NotesGurbaksh Chahal's Notes
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Sunday, October 9, 2011
If you've read some of my previous posts. You know that I'm fundamentally a big disbeliever of some of the rationale behind some of the recent companies in the Valley.
Here's the formula I see.
Step 1. Create an app.
Step 2. Make it exclusive.
Step 3. Traction is not necessary as long as you keep it exclusive.
Step 4. Have the blogosphere talk about...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Wednesday, October 5, 2011
What a sad day. When I read the headlines that Steve Jobs passed away. I didn’t want to believe it. But, when it became official from Apple’s board of directors – I along with many others feel devastated. What a legend, visionary, and what amazing things he gave this world. Innovation, Hope, Leadership, Passion and Courage to disrupt.
While I never...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Monday, June 27, 2011
Last week a high school business education teacher from Ohio reached out to me. In it, he asked me the following questions:
I am a high school business education teacher. You have been very innovative and had great success with Blue Lithium, and now RadiumOne, and I would like to ask your opinion on a few questions to help me and to be shared with ...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Saturday, May 7, 2011
One unique trait I’ve seen happen lately in Silicon Valley is the change of dynamic in many entrepreneurs. It seems everyday, someone wants to do a quick flip.
Recently, we raised a significant amount of funding, for the purpose of doing acquisitions in 2011. I’ve realized that 9 out of 10 entrepreneurs all get excited about an exit, but feel like ...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Today in my guest lecture at Evergreen College, I started my talk around one question I sometimes get asked: Did you get lucky?
Whenever, I get asked this – I try to not take offense, because for the most part people look at the headlines and forget about the hard work, discipline, sacrifice, and struggle one takes in their journey. But, I believe ...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Sunday, April 24, 2011
The idea of buying something not because you believe in the value of it but the hope to sell it to a greater fool – is the greater fool theory.
We’ve seen this story play out quite a few times before in recent history. Whether it was the original dot-com boom or even the 2008 fall of real-estate prices because of the subprime mortgage bust. Well al...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Last week, I had lunch with a former board member and investor of mine from BlueLithium. We caught up and he asked me, how things were going at RadiumOne. I replied, absolutely amazing - the Company is growing faster than BlueLithium and I'm having even more fun the third time around. And then he asked, what I could attribute this success to, (the ...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Friday, January 28, 2011
My recent trip to India was actually my first official trip back after 10 years. (Yes, I know I plan on making much more frequent trips now). I ended up making many observations. I was pleasantly surprised at all the changes that happened in India. The economy of the last decade definitely created a different India. It also created lots of new oppo...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Monday, October 18, 2010
Today is an exciting day. I’m officially announcing something that I’ve had to wait three years to do (due to my non-compete).
Twelve years ago, I got the crazy intuition that advertising on the Internet was going to completely change all traditional models. So, at 16, I dropped out of high school and focused full-time on creating my first company,...
- By Gurbaksh Chahal · Friday, September 24, 2010
Dear America, Please Wake Up.
I'm going to go out of the limb here and probably going to write one of the more controversial blogs. But, as an entrepreneur, I feel Hollywood & Media are doing an unfortunate job for America.
The upcoming movie "Social Network" is based on Mark Zuckerberg's creation of Facebook with the idea that he stole ideas from ...
