2025-05-30
16 分钟This is an iHeart Podcast.
You're listening to Math & Magic, a production of iHeart Podcasts.
Welcome to Math & Magic.
I'm Bob Pittman.
On this podcast,
we've talked with dozens of guests ranging from record executives and CEOs to data strategists,
musicians, and more.
Much of the success we've heard about stems from innovation.
Those times when someone sees a gap in the market or a problem with a business model and comes up with a fresh perspective.
In today's bonus episode of Math & Magic,
we'll hear from those innovators and their incredible business breakthroughs.
Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic,
a company building the next generation supersonic passenger plane.
If you're unfamiliar with supersonic flight,
it's a marvel i was fortunate enough to fly on the famous concord which flew at roughly twice the speed of sound and upwards of 60 000 feet making it possible to travel from london to new york in under three hours at the time it was too expensive to sustain the concord flew its last route in 2003 and commercial supersonic flight was largely put on the back burner That's where Blake comes in.
A fellow aviation nerd,
he honed his chops at Amazon and Groupon before leaving to pursue his passion,
making commercial supersonic flight viable.
I think there has always been tremendous consumer excitement in supersonic.
The problem was that it wasn't offered at a price or an experience that made it make sense.