Blake Scholl
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 29 Jul
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And so we figured the only way to learn the lessons was to go build, to go build the first supersonic jet made outside of a government or military.
And that was how XB-1 got started.
Last year, XB-1 became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier, more than a decade after founding the company.
I'd like to invite you to relive that moment with me from just about a year ago in the Mojave Desert.
Congratulations to all teams.
We're thankful for you guys.
Thank you.
I've come to believe as a startup founder, you really have to optimize for two days, the worst day and the best day.
There's no such thing as a startup that doesn't have tough days.
Along the way to that flight, Boom nearly failed several times.
There was a moment where we got down to seven days of cash and the board told me to shut the company down.
But I told them, no, we're getting through this.
We just haven't found the way through yet.
And we did.
And because I believed that what we were creating was important, because I wanted it to exist in the world, I was able to keep going even when it seemed almost impossible.
And because of that, we got to have the best day.
That moment where I got to watch the team pull the airplane out of the hangar, watch the pilot push the throttles forward, and see that we'd broken the sound barrier.
This is why you have to build things that matter.
Things that matter not just to yourself, but to the world.
Things that inspire you, things that keep you going through the inevitable ups and downs.
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