Boom Supersonic
also referred to as: boom
13 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 10, 2020 by Blake Scholl · said 54 times in 8 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (22), Blake Scholl (12), Paul Buchheit (1), Max Altman (1), Josh Buckley (1)
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 18 mentions in 2 episodes 9 per episode
- Will Cursor Kill Figma? Lightspeed Raises $9B & OpenAI’s $1B from Disney & #1 App in App Store · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
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2020 30 mentions in 1 episode
2019 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Why The Best Entrepreneurs Are Cockroaches, What Everyone Underestimates About Customer Acquisition & What You Don't But Need To Know About Payback Periods with Josh Buckley, Founder & Chairman @ Mino Games
- 20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Boom Supersonic, oldest first
Apr 10, 2020
Boom's early capital came from high-net-worth individuals and personal VC checks
“A lot of our capital as the company was, particularly on the young side, has come from ultra high net worth individuals. Many cases, well-known VCs who are investing outside of their funds where they don't have those timing constraints.”
Apr 10, 2020 positive
Stripe co-founder John Collison was Boom Supersonic's very first investor
“It was John Collison, the co-founder of Stripe. And this was in the relatively early days of Stripe before it was the massive success that it was today. John was a pilot. I met him through a friend and we went out to dinner or talking about what we were doing …”
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 bullish
Apr 10, 2020
Senior aerospace leaders with startup fit are the hardest hires
“The hardest thing to hire for is big leadership roles that require aerospace background. And that is because the background is crucial for us to have. If you're going to go off and build Overture, which is probably one of the most complicated safety critical t…”
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 bullish
Boom's Overture airliner will fly New York to London in three hours
“And so that airplane will carry 75 passengers at business class fares on flights that are half as long as they are today. So think, you know, New York to London and three hours instead of seven, you know, fast enough, you can go across the pond, get business d…”
Apr 10, 2020 positive
Conventional wisdom that commercial supersonic flight is economically unviable is false
“Six years ago, when we were starting Boom, the conventional wisdom was no one would pay enough to be able to fly supersonic, that it would have to be really That the sonic boom was an insurmountable barrier that would take decades of R&D to solve. And it turns…”
Dec 18, 2025 positive
Dec 18, 2025 bearish
Dec 18, 2025 neutral
Calacanis: Boom crashed to $500M valuation before rising to $1.5B
“December, 20, 24, a year ago crashes down round, maybe five hundred million dollar valuation, but it might be worse when you think about the cram down and the effects. That's like not, that's a tough moment. AI, AI booms, and now you're back up to 1.5 billion.”