Tracy Young

Tracy Young shares insights on building PlanGrid, selling for $875 million, and diving into her new venture TigerEye. Discussions cover market dynamics, team dynamics, sales strategy evolution, personal growth, and the emotional journey of losing a co-founder. Insights on company culture, recruitment strategies, product development, customer tracking, and challenges of scaling. They also delve into navigating tough decisions like firing employees and the transition from construction engineering to tech entrepreneurship.

Tracy Young, the Co-founder and CEO of PlanGrid—a mobile construction productivity software company—shares her journey from construction engineer to tech entrepreneur. She discusses the inspiration behind PlanGrid and the importance of a strong founding team. Tracy also opens up about the challenges of hiring and the need for skill diversity in startups. Balancing work and wellness is highlighted, especially as she navigates parenting and leadership. With insights on scaling and authentic leadership, Tracy's story is both inspiring and relatable.

Join Tracy Young, Co-founder of PlanGrid, Greg Lynn, a cutting-edge architect and UCLA professor, and sociologist Gina Neff from Oxford as they dissect the construction industry's slow dance with innovation. They delve into how technologies like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and robotics are rehauling old practices, leading to better collaboration and efficiency. The conversation highlights the potential of prefabrication and lightweight materials, alongside the weighty challenges that still impede progress in this traditionally resistant sector.