ICYMI: Turner’s $13.4B Revenue, TestFit’s Pod Strategy, and the $20B Figma Fiasco

Laura Paciano and Jack Joers from TestFit share how they’re collapsing two months of pursuit costs into a single day, why big tech giants keep failing in construction, and how one customer won $750,000 more business in their first year.

Find out why innovation is never asked for and how to educate markets on solutions they don’t know they need, how TestFit collapses the traditional 2-month feasibility process into one day with live collaboration, and why architects are the hardest to convince but quickest to adopt new technology once they decide.

We dive deep into the shocking stories reshaping the construction industry, plus a special guest appearance from construction tech veteran Dex who just raised $3 million to solve the industry’s biggest crisis.

We cover Turner Construction’s mind-blowing 44% revenue growth (and why it’s “impossible”), the Figma IPO scandal that cost early investors millions, and why Meta can’t spend $150 billion even though they want to.

Yves Frinault shares how military training shaped his leadership style, why gaming experience was crucial for building construction software, and the near-death moment that almost killed Fieldwire.

Find out how paratrooper training taught him fairness in leadership, why he went from half salary to a successful Series A in months, and how Fieldwire broke the $100M curse with their Hilti acquisition.

Distribution Beats Product: Lessons From a Two-Time Founder- Maksim Markevich – EARLY RELEASE

Maksim Markevich, CEO of Sunbeam and co-founder of PVFarm, shares brutal truths about building AEC tech companies.

The Billion-Person Problem: How AI Will Replace Your Project Managers – Greg Lawton – EARLY RELEASE

Greg Lawton, CEO of Nodes and Links, is solving construction’s billion-person workforce shortage with AI – and the results speak for themselves.

How This CMO Built a 60% Word-of-Mouth Acquisition Engine – Matt Daly – EARLY RELEASE

DroneDeploy CMO Matt Daly reveals the blueprint for scaling construction tech companies—from building a 60% word-of-mouth acquisition engine to navigating the reality capture market consolidation.

Augmenta’s Bold Bet: Automating the ‘Hardest Problem’ in Construction – Francesco Iorio – EARLY RELEASE

Francesco Iorio left his Director role at Autodesk to solve construction’s most complex automation challenge. Hear why electrical design became his $350M obsession.