Leader profile

Blake Scholl

Current role

Role: CEO
Company: Boom Supersonic
Official link: https://x.com/bscholl?lang=en

Recent viewpoints

Modern society has lost momentum in transportation and industrial progress.

Scholl argues that technological progress in areas such as air travel, spaceflight, and defense manufacturing has slowed dramatically compared with the pace achieved in the mid-twentieth century.

Blake Scholl Technological Progress Source at 0:07

Faster travel can create economic and cultural opportunities beyond aviation.

Scholl says previous increases in aviation speed transformed tourism, commerce, and culture, and argues another doubling of travel speed could produce similarly significant changes.

Blake Scholl Supersonic Travel Source at 2:23

Founders should pursue missions important enough to sustain them through failure.

Scholl argues that meaningful missions give founders the motivation to endure severe setbacks, citing Boom's near-failures before XB-1 ultimately broke the sound barrier.

Blake Scholl Startup Perseverance Source at 7:36

Mach cutoff could permit supersonic flight without audible ground booms.

Scholl says XB-1 demonstrated Mach cutoff, where atmospheric conditions and flight parameters can prevent a sonic boom from reaching the ground.

Blake Scholl Supersonic Travel Source at 8:31

Building working technology can create momentum for regulatory change.

Scholl argues that companies in regulated industries can sometimes change regulations by demonstrating a technology and showing regulators and the public why it can operate acceptably.

Blake Scholl Regulation Source at 10:01

Recent interviews

Blake Scholl: The Future Was Supposed to Be Faster

Jul 28, 2026

Major topics

Design IterationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 TypographyLast interview Aug 15, 2026 InternationalizationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Visual PrototypingLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Logo DesignLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Project PlanningLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Creative CollaborationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Meaningful DesignLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Accessible ComputingLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Design ConstraintsLast interview Aug 15, 2026