American airlines is going to buy up to 20 commercial super sonic jets from aircraft maker. This brings booms total order book to a hundred and 30 jets valued at 26 billion dollars. They can allegedly fly from miami to london in under five hours, cutting the standard nine hour flight time in half. Tragically, one of these will blow up, and that is nam central, whoope air lines.
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