Mark Dent

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

2 months ago | 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.

2 months ago | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Colorado reintroduced wolves to stimulate the environment. They’ve also disrupted a traditional industry and way of life. One morning last April, a Colorado rancher named Doug Bruchez guided his 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser toward a scene he’d feared was inevitable. It was around 6:30am. Patches of snow covered his meadow, a golden expanse in northwestern Colorado where Bruchez’s family has run cattle for about 25 years.

Jan 17, 2025 | thehustle.co | Mark Dent

Beer, wine, and spirit sales have trended upward for years. But the industry now faces new threats. This year, millions of Americans are participating in Dry January — the tradition of abstaining from booze for an entire month. And the alcohol industry is waking up to a nasty hangover. IWSR, a global data firm that researches beverages, found that the United States’ year-over-year alcohol volumes fell 2.6% in 2023 and 2.8% for the first seven months of 2024.