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Welcome to The Starting 5 Newsletter! The 30 Second Newsletter with stocks, motivation, and tunes! Hope you enjoy!
1. Stock Performance 📈
DIA: $462.74 ↑ 0.32%
NASDAQ Composite Index: 22,531.89 ↑ 1.22%
S&P 500 (SPY): $663.22 ↓ 0.61%
AMZN: $231.90 ↓ 1.04%
AAPL: $238.99 ↑ 0.35%
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2. Crypto Check-In 🪙
BTC: $117,650.00 ↑ 1.41%
ETH: $4,597.39 ↑ 2.40%
SOL: $247.95 ↑ 5.87%
LTC: $116.33 ↑ 2.06%
3. Motivation Of The Day 💭
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston Churchill
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4. Term Of The Day 📚
Burn Rate
📖Definition: The rate at which a company spends its capital (cash) to finance operations before generating positive cash flow.
📊Why it matters: Understanding burn rate helps startups and investors know how long a company can operate before needing additional funding or becoming profitable. Critical in budgeting, fundraising, and planning runway
💡Example: If a startup has $2 million in cash and its monthly operating expenses are $200,000, its burn rate is $200,000/month — meaning it has about 10 months of runway before it runs out of money (assuming no revenue and no changes in costs)
5. Song Of The Day 🎧
🎧Song: “Goosebumps” by Travis Scott & Kendrick Lamar
Genre: Rap
Why it hits: Its atmospheric production and vivid lyrical imagery pull you into an emotional space—perfect for getting focused or letting thoughts flow
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