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AN UBER-SUCCESSFUL FOUNDER

If you see Kayak co-founder Paul English behind the wheel of his Tesla, don’t get too friendly. He may be working
NIGHT SHIFT Uber driver Paul English with a passenger in Arlington, Massachusetts, while pausing for a moment to map out his route.

LAST YEAR, PAUL ENGLISH, a co-founder of the travel booking site Kayak—which Priceline bought for $1.8 billion in 2012—looked at his calendar. Ninety percent of his meetings and outings, he realized, were with people in tech or nonprofits. He wanted to broaden his circle. So

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