# Paul English

> Co-founder of KAYAK ($2B+ IPO)

Co-founder of KAYAK, which IPO’d in 2012 and was acquired by Priceline/Booking.com for $2B.

Co-founder of Lola Travel (acquired by Capital One), Boston Venture Studio, GetHuman (100M+ users) and Xiangqi Chinese Chess (over 20M games played).

Sold podcast discovery app Moonbeam to Audacy in 2022.

Currently founder of Supercal (Personal CRM), Steppin.net, Wellagram, and Deets Travel.

Built or scaled 10+ startups, including Boston Light Software (acquired by Intuit) and InterMute (acquired by Trend Micro).

Former VP of Technology at Intuit and guest lecturer at MIT, Harvard, Stanford, RISD, etc. 

2X TEDxBoston speaker.  

Subject of Tracy Kidder’s book “Truck Full of Money”.

Guest on “How I Built This” (NPR, Guy Raz) and dozens of other podcasts. 

Founder of these nonprofits -

- Winter Walk for Homelessness
- Summits Education Haiti
- Embrace Boston
- Bipolar Social Club
- Institute for Applied AI

Things I can advise on:
✔️ How to start a company
✔️ Hiring your cofounders
✔️ Fundraising from VCs
✔️ Launching an MVP
✔️ Going from 0 to 1
✔️ Company culture & hiring
✔️ Mergers & acquisitions

Excited to help passionate entrepreneurs build meaningful companies with impact. Let's talk.

**Rating:** 5/5 (7 reviews)

## Offerings

- Video call (15 min): $1300.00

## Example Questions

- I’m thinking of starting a company. What are the next few things I should focus on?
- How do I know if my business idea will work?
- How would you approach growth for my business?
- What key metrics should I aim for at different stages to be a best in class company?

## Links

- [Expert profile](/PaulEnglish)
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