The father-daughter duo, Lindsey Fleischhauer and Stanley Valiulis, featured in Shark Tank Season 12. The founders devised an innovative idea to make shopping and carrying a toddler hassle-free.

This layoff of 1,750 corporate-level positions sounds like a lot; however, it's only 2.5% of Southwest Airlines' workforce of 72,000. Eleven of the positions cut were vice president level or higher.