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Blake Scholl

Founder and chief executive of Boom Supersonic, the Denver company building the Overture supersonic airliner.

6 things

Atlas ShruggedBook Ayn Rand

loved

I mean, far and away my favorite book is Atlas Shrugged, and it's probably not an accident that all the heroes in Atlas Shrugged are also pilots.

Y Combinator interview with Craig Cannon, "On starting and scaling aerospace company Boom", asked for his favourite books, movies and podcasts; transcript published by YC with speaker labels.

2020-06-09·ycombinator.com ↗

The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBook Ben Horowitz

liked

In that case, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is good.

Y Combinator interview with Craig Cannon, "On starting and scaling aerospace company Boom", asked for his favourite books, movies and podcasts; transcript published by YC with speaker labels.

2020-06-09·ycombinator.com ↗

LifespanBook David A. Sinclair

recommended

Read Lifespan by @davidasinclair or check out his podcast with the same name

His reply on X.

2022-04-30·x.com ↗

The Innovator's DilemmaBook Clayton Christensen

recommended

The Innovator's Dilemma, everyone talks about it, I wonder how many people actually read it. You should actually read it. You should know what disruptive innovation actually means.

Y Combinator interview with Craig Cannon, "On starting and scaling aerospace company Boom", asked for his favourite books, movies and podcasts; transcript published by YC with speaker labels.

2020-06-09·ycombinator.com ↗

Futures in BiotechPodcast

recommended

There's a defunct podcast called Futures in Biotech that, if you are not a biologist but you think biotech is cool, look up Futures in Biotech. Listen to all the old episodes, they have amazing guests, and you'll feel like you know enough about biotech to kind of appreciate it.

Y Combinator interview with Craig Cannon, "On starting and scaling aerospace company Boom", asked for his favourite books, movies and podcasts; transcript published by YC with speaker labels.

2020-06-09·ycombinator.com ↗

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