CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BEST TA LEADERS
Unicorn Whisperer Podcast
Featured Episode: Alex Wu
Alex Wu’s started on Wall Street as a trader before pivoting into executive search and eventually becoming SVP of Talent at Left Lane Capital. That diverse background gives her a unique skillset and ability to connect talent strategy with business outcomes, helping founders scale smarter across 80+ high-growth portfolio companies. In this episode, she shares how she thinks about demand planning, recruiter performance, executive hiring, and the evolving role of AI in recruiting. If you want to understand how top VCs think about building teams, this is a podcast worth the listen.
Key Links
Left Lane Job Board: https://jobs.leftlanecap.com/jobs
Follow Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-cole123/
COMING SOON
From Wall Street to VC Talent: Alex Wu on Scaling Startups with Precision
Alex Wu, SVP of Talent at Left Lane Capital, shares how she helps founders scale smarter. With insights from hundreds of venture-backed companies, Alex breaks down what great recruiting looks like at every stage of scale.
From Coordinator to Unicorn Leader — Lessons from Andrew Cesarz
Learn how Andrew Cesarz scaled talent at top tech companies. We talk intake session discipline and how outbound sourcing still wins. A must-listen for recruiting leaders navigating change and growth.
Cassie Leemans on VC Talent Strategy, Interviewing, and Building Unicorns
Cassie Leemans, VP of Talent at Craft Ventures, shares real stories and frameworks built from Unicorn experience to advise founders on optimizing interviews, and building a high-performing recruiting function
5 Lessons from Darren Bush on Breaking Into and Thriving in Talent Acquisition
Focused Topic: Recruiting for Recruiters
Darren walks through his rise to leadership through TA technology at Ericsson, what he’s looking for in the next generation of TA Talent, and his projects to help candidates find their way in this post- AI job market