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Eye of the Tiger and going for the title a second time with Tracy Young, CEO and Co founder of TigerEye

At PlanGrid, we ended up building a piece of software that would have helped me in my last job as a construction engineer. With TigerEye, we really believe that this product would have separated us from having to sell to AutoDesk, and still being a standalone company today.

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Tracy Young, CEO and Co founder of TigerEye, joins the show to talk about

  • Building Tracy's first successful company, PlanGrid, and how the Autodesk acquisition of PlanGrid led to Tracy uncovering the opportunity for her current venture, TigerEye (launching this year in 2024!)
  • Tracy's decision to start another company and how she evaluated her options after her time at AutoDesk.
  • Balancing family and founder responsibilities, the efficiencies gained when time is in limited supply.
  • Scaling beyond boundaries, and the cost v. benefit of building a team that is in-person v. remote.
  • Heightened expectations as a second time founder, learning to listen more, and a better way to build and forecast revenue.

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Tracy Young

CEO and Co founder of TigerEye

Tracy Young is the co-founder and CEO of TigerEye, a platform that helps sales leaders build revenue better. Tracy is an experienced company leader with a successful track record in scaling private enterprise technology companies. Previously, she co-founded and served as CEO of PlanGrid, the leader in construction productivity software that Autodesk acquired for $875 million in 2018. During this time, Tracy led the company through years of massive growth — from inception to product-market fit, and from $0 to $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) — and drove teams to execute on strategic business initiatives.

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