The Tech Leader's Playbook

The Tech Leader's Playbook

Welcome to your weekly playbook for tech leadership - where founders, executives, and innovators share real strategies for scaling smarter and leading stronger. Hosted by Avetis Antaplyan, Founder and CEO of HIRECLOUT, a global leader in technology and go-to-market recruiting and consulting.

Episodes

May 8, 2026 24 mins

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In this solo episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan breaks down what he calls the “new leadership stack” and challenges leaders to ask a hard question: if you were dropped into a new company today, would you still get hired as a leader based on how you operate right ...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Laurie Maddalena, a leadership consultant, keynote speaker, author, and former HR executive who helps organizations build healthier, higher-performing cultures. Laurie brings a practical and deeply experienc...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Chaitra Vedullapalli, President of Women in Cloud and a global go-to-market strategist who has driven billions in economic impact. Chaitra shares her mission to democratize economic access in an AI driven worl...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan delivers a solo recap of the last five conversations on the show, connecting themes across AI, category creation, biotech, enterprise technology, and leadership psychology into one bigger narrative. Drawing on insights from gu...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Dr. Paul White, a researcher, leadership advisor, and co-author of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. Dr. White shares his unique journey into the world of employee engagement and appreciation, deta...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan tackles one of the most common narratives in today’s hiring market and argues that most people are blaming the wrong thing. In this solo episode, Avetis breaks down why AI is not the primary driver of today’s rough employment land...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Dr. Craig Kaplan, an AI pioneer, founder of iQ Company, and a four-decade veteran in artificial intelligence and collective intelligence systems, for a wide-ranging conversation on where AI is actually headed and why ...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kevin Maney, veteran journalist, bestselling author, and co-author of Play Bigger and The Category Creation Formula, to challenge one of startup culture’s most repeated ideas: product-market fit. Kevin argues that the b...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Alok Tayi, a Harvard-trained scientist, repeat tech founder, and the founder of Vibe Bio. Alok shares his journey from academia and engineering into entrepreneurship, where he built multiple pharmaceutical software compan...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Pranav Lal, Head of Business Technology at Gusto and former Enterprise Systems Leader at Slack, Eventbrite, Ethos, and OneTrust, to unpack what it really takes to build enterprise-grade systems inside hyper growth companies...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan and Daria Rudnik discuss the transformative impact of AI on leadership and team dynamics. They explore how AI is reshaping workflows, the importance of building trust and acceptance among team members, and the need for transparency in AI im...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan delivers a powerful solo deep-dive into one of the most misunderstood concepts in modern leadership: servant leadership. Drawing from personal experience, organizational patterns, and hard-earned lessons, Avetis breaks down why servant le...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kylee Ingram, a decision science expert and co-founder of Wizer, a platform built to help leaders design better decision-making rooms at scale. Kylee’s journey began in sports television and documentary work before pivoting i...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Alex Shartsis, serial founder, former corporate development lead, and current CEO of Skyp.ai—to unpack the real cost of “growth at all costs.” With scars and exits to back his views, Alex offers a candid breakdown of what found...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan dives headfirst into the trust crisis disrupting hiring across tech and go-to-market roles. Drawing from conversations with both hiring managers and top-tier candidates, Avetis unpacks the growing disconnect: why talented people are being gho...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Kurt Uhlir, seasoned CMO, operator, and advisor to private equity-backed growth companies, for a no-BS breakdown of what modern marketing and real leadership look like at scale.


Kurt challenges the mainstream playbook with sha...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Marcus East—Tech Executive and Author of Working with Dinosaurs—for a candid and thought-provoking conversation on the realities of digital transformation. With a career spanning leadership roles at Apple, Google, National Geograp...

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In this compilation episode of the Tech Leaders Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan brings together three powerhouse voices from the world of elite sports and leadership: Rex Kalamian, assistant coach in the NBA and head coach of the Armenian National Basketball Team; Dr. Jen Welter, the first female NFL coach and a pion...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Drew Sechrist, an early Salesforce leader who helped scale the company from its earliest days into a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, and the founder of Connect The Dots. Drew brings listeners inside the chaos of Salesforce’s zero...

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In this episode of The Tech Leader's Playbook, Avetis Antaplyan sits down with Isabelle Tashima, a growth equity investor at Volition Capital, to cut through the AI hype and unpack what truly drives breakout success in internet and consumer technology companies. Isabelle brings a unique perspective shaped by...

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