Paul English
Paul English is a serial technology entrepreneur and philanthropist from Boston whose career encompasses consumer internet, travel technology, and civic activism. Born in Boston, he co-founded Kayak, the online travel search engine, and served as its CTO until it was acquired by Priceline in November 2012 for approximately $1.8 billion. He subsequently co-founded Lola and Boston Venture Studio and has been a dedicated community builder, co-founding Embrace Boston, a nonprofit that culminated in the unveiling of a public sculpture on Boston Common honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. A graduate of UMass Boston, English is one of the most prominent examples of Boston-rooted entrepreneurship that combines commercial ambition with deep civic commitment.
Advice on Starting a Company
Joining the Boston Computer Society and His Early Programming on an Apple II Plus
His Perspective on AI: Embrace It
Innovation and Observation
Boston and AI, Networking Code, AWS, and Alexa
Pre-Web Email and Open Source Software
Comparing Composing Music to Coding Software
On Having Engineers Handle Customer Service
Launching and Nurturing Kayak
East Coast vs the West Coast Through His Intuit Experience
East Coast vs West Coast Through the Lenses of Financing, Innovation, and the Law
The Family's Commodore VIC-20 and the Launch of His Career
The Importance of the Right Co-Workers and Leaders
The Origins of Kayak