The Dream
How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions
The true story of Gurbaksh Chahal — an immigrant who started a company in his bedroom at sixteen, and turned relentless conviction into hundreds of millions. Now required reading at hundreds of universities worldwide.
When I was sixteen years old I started a company in my bedroom, and within a few months I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life: I would become an entrepreneur. There was one thing standing in my way, however: school.
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A life measured in risks taken.
From a one-bedroom apartment in San Jose to the front page of the dot-com boom — see the story behind the book in ninety seconds.
“More one of sacrifice than of luck — years of hard work, persistence and faith brought his rewards.”San Francisco Chronicle
One story, a dozen languages.
The Dream has crossed borders from Silicon Valley to Shanghai — translated into more than a dozen languages and taught in hundreds of classrooms.
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Praise for The Dream
While success like his is often attributed to luck, Chahal's story, like that of many immigrants, is more one of sacrifice — years of hard work, persistence and faith brought his rewards, not chance.
Read in one sitting. A gripping, amazingly honest book — he is remarkably forthright about everything that has happened in his life.
In clear, quicksilver prose, Chahal captures the ups, downs, and eventual moonshot of his journey from outcast immigrant to rockstar Internet entrepreneur.
Gurbaksh Chahal
Born in Punjab and raised in San Jose, he founded ClickAgents, BlueLithium, RadiumOne, and today AuraOne — building companies that generated over $400 million in exits and more than a billion dollars in shareholder value.
“When I was sixteen I started a company in my bedroom, and within a few months I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life.”
How I learned the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship — and made millions.
An international bestseller. Required reading at hundreds of universities. Get your copy today.
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