The Hustle Daily Show

Nov 04 2024 728 ep. 14 mins 2k

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A daily dose of irreverent, offbeat, and informative takes on business & tech news. Hosted by Jon Weigell, Juliet Bennett Rylah, Mark Dent, Ben Berkley, Sara Friedman, Matthew Brown, and Rob Litterst from The Hustle.

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The egg-freezing business gets a startup overhaul

Nov 04 2024 16 mins

Cofertility is a new startup that wants to reimagine the affordability of egg freezing to ensure that women under 30 actually have the option. So what’s their strategy and how does it match up with the economics of the fertility industry? Plus: New York Times tech teams go on strike and the median age of homebuyers sees an increase. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Sara Friedman a

AI monthly update: Apple Intelligence debut and Meta invests in search

Nov 03 2024 18 mins

October brought some major new developments in AI: Apple Intelligence finally launched, Meta declared entry into the crowded AI search market and much more. So, today we’re joined again by Martina Bretous, the editor of Hubspot’s Next in AI (blog.hubspot.com/ai) to talk through the last month’s most important AI news and what it could mean for your future. Plus: Nvidia replac

The business of Hollywood flops

Nov 02 2024 25 mins

When most people think of the movies, they think of Oscar-winning classics and popular summer blockbusters. But Hollywood's failures — its flops — are often more significant. Over the years, flops have bankrupted studios and forced Hollywood to modify its business model — and recent superhero flops may cause yet another evolution. Tim Robey, a longtime film critic at The Tele

Alright, Starbucks. What the hell is going on with you?

Oct 31 2024 17 mins

Starbucks is having growing pains. The new CEO Brian Nicool has already implemented changes on the corporate and consumer level, some popular, some not so much. Here’s a roundup of how their business is doing and what the coffee giant has in store for 2025. Plus: American Airlines has new boarding tech and Russian fines Google $2.5 Decillion. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Ben B

Dog trading cards are coming for your wallet

Oct 30 2024 16 mins

Famed trading card company Topps is partnering with Westminster Kennel Club to get dogs onto cards. The company sees this as a potential gold mine, but will people really buy dog trading cards? Plus: Starbucks discontinues some drinks and Dropbox lays off 20% of its global staff. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Juliet Bennett as they take you through our most interesting stories of

How Halloween beat inflation in 2024

Oct 29 2024 15 mins

Halloween is inflation-proof. At least that’s what it looks like since spending for the holiday has increased to a record high this year. So how is this all possible and where is the money coming from? Plus: McDonald’s reports a small revenue win and Starbucks threatens corporate employees yet again. Join our hosts Jon Weigell and Mark Dent as they take you through our most in

Why fewer Americans want promotions (goodbye corporate ladder?)

Oct 28 2024 15 mins

42% of American workers say they don't want a promotion because they're happy where they are. The values are shifting in the workplace and employees in the Gen Z and Millennial range are leading a new era. So why is this happening and how can you incentivize employees without promotions and raises? Plus: Boeing is aiming to cash out for $19B and McDonald’s brings back the Big Mac

Nokia’s ahead-of-its-time ‘taco phone.’

Oct 27 2024 14 mins

Nokia was right: We do want to play games on our phones. But its 2003 so-called taco phone wasn’t it. Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Juliet Bennett, and Mark Dent as they take you through our most interesting stories of the day. Follow us on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehustle.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehustledaily/ Thank You For Listening to

What does winning a James Beard Award really mean for chefs?

Oct 26 2024 13 mins

Often called the Oscars of the food industry, the James Beard Foundation Awards are among the most coveted for chefs in America. But what's sold and packaged as prestige can sometimes become a distraction from managing the business that got you there. Winning the award can also change not only a chef's life, but in the case of Chintan Pandya (Dhamaka, Semma, Adda, Unapologetic Foo

Febreze Scentstories: A fake CD player that smells

Oct 24 2024 13 mins

Shania Twain was the spokesperson for Febreze Scentstories, a product that debuted in 2004 to much confusion. The contraption looks like a CD player, but instead of music it plays…fragrances. We don’t get it either, but we will assess today how and why it failed. Plus: while Norway is raising its minimum age limit for teens to access the internet, in Poland, AI is attempting a