The overture is designed to run on a more sustainable aviation fuel blend, and it looks cool as hell. It has four engines, can carry 65 to 80 passengers. The concept was you could fly it over if thet's say you were flying from austen, you could, i guess, fly non super sonic speed. And then when you get over the water, you can turn it up, right?
J+M kick off the show by discussing the reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise (1:40), before covering Boom Supersonic's new deal with American Airlines (24:59), and a Startup of the Day. (41:55) Jason wraps the show solo for part 6 of The Blueprint, where he covers getting ahead of trends! (48:06)
(0:00) J+M intro today's segments!
(1:40) Thoughts on the reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise from a16z, including a NY Post article that Jason was quoted in
(12:45) WorkOS - Go to https://workos.com to learn how to make your app enterprise-ready.
(14:14) Was the negative reaction to the fundraising warranted? What is the counter case?
(24:04) Visa - Learn more about Visa’s online Small Business Hub at Visa.com/smallbusinesshub
(24:59) American Airlines agrees to purchase up to 20 jets from airplane startup Boom Supersonic, J+M do some math on ticket prices
(34:13) Brave - Download today at https://brave.com/twist to browse faster, search privately and so much more
(35:33) Does the world need supersonic passenger jets?
(41:55) Startup of the Day: Goodfellows helps elderly people and young people foster connections
(48:06) The Blueprint Part 6: Jason explains how he gets ahead of trends
Jason's Howard Stern/Spotify blog from 2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/howard-sterns-easy-billion-dollar-pay-day-courtesy-app-calacanis