What… in… the… heck… is… The Hustle?
“I knew it! You’re just out to get something from me!”
You
Please keep reading, I can explain.
To this point, all of my Follow Friday posts to date have been about people. I have had the recommendations section of my site since I started rebuilding the site because I wanted to have a place where I could point my readers to resources they would find useful. Several of the links on that page are referral or affiliate links and I try to state that plainly at the top of the page so there is no trickery involved. Honestly, if you find that offensive, I would have no problem whatsoever with you opening a new tab and googling each of the links I provide, but when it costs you nothing for me to earn swag or even financial compensation for referring you, that seems ok to me because I use and find value in each of the products, services, and subscriptions I recommend.
That being said, I have been toying around with the idea of including some of the newsletters and tools I use/follow for a few weeks now, but it wasn’t until this week that I felt I was truly doing it for the right reasons. Over this past weekend, Joe Biden was announced as the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election. Then, on Monday, the news broke that there had been major progress in a vaccine to combat the Coronavirus which caused a huge “rotation” in the stock market, to the tune of double-digit percentage swings on entire segments of the stock market. On Tuesday, I was instant messaging with one of my friends/co-workers about it and took a screenshot of a section of The Hustle from that day and sent it to him. After he read it, he asked where it came from because he knew it didn’t come from The Morning Brew, another email newsletter he knew I subscribed to. I sent him a link to The Hustle and asked him what his thoughts were around me posting a Follow Friday post about it explaining that I wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be received poorly. A good discussion ensued and here we are and I’m posting a Follow Friday post about The Hustle.
So what is The Hustle? Like The Morning Brew, which you may have heard about recently because they were recently acquired by Insider Inc., The Hustle is a daily business-focused email newsletter that tries to not just report what happened but do it in a way that is informative and fun with just a hint of snark. Credit to The Hustle, their first mention the day after The Morning Brew was acquired was a congratulation to the Brew Crew, one of their primary competitors. As you can see in the featured image on this post, the advertisement is that you get the scoop on business & tech in 5 minutes or less. They also have a funny Friday Shower Thoughts section which combs the r/ShowerThoughts subreddit for comedic/insightful gold.
If you’re someone who is in a corporate or startup environment that wants to stay informed about what’s going on in the business & tech world, The Hustle is definitely worth checking out.