Blake Scholl Quotes

Few realize how much the world around us can be improved. Most things could be better—usually significantly better.

Part of becoming an entrepreneur is learning to see “not good enough” everywhere.

Every technology—from the plow to the tractor to the steam shovel—has made humanity more human. Has freed us from cyclic, repetitive work, and enabled us to be more creative. And to do the most human thing of all: to leave the world better than we found it.

As technology has advanced, fewer have toiled for basic necessities and more have become scientists, engineers, inventors, artists, thinkers.

I believe AI will prove to be the *most* humanizing technology yet. AI enables anyone with an idea or a vision to become a creator. To leave behind something new, to add to the sum of human creation.

Buckle up, we're in for an amazing future.

On any given topic, the most important question to ask is: “what are the most important questions?” Always ask this and prioritize before jumping in.

Pro tip for finding unexpected free time in your schedule: it’s the time right before you did something you were procrastinating.

If you want to go to a restaurant, you get reservations. If you don’t want to go, you have reservations.

Don’t let anyone—most importantly yourself—tell you what you can’t do

Defensiveness is a learning disability. If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, it’s impossible to learn and grow.

“That was a once in a lifetime experience”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, because I’m never doing THAT again!”

Dear billionaires: next time you’re tempted to speak humbly that you were lucky, instead tell a story about how you worked long, smart and hard.

You’ll be doing a favor to every young person who wants to know what it really takes to create at scale.

I'm shocked at how often Plan A fails.. and then I end up discovering a Plan B that is vastly better than Plan A ever could have been.

Startup advice: work on the biggest problem others have ignored.

One of the side benefits of the mass adoption of LCD screens is that new generations grow up without the idea Gauss is a bad thing you have to get out of your CRT monitor

Bad managers optimize for large team size. Great managers are proud of how much their team accomplishes relative to its small size.

I started Boom knowing literally zero people in aerospace. Networks are built naturally when doing something interesting—they are not a precondition.

One of the more insane things about the aerospace industry is the habit of price escalation clauses in long term contracts. The norm is to expect costs to rise faster than inflation.

It's like planning to gradually suck a little bit more every year.