A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
, subject: Paul English, Kayak, and entrepreneurship
A close biography of Paul English, the Kayak co-founder David made an episode to recommend.
About the book
Pulitzer winner Tracy Kidder profiles Paul English, the programmer who co-founded Kayak and sold it for nearly two billion dollars. It is an unusually intimate look at what drives a serial entrepreneur — including English's bipolar disorder, his compulsive generosity, and his inability to stop starting things.
Why read it
Best if you want a founder biography David explicitly recommends, especially one tied to Kayak, Paul English, and the personal forces behind serial entrepreneurship.
Key themes
- A Founder David Explicitly Recommends
- Serial Entrepreneurship Up Close
- The Founder People Follow Again
Evidence and original sources
David explicitly recommends reading A Truck Full of Money and states that the recommendation is the reason he made the episode.
- A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur — Episode 27 is a dedicated review of Tracy Kidder's A Truck Full of Money, a biography of Paul English, co-founder of Kayak.
- Steve Jobs (The NeXT Years) — The host recalls a story from Tracy Kidder's book on Paul English to illustrate why early recruits join a founder they expect to succeed again.
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