Kayak founder sets sights on solving podcast discovery

Paul English, Kayak

Today’s guest sold his company for $2,000,000,000. But he didn’t stop after the exit. He went on to build several other companies including Lola and Moonbeam. I want to find out how he did it.

Joining me is Paul English, the founder of Kayak, the online travel agency and metasearch engine.

Paul English

Kayak

Paul English is the founder of Kayak, an online travel agency and metasearch engine.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Everybody knows today’s guest kind of for founding kayak, the search engine that lets the, lets us get a good deal on travel. He founded it. He sold it to Priceline.

what we should know you for Paul. I should introduce him as Paul English. We should know you as the founder that you know what I keep hearing about you though. You’re the guy who drove an Uber through Boston.

Paul: Yeah, that is true.

Andrew: I don’t know why you did it. I don’t know what you got out of it, but I do know that that’s the thing that stuck in my mind about you before I even said, oh, I get to interview the guy from kayak.

I said, I get to interview the guy who I read about going in the Uber, then giving people a ride. Anyway, we’re going to find out about kayak launches....

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