Surely there is a great story in big data challenges of finding optimum travel routes. The descriptions Kayak’s technology are desultory and simplistic. Nor do we gain much insight into the role of technology - or the technology business - in our larger culture. We get almost no glimpse into the technical and business challenges of building and running Kayak. We learn very little about online travel space. The puzzle of A Truck Full of Money is that Kidder never dives deeply into the world of Kayak, or that of technology startups. The Boston technology world has been under-explored in comparison to the Bay Area tech scene. Paul English is a colorful entrepreneur and technologist. Kayak is an incredible technology company success story. The “truck full of money” in the title refers to $1.8 billion dollars that Priceline paid for Kayak in 2012. I read Kidder’s The Soul of a New Machine when I was in 8th grade - and I credit this book as one that influenced me to pursue a career in and around technology.Ī Truck Full of Money tells the story Paul English, a lifetime Boston resident and co-founder of. The fall book that I was perhaps most excited about is Tracy Kidder’s A Truck Full of Money. A Truck Full of Money: One Man's Quest to Recover from Great Success by Tracy Kidder
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