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一 | 北京时间1月12日上午，短信初创企业Hustle在2018年中期选举中与1300多个民主党竞选团队合作。然而，在选举后，该公司裁员35%。在最近专注于政界的科技初创企业中，争先恐后被认为是最大的成功案例之一。迄今为止，该公司已从全球汽车公司（GV）获得超过4000万美元的风险投资，包括社会资本（Social Capital）、Insight Venture Partners和Alphabet。公司面临的问题表明，将竞选活动作为主要商业来源的商业模式存在根本缺陷。

二 | Hustle首席执行官RoddyLindsay周四在博客上首次披露了裁员的消息。 Planes packed with summer travelers boosted Delta Air Lines to a $1.11 billion profit in the third quarter, and the carrier said Thursday that it expects revenue to keep rising into the holiday season.Profit was up 59% from a year earlier, as strong ticket sales — especially for premium seats and international flights — helped Delta shrug off higher labor costs.The Atlanta-based airline predicted ranges for fourth-quarter and full-year profit that mostly exceed Wall Street expectations.“I think we’re closing the year strong, and the holiday bookings that we see right now are pretty good,” CEO Ed Bastian said in an interview. “Domestic (travel) is solid, and international is really strong.”U.S. airlines are flying high as the travel recovery that began last year shows few signs of slowing down.Delta increased its passenger-carrying capacity an aggressive 16% and was able to fill all those extra seats. Travelers flew 64 billion miles on the airline in the quarter, a 17% increase, and they filled 88% of the seats on the average flight, a point higher than last summer.Revenue from ticket sales in the main cabin grew 12% — and 17% for premium seating. Money from Delta’s loyalty program soared 21%.The program, called SkyMiles, has become so popular that there are far more passengers hoping for upgrades to better seats than available seats. Lines can grow long at Delta lounges at busy airports like Atlanta and New York’s JFK.But when Delta announced changes to deal with the overcrowding last month — including basing elite frequent-flyer status purely on spending, and limiting lounge access for holders of Delta credit cards — the reaction from longtime customers was quick and brutal. Some vowed to switch airlines. Alaska Airlines and JetBlue fished for disgruntled Delta members by promising elite status in their programs. Even Bastian admitted the airline “ probably went too far.” Bastian has promised to modify the unpopular changes, but he hasn’t given any details yet.“We are working on that. We’ll be announcing something in the coming days,” Bastian said in the interview. He said he has received “a lot of feedback – everyone had their own ideas as to how we might restructure the program. Almost universally, people acknowledged that we needed to do something.” Delta's third-quarter profit, adjusted to exclude one-time items, was $2.03 per share, 8 cents better than forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Revenue rose 11% to $15.49 billion, also beating expectations.For the fourth quarter, Delta said revenue will rise as much as 11% from a year ago and it will earn between $1.05 to $1.30 per share. Analysts expected $1.09.The airline predicted that full-year profit will land between $6 and $6.25 per share after saying in June it would be at the top end of a $5-to-$6 range. The short-term outlook would be rosier if not for a recent pickup in jet fuel prices — although fuel is still much cheaper than it was a year ago. Bastian expressed confidence that Delta and other carriers can raise prices enough to cover any increase in fuel expense. Shares of Delta were virtually flat in morning trading.。Hustle为活动、权利组织和营销人员开发工具，帮助他们向联系人列表发送定制信息。短信已经成为政治运动的一个重要方面，几乎每个主要的民主党机构都在努力，包括45个州的民主党立法竞选委员会、民主党全国委员会和民主党团体。林赛以前是Facebook工程师。

三 | 他为马克扎克伯格的移民改革权利组织工作。2014年，美国和联合创办了Hustle。该公司与伯尼·桑德斯的总统竞选团队合作，并迅速扩大了其他民主党客户。该公司还与其他权利和商业组织合作，美国在线汽车公司Lyft是该公司最早的非政治客户。林赛说，他正在积极发展业务，以抵消中期选举后不可避免的政治收入下降。”我们必须走出去，与稳定的实体建立业务，这不会每两年消失一次，”他说。

四 | 到去年年底，Hustle有30个商业客户。但在2018年，政治活动和组织占据了Hustle的大部分收入。Hustle的问题是对其他初创企业的警告。在2016年美国大选后涌现的一批新的政治科技公司中，力争上游是最好的。挪威信贷银行（DNC）首席技术官拉菲•克里科里安（RaffiKrikorian）表示，许多其他此类初创企业可能比匆忙更容易受到攻击。政治技术供应商在选举后正逐渐走向死亡，这是该行业的规范，因此许多投资者也会避开此类技术公司。然而，Hustle的投资者之一、高地实验室的合作伙伴Betsy Hoover表示，许多企业面临季节性增长和收缩。”许多行业都是周期性的，但他们做得很好。对于Hustle来说，2018年在财政和影响力方面都取得了巨大的成功。