Giving Compass' Take:

• Forbes profiles Boston-based entrepreneur Paul English, who has dedicated a good portion of his billion-dollar fortune to helping homeless people, refugees and low-income students across the world.

• How can his story inspire others to give more generously? For one, he recommends creating a "muscle memory" for philanthropy, which means having a strategy and developing a habit.

• Here's more about the power of donor stories.

Paul English is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur and then some, the founder of GetHuman, Boston Light Software (sold to Intuit), Intermute (sold to Trend Micro), and, most famously, Kayak, sold for nearly $2 billion to Priceline.

English is as much of a trailblazer in philanthropy as he is in entrepreneurship; he’s the cofounder of Summits Education (a school system serving 10,000 students in Haiti), the Winter Walk (a Boston homelessness awareness effort), and, most recently, Martin Luther King Boston, a $5 million project to highlight Coretta and Dr. King’s relationship to Boston. English also serves on the boards of Humanity Rises (refugees), Partners In Health (global health) and Village Health Works (a charity in Burundi) ...

His advice for entrepreneurs who care about the state of the world is that “it’s a real trap to say, ‘I’m going to make a fortune and then give it away.’” Rather, you should be developing the philanthropic habit, the philanthropic muscle memory, throughout your career. Although English is not religious, he feels that the model many religions have of tithing is a good one. “If you’re struggling to make ends meet, having trouble putting food on the table, you probably can't tithe. But if you work in tech, there’s a good chance that you can.”

Read the full article about Paul English's philanthropy advice by Micah Solomon at Forbes.