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Paul English, co-founder of Kayak on how to run a imaginative, quick moving startup company

07/25/2013

English favors teams of no more than three people on projects, a trait he shares with Amazon's Jeff Bezos who favors small teams for results. He describes his interviewing style to get people to talk about real life experiences with work shown on a resume. He has a "no-neutrals" policy to keep people who are really excited about getting things done, gets rid of layers of management and gives a lot of freedom for testing ideas to see if they work. He almost did not make it to college because of D's in high school, apparently a result of boredom with structured learning experiences.

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Paul English of Kayak, on Nurturing New Ideas

New York Times 07.25.2013


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