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, co-founder of PlanGrid and former CEO, shares her journey from construction to a groundbreaking startup that sold for $875M. She reveals insights on navigating grief while scaling her business and the importance of product-market fit. Tracy discusses her time at Y Combinator, offers fundraising advice, and highlights leadership lessons learned during crisis moments. Now the founder of TigerEye, she explores how AI and core values shape her new venture, emphasizing a balance between financial success and meaningful connections.

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.