I held on these two values my entire life. These are core founder values.
In a world where Claude can also do everything, let these values be your EDGE.
lmk in comments if you need real examples of how to implement them.
Go shine bright! xx
DM me if you are founder and want to learn on how you can create your newsletter, that builds trust and opens a high converting revenue stream for your business.
With love,
Ramya
I taught three sessions for a AI Mastermind this month to a room of founders in different industries on 'Founder Newsletter Strategy'.
Itโs an asset to have founder newsletter because, every email you send spends trust. The newsletter is the only one that deposits it.
Very few people have the grit to handle the challenges they face when they level up.
If you are beginning to feel youโre levelling up - say โI got this, I have what it takesโ
The AI backlash is here.
This post has a million views.
People hate technology.
They hate innovation.
They see that it is coming for their jobs.
Coming for their way of life.
Innovation is asking them to do more work. To spend nights and weekends learning about AI and building new things.
They hate that. And I've seen it my entire career as people tell me over and over again that they don't like what I'm pitching them.
How many have gone to an Apple store and had a demo of the Vision Pro? Even in Silicon Valley I keep finding smart people who refuse. And my consumer research outside the valley shows far far greater resistance.
There are couple other such posts this morning going viral:
@zachweinberg: https://t.co/U3YDp3Qn08
@tszzl: https://t.co/u9RInhe6uv
Here's the real problem.
Let's say you burn down Silicon Valley.
The Chinese are coming and coming with cars that will eviscerate the rest of the auto industry. Americans can't see that because we tax the heck out of them and keep them from selling here.
And soon they are coming with robots. Americans can't see that because they aren't like me meeting with robot pioneers here and in China. Or watching the robot community here on X (or understand what they are talking about with their highly technical talks about world models and reinforcement learning.
And they are coming with AI models. Most Americans are sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring what's going on on @huggingface and here on X. I talk to entrepreneurs around the world who keep telling me they are building businesses on Chinese models because they are cheaper and better.
And they are coming with entertainment businesses that will eviscerate Hollywood. Most Americans see AI artists as anti human. The Chinese don't.
The only way out of this +is+ innovation. That's where any new jobs are gonna be.
So go ahead and burn down Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
That won't save your job and will doom America to being a poor country subservient to the Chinese.
And, yes, we need to do a better job of explaining the role of innovation.
But that job is bigger than what I can do.
Why?
Because people hate innovation and want to stick their heads in the sand, and even, roll back innovation, my posts aren't getting any reach here on X outside of a small group of innovation supporters.
Well, I'll keep supporting the innovators. I made lists of almost all of them, 37,000 in AI alone, and 7,600 AI companies: https://t.co/9eRY65x3IQ
But that isn't nearly enough. The entire industry needs to do a better job of talking to everyday people and getting them to see a better world is possible.
For now all they hear is "you are taking my job."
And they aren't wrong about that either. Which makes this all so difficult to get people onto the side of innovation.
Third, you will constantly remind yourself that you are taken care of. By yourself and by a higher power.
I wish you be brave in 2026 & beyond.
Lots of love.
xx
If you sense that some people in your life have the need to walk on eggshells around you because they perceive you as emotional/sensitive.
Remember that itโs not your emotions that make them uncomfortable.
First, you create that emotional space for yourself.
Second, non-negotiably continue to express yourself with grace - in excitement, in passion, in joy, in tears and sadness.
It's ironic how the only settings where people seem to focus on my sexual orientation and pronouns are at queer gatherings, which are meant to celebrate breaking free from living in boxes and closets.
Meanwhile, the excerpt is from this beautiful piece about love and labels ๐ค https://t.co/WBfwFYv2nA