All 50 U.S. states require hair stylists to be trained and certified before they're allowed to touch your hair, but those who want to use AI and machine learning to make decisions impacting lives and careers can look up some tutorials and plow right ahead.

10 months ago we shut down Atrium after raising $75m in venture capital. Anyone hearing that knows I made tons of mistakes along the way. Someone asked me today what my biggest lessons learned were. Here they are:

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1/ Startup founders often ask me about how to reduce employee attrition. At Zoho, I ask our managers "What have we done to deserve the loyalty and commitment of our employees?" This reverses the question from "why do people leave us" to "why should they stay with us?"

2/ When we truly internalize the question "what have I done to deserve loyalty and commitment" everything changes. We stop worrying about people leaving. Instead we start to feel profound gratitude for people who choose to stay with us and we don't ever take them for granted.

3/ That's important. In too many organizations, the committed and loyal employees are taken for granted. It often feels the company has no gratitude. Expressing gratitude in a variety of ways is a very important part of asking "what have we done to deserve commitment". 🙏

1/ The first 18 months of a startup: After starting my 2nd company in 2019, I decided I would write down useful lessons I learned or re-learned along the way. Some were hard-earned & others required steady focus. A thread that I hope may help other founders starting out 👇

The 3-2-1 Thursday newsletter by James Clear is full of wisdom and practical insights. I think you'll like it too: jamesclear.com/3-2-1/refer?rh…

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Oh boy, this is a big one! Why? The #1 cause of death in startups is 🥁🥁 Co-founder issues! Who you pick as co-founder is perhaps THE most important decision you’ll make. I have a TON of advice on the topic, so let’s dive in 👇

Early career years are painful. You feel like an idiot 98% of the time - lost, confused and insecure. I wish I had a cheat sheet of principles for my first job. So I put one together. Here are 20 things about building a career I wish I knew sooner:

9 hidden Chrome features guaranteed to make your life easier: 🖥

"I think the vast majority of developers still debug using print() statements." — email from a founder

wait are you kidding me

Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing

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Living the #FounderLife

Here, I will quote what the VP of Engineering at OpenAI Shri Srinivas Narayana(~30 YOE) said on: "What is the future of Software Engineering?" during his talk at IIT Madras 2 weeks back.