22K views · Feb 23, 2015 · 26:51 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016–2022
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 Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a strong founder talk that shows how formidable and practical Young is, with advice delivered through a beaver metaphor.
“If you want to get an idea of how formidable Tracy Young is, watch her talk at the 2015 Female Founders Conference”HN comment, 2018
“If you want to get an idea of how formidable Tracy Young is, watch her talk at the 2015 Female Founders Conference”
Shows how formidable PlanGrid founder Tracy Young is
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: this video
“is one of the best presentations I've seen”
Founder advice using beaver metaphor
Tracy Young advising startup founders to be like beavers (extolling its virtues) is one of the best presentations I've seen: this video
“She explain why her spirit animal is a beaver in the video 23:13.”
I lookup your list due to curiosity. So far I am on the third one, and I learned few thing from it: this video #1 Y Combinator hosted a Female only founder conferences in the year of 2015. Where is the Male only founder conference? #2 She explain why her spirit animal is a beaver in the video 23:13. Later she explained how a small honey beaver can take down the lion king. The method is "run between it's leg, and bite it in its balls."
