Mark Dent

1 month ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

In some ways, our AI CEOs acted more humane than human CEOsA couple years ago, as the advent of ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI led people to ponder the automation of human workers like graphic designers, drivers, and programmers, The Hustle considered a more ambitious takeover: the possibility of replacing CEOs with AI.

2 months ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

They’re called sidewalk sheds. Many have been up for longer than a decade. On East 9th Street in Manhattan, New York, an ugly green structure stands over the sidewalk. Known as a sidewalk shed, it was built to protect passersby from possible falling debris. It received a construction permit in September 2010 — back when Michael Bloomberg was the city’s mayor, and Apple had just released the iPhone 4.

2 months ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Yet companies keep using them over and over. In 2001, after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center upended American travel, layoffs rippled through the airline industry. By late September, ~81k jobs had been cut industry-wide. Nearly everyone made cuts, from bargain carriers like Frontier and Spirit to heavyweights like American, US Airways, and United, which each laid off between 15%-23% of their workers. The lone holdout was Southwest Airlines.

2 months ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Pizzas at Domino's and Pizza Hut cost the same as they did in the 1990s — thanks to volume and hidden feesThe year is 1999. You live in the Midwest. Your family needs a quick dinner, and the kids are protesting for pizza. You find a coupon in the local newspaper for a special deal at your local Domino’s: $6.99 for a large one-topping carryout pizza. The year is 2025. You still live in the Midwest, and you’re in the market for pizza again.

Feb 7, 2025 | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Janet Marlow traded renown as a guitarist to start playing for dogs and cats. In 1980, a young musician named Janet Marlow made her entrance as a classically-trained guitarist at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City. A fifth generation musician, she’d been studying the 10-string guitar under the tutelage of Spanish virtuosos. She practiced six-to-eight hours per day to prepare for the performance, where a sold-out crowd of classical music patrons, artists, and critics expected mastery.