367: How to Hire Brilliant People & Other Rules for Business | Kayak’s Paul English

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full of wonderful ideas but don’t know how to make them a reality?</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Our next guest had the same problem…until he managed to turn them into MULTIPLE startups, most of which he’s sold.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paul English bought and sold his first business Boston Light Software for $33.5 million, within just 7 months of its founding. Paul went on to co-found the popular travel site Kayak, which he sold to Priceline for a whopping $1.8 billion.<br /> <br /> <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So what has Paul learned through all this? Well, we asked him. In this episode of the Foundr podcast, Nathan Chan sits down with Paul to discuss: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How you can recruit constantly to curate a team of only the most talented, energetic people</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to get employees to bring their best absolute best</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to validate your next winning business idea</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to solve the biggest problems with your tech company</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The importance of vulnerability </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to maintain a balance of skills at your company to ensure the business stays on track</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">And so much more…<