Gurbaksh Chahal

Gurbaksh Chahal

Internet Entrepreneur

Gurbaksh is a die-hard internet entrepreneur. In January 1999, he started his first company, ClickAgents at the age of 16. It was one of the first ad networks focused around performance based advertising. Eighteen months later he sold it for $40 million to ValueClick.

In January 2004, he launched his second company, BlueLithium. The company focused on data, optimization, and analytics and became a pioneer in behavioral targeting. On September 4th, 2007, Yahoo! announced that it was acquiring BlueLithium for $300 million in cash.

Some of his television appearances include The Oprah Winfrey Show, Bonnie Hunt, EXTRA and Neil Cavuto, among others. He has also been profiled in such publications as The New York Times, Entrepreneur magazine, and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Chahal is also an international best-selling author of "The Dream," the true inspirational tale of his entrepreneurial journey. In September 2009, Chahal launched gWallet, now re-branded as RadiumOne.

On April 29, 2010, Chahal was awarded the Leaders In Management Award and an Honorary Doctorate degree in Commercial Science from Pace University for his career achievements as an entrepreneur.

 

Gurbaksh Chahal: At 16, the first person I hired was my older brother. I knew I could trust him implicitly and he’d already been my confidante and helper. 
It makes sense for us to be taught how to learn before we are taught any specific subject matter. But rarely, if ever, does that happen. 
People will not gloat about success.  They will gloat about failure.  It’s just the fact of life.
You have to love the process of starting from scratch. 
When you’re young you really don’t have the concept of failure.
A product doesn't have to be perfect, but just good enough so it can be made perfect along the way.
When you believe in what you want to do and you put the concept of failure away the chances of success are even greater.