The Hustle: The Real Reason Starbucks is Closing Stores

The Hustle: The Real Reason Starbucks is Closing Stores

Client: HubSpot - The Hustle

What looks like a pullback is a $1B reset: menu trimmed, workflows rebuilt, and cafés “uplifted” to revive the third place. Inside Brian Niccol’s plan, Starbucks is shrinking to grow, trading pure speed for spaces where people linger, connect, and — yes — spend. If drive‑thrus and mobile orders turned cafés into pickup points, this strategy aims to make them human again.

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The Hustle: Why Piracy is Making a Comeback

The Hustle: Why Piracy is Making a Comeback

Client: HubSpot - The Hustle

Fragmentation, price hikes, password crackdowns, ad tiers, and shrinking libraries pushed visits to piracy sites from 130B in 2020 to 216B in 2024 — a 66% surge. In this episode, host Claudia Ayuso tracks how Netflix went from the legal alternative to the trigger point, why modern illegal sites now rival legit platforms on UX, and how a $75B annual leak is the industry’s self‑inflicted pain.

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Reason Magazine: TikTok

Reason Magazine: TikTok

In 2024, despite building a reputable presence on YouTube throughout the 2010s, Reason Magazine was struggling to get their presence on TikTok off the ground. After NODEHAUS’s success in launching the TikTok presence for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Reason reached out to see if we could elevate their ability to share and comment on the news in reaching the next generation.

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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression: TikTok

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression: TikTok

In 2021, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reached out to NODEHAUS to experiment with the emerging platform TikTok to extend their mission of defending free speech and expression. We went to work converting their principles into entertaining micro-content that went viral to reach millions of people.

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