In this episode of Minus One, Aditya Agarwal and Jonathan Brebner sit down with Blake Scholl, who went from Groupon product leader to founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic, to discuss his pursuit of reviving supersonic travel.

With a vision to make high-speed air travel accessible to millions, Scholl is working to bring back a capability many believed was lost after the Concorde era.

They explore the key factors in building a legacy company (hint: it’s not funding or technology), Boom’s pivotal challenges—and how he continues to push forward, and the “slacker index”.

Connect with us here:

1. Blake Scholl- https://x.com/bscholl

2. Aditya Agarwal- https://x.com/adityaag

3. Jonathan Brebner- https://x.com/JPBrebner

4. South Park Commons – https://x.com/southpkcommons

00:00 Trailer

01:56 Introduction

05:46 From Amazon to supersonic flight

09:39 Overcoming challenges and fear of failure

16:44 The importance of shorter gratification cycles

23:35 Storytelling in hard tech

25:09 Building a dream team

27:42 Lessons learned in progress

29:52 Building our own jet engines

38:53 Challenging conventional wisdom

44:01 Inspiration and legacy

45:55 Future plans