The Gray Box from the Future: My First Computer
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In 2004 a gray Toshiba Satellite landed in my childhood home and quietly rewired the rest of my life.
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I’m Kathan Shah — an entrepreneur and software designer who does whatever it takes to turn ideas into reality. I love taking on problems that look too big, winning against the odds, and using what I build to fund the people and causes I care about. One day, that drive is going to take me to space.





In 2004 a gray Toshiba Satellite landed in my childhood home and quietly rewired the rest of my life.
How a laptop-trading experiment grew from a 10% side hustle into SPURGE RENTALS, a 2,000+ device operation built on resilience and systems.


