THE VIDEO SHELF · startup founding
Tracy Young Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015
Tracy Young, a former construction engineer and cofounder of PlanGrid, speaks at the 2015 Y Combinator Female Founders Conference. She talks about building software for construction superintendents and about customer success.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a strong founder talk that shows how formidable and practical Young is, with advice delivered through a beaver metaphor.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Y Combinator
- Topic
- startup founding
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This is a big deal: this is by far the biggest acquisition of a YC startup with a female founder/CEO. If you want to get an idea of how formidable Tracy Young is, watch her talk at the 2015 Female Founders Conference: [VIDEO]
jl on Hacker News · 2018-11
In Autodesk to Acquire PlanGrid (YC W12) to Accelerate Construction ProductivityTracy Young advising startup founders to be like beavers (extolling its virtues) is one of the best presentations I've seen: [VIDEO]
ignoramous on Hacker News · 2022-03
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