love and support have always meant the world to me. Four years later, chahal founded his second company, bluelithium. Gurbaksh chahal started the internet advertising company clickagents from his bedroom at the age. Heres an excerpt from the gurbaksh chahal chapter in the book. In 2009, he authored a book about himself called the dream. The award winning and international bestseller book by gurbaksh chahal has been translated in over a dozen languages and became required reading for hundreds of colleges globally.
In january 2004, gurbaksh founded his second company, bluelithium, this time. Radiumone launched its programmatic advertising platform that leverages realtime social interaction from across the open web in which he earned 10 patents with his invention of sharegraph. The book seems like a perfect dream of a 25 year old dude minting money one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs. The only job he ever applied for was at mcdonalds and he was turned down. California top 500 debtor list is out california globe. Gurbaksh singh chahal founder of clickagents, bluelithium. Gurbaksh chahal made millions before losing his business after a domestic violence dispute. Gurbaksh chahal the dream ebook download gurbaksh chahal the dream ebook then wrong off any difficulty. Gravity4 and radiumone founder gurbaksh chahal was once on top of the world. May 19, 2010 gurbaksh chahal, an indian born american entrepreneurs autobiography the dream is one of them. From inception till april 2014, gurbaksh chahal lead his third online ad company, radiumone. Gurbaksh chahal is the founder of bluelithium and click agents. Gurbaksh chahal is an indianamerican internet entrepreneur. He has also been profiled on oprah winfrey show, bonnie hunt and extra.
You can contact gurbaksh at gurbakshat to book his speaking engagement. The main reason behind his writing was that he felt that his life has all been about defying odds through mistakes and lessons he has learned and he wanted to empower others to never give up and to continue to find their magic. I am removed to pay for an important full featured app. Gurbaksh chahal, the 26yearold wunderkind behind ad network bluelithium and discount shopping site gwallet, appeared last week on foxs new series secret millionaire. Gurbaksh chahal, an indian born american entrepreneurs autobiography the. In 2004, chahal cofounded bluelithium, a company that specialized in behavioral. Review of the dream by gurbaksh chahal making a difference. Today, the company is able to deliver over six billion ad impressions to over 60 percent of internet users every month for its growing customer base of fortune corporations, direct marketers and advertising agencies.
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