Who is George?
I immigrated to Canada at 18. Built my first business at 19. Lost $300K trying to be clever with investing. Now I share everything I learn about building wealth without selling your soul, your time, or your equity.
6+ years in fintech. $10M+ in businesses built. Zero VC. Zero exits. Forever hold. Forever learn. Forever share.
How Can I Help?
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What brings you here today?
What I Believe
These aren't theories. They're how I've built for 6+ years.
Build to Own, Not to Exit
30+ year thinking. Build like Berkshire, not like a lottery ticket.
Proof: Still own every business after 5+ years. Zero exits. Zero regrets.
Sovereignty Over Scale
Control > size. Freedom > revenue. Most founders scale themselves into a prison.
Proof: 5 people. 80%+ margins. No investors. No board. No boss.
Business First, Outcome Second
Build so strong that countries compete for you. Mobility is a side effect.
Proof: Qualified for Canada SUV, US O-1A. Chose Toronto anyway. Optionality beats desperation.
Only Charge for What AI Can't Eat
Identity, relationships, stakes, accountability. Everything else I give away free.
Proof: Tools are free. I only charge for judgment. 60-70% rejection rate.
Learn Together
Multi-chapter deep dives you can read at your own pace, or get emailed one chapter at a time.
The AI Displacement Series
In 78 minutes, you'll know exactly where you stand — and what to do next.
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Clarity
Which jobs, businesses, and revenue streams are already being eaten
A Framework
The 5 layers AI can't touch — and how to build your career in them
An Action Plan
Concrete steps, not “learn to prompt.” What to do this month.
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February 2026
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See My PortfolioEssential Reading
The essays that explain how I think. If you read nothing else, read these.
The Constraint Advantage: Why Easy Mode Kills Entrepreneurs
AI would have ruined me at 19. Not because it's bad technology. Because I was a bad entrepreneur-in-training. AI accelerates you toward wherever you're already going. At 19, I was going nowhere original. AI would have made me extraordinarily efficient at building generic startups that nobody wanted. Here's the paradox of entrepreneurial development: The constraints that feel limiting are actually formative. Remove them too early, and you optimize for the wrong things. The Easy Mode Trap Wh
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The Great Sorting: How AI Divides Workers into Creators and Commodities
AI isn't coming for your job. It's coming for your lack of original thinking. The panic about AI replacing workers misses the real story. AI isn't eliminating roles—it's revealing which people in those roles were already commoditized. The great sorting is happening now. On one side: people who use AI to amplify original thinking. On the other: people who get replaced because they were already doing work that AI can do better. Here's why most career advice about AI is wrong, and how to end up
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Why I Needed a Co-Founder in 2019 (And Why You Might Not in 2026)
End of 2019. Arashdeep's basement near campus. Two Macbooks, trying to make music together. Not working out. Then I pitched him: "What about building software together? Building an app, building something that's truly amazing and that can potentially change our lives. But most importantly, it doesn't matter if it fails or makes it through—we'd have something that we can talk about, that can help us in our career journey regardless of what we choose." He said yes. Seven years later, everythin
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Business First. Everything Else Second.
Build so strong that visas, funding, and freedom become side effects.
Own Everything. Exit Nothing.
30+ year thinking. No VC. No exits. Just compounding forever.
Only Charge for What AI Can't Do.
Identity, judgment, stakes, accountability. Everything else is free.
These aren't theories. They're how I built $10M+ in 6 years.
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