Blake Scholl
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562 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Blake Scholl’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If you see us doing something we could do better, please tell us.
We're going to show you our plans before they're finalized so you can give us feedback and we want to listen.
And so what we found was that the approvals process for XB-1, that even for an R&D airplane can stretch on for months, actually happened in 90 minutes from when we said we think we're ready to fly and FAA said, here's the paperwork, we agree, go.
We got the first ever permit for flying a civil supersonic airplane, supersonic, even before the airplane had flown for the first time.
Why?
We engaged early, we made the regulators part of the team, and we worked together.
We made it boom plus FAA versus the problem, not boom versus FAA.
What's the best piece of advice I ever received?
I think about...
I think about what Steve Jobs talked about in his Stanford Commitments address, which I assume many of you have seen.
But if not, you should watch it.
And if you've watched it, go watch it again.
And he talks about what it takes to do great work and how it's important if you're going to do great work to work on something you love and the importance of not compromising on that and holding out to find that thing that you really want to go build, that you really want to go do, because that's the only way to build something great.
And I think this also hearkens back to the earlier question about what I would look for in people.
One of the most important things to look for in people are those who actually care.
Because you can teach skills, you can teach knowledge, you can learn any kind of engineering.
But the one thing I've never been able to teach somebody else is to care when they just didn't care.
And that is an important thing to look for in your partners personally, professionally, and your employees, people who care.
Ooh, what's the worst piece of advice I've received and why?
The worst piece of advice, so my mom, hi mom, my mom told me not to start Boom.
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