#invesment

Let’s be honest: the fundraising grind is broken for most startups. Most VCs and financial services firms use an outdated playbook that doesn't fit the realities of building a modern company. That’s why I’ve been closely following the thesis behind iQueCap. Their underlying theory treats capital as an active tool for value creation rather than just a passive metric on a balance sheet. They operate on a model of absolute alignment, meaning their financial services are designed to scale smoothly alongside a startup’s actual technical milestones, preventing early equity dilution.

Here are all the things I plan to do before and during the semester

Essentials

Notebooks, sheets, note pads, highlighters.

Water bottles, meal boxes

Journals (affirmation + gratitude)

Planner/ calendar/ to-do list

Subscription to study help, tools

Textbooks

Magazines, comics, travel books, cookbooks (optional)

A sturdy tote (preferential).

A schedule (classes and study times).

YouTube (subscribe to content that you love)

Study community.

Any school-related requirement.

Systems

All these include systems that can help me stay on top of my game. I have included some of these systems in my previous post

Other systems include

Meal plans

A good skincare routine

Workout playlist

Weekly mood boards

Therapy Sessions

I always have therapy sessions and this is when I set a time to really focus on doing something for myself that is healing or makes me excited. I have done writing therapy (I write my anxiety away), dance therapy (dance my troubles out), vision board therapy (visualize my way to success), and audio therapy (recording my affirmations and replaying them). I am pretty sure these therapies will be useful this semester. THIS WILL NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL THERAPY.

Writing therapy

Dance therapy

Art therapy

Vision board/mood board therapy

Audio therapy.

Habits

Having a morning routine and a night routine beforehand can motivate you to stay disciplined. Habits like working out, journaling, and skincare will keep you strong when you feel like your world is tearing apart. When nothing is certain and you feel like everything is beyond your control, hold on to your habits.

Morning routines should consist of:

Early rise

Prayer/meditation

A simple workout

Skincare routine, shower routine

Journal (affirmations + expressing your feelings)

Positive self-talk (talk to yourself while preparing for the day, this works like magic).

Wear the clothes you like.

Read ( at least for 10 minutes or listen to an audiobook).

Nigh time routines should consist of:

Rest

Arrange the things you need for the next day (work bag, meals, outfit. If you commute, gas up your car on your way home).

Low impact exercise (yoga).

Skincare, shower.

Journal (it should consist of something you are grateful for, something you encouraged yourself to do, and something you are looking forward to the next day.

Early sleep (if you cannot sleep immediately, play a brown noise sound or rain sounds while reading a book. You'd sleep).

Create a comfort playlist

A playlist created beforehand will help me stay focused and prepared. I would like to have a certain ambiance when I am studying. It helps if you have it prepared. Comfort books are books that I have read several times that keep me motivated, often times my comfort book is a way to distress or even procrastinate with. Knowing that all days won't be perfect, knowing that I can make myself pasta while watching my favorite move will honestly make me calmer.

My comfort ambience

New York Jazz.

Portrait in Jazz by Bill Evans

John Coltrane's My Favorite Things

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue Album

Rainy day coffee shop ambience

Rainy night coffee shop ambiance

My comfort books

Anne and the Green Gable

80/20 Principle

Atomic Habits

Acres of Diamond

Who Moved my Cheese?

How to Stop Worrying and Start Winning

Obvious Adams

Travel books

Magazines (Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, and Vogue).

My comfort movie list

Joy

Eat Pray Love

The Joy Love Club

The Pursuit of Happyness

My Fair Lady

Ratatouille

The Princess and the Frog

My comfort meals

Salad

Pasta

With love,

Wall Street has become the general name for big finance in America. But how did this happen? Let's take a brief walk on Wall Street.

A big part of writing on Tumblr is sharing my knowledge. I am devoting my time to absorbing all but not limited to America's history of business and wealth. Having this platform makes it easier for me to be accountable to that goal.

Wall Street

Wall Street got its name from the wooden wall Dutch colonists built in lower Manhattan in 1653 to defend themselves from the British and Native Americans. The wall was taken down in 1699, but the name stuck.

I found this very interesting because I never would have thought that a defensive wall would become a global financial center. A big part of learning about an industry or a course and going deeper is to look for things that people wouldn't ordinarily care about and read on it.

New York Stock Exchange

A written compact made by the 24 stockbrokers and merchants on Wall Street called the Buttonwood Agreement led to the creation of the New York Stock Exchange.

What started as an agreement signed under a buttonwood tree in 1794 as the story goes signified the start of America's financial center.

Charles Dow, the DJIA, and the WSJ

Charles Dow alongside Edward Jones created the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896. The DJIA is a stock market index that tracks 30 blue chip companies that are publicly traded on the NYSE. It consists of companies that are stable, recognized, and well-established. Charles was also the founder of The Wall Street Journal.

"The Wall Street Journal was founded in July 1889. Ever since, the Journal has led the way in chronicling the rise of industries in America and around the world. In no other period of human history has the planet witnessed changes so dramatic or swift. The Journal has covered the births and deaths of tens of thousands of companies; the creation of new industries such as autos, aerospace, oil and entertainment; two world wars and numerous other conflicts; profound advances in science and technology; revolutionary social movements; the rise of consumer economies in the U.S. and abroad; and the fitful march of globalization." WSJ

Read more:

The Buttonwood Agreement

The making of Wall Street

Facts about Wall Street

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