Taps' Notes

Measuring Time-to-Trust

When customers stop checking your work is when you win

Mar 11 • Rishi Taparia

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February 2026

The AI Brush

When transformation and correction blur together

Feb 28 • Rishi Taparia

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January 2026

FDE Should Mean Forward Deployed Executive

What real customer partnership actually looks like

Jan 28 • Rishi Taparia

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When Insurance Admits AI is Safer Than People

When better data forces markets to reprice reality

Jan 22 • Rishi Taparia

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Celebrate the Wins

Your team needs to see the wins you've already moved past

Jan 14 • Rishi Taparia

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Why Isn't the Car Driving?

Four weeks from magic to mundane

Jan 7 • Rishi Taparia

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My Year in Books - 2025

Turning the page on another year

Jan 1

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September 2025

When Great People Leave

How to react when a key employee tells you they are moving on

Sep 25, 2025 • Rishi Taparia

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How to Win in the AI Era

My interviews with Prashant Choubey of VC10x and Ravi Belani of Alchemist Accelerator

Sep 16, 2025 • Rishi Taparia

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YC Demo Day S2025

Notes and thoughts from the latest batch

Sep 11, 2025 • Rishi Taparia

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Welcome to Grind Time

Labor Day to Christmas: VC lock-in season

Sep 5, 2025 • Rishi Taparia

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August 2025

Is $100M ARR the New Seed Milestone?

There's a new benchmark in town. What does that mean for your raise?

Aug 28, 2025 • Rishi Taparia

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