The 5:30 A.M. Warrior Call: COVID-19's Global Impact, U.S. Airlines and More (4/01/2020) Joe De Sena's free-flowing morning briefing breaks down a variety of global topics, from the U.S. stock market to schools in Japan.

By Joe De Sena Apr 1, 2020

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Every morning, Joe De Sena, CEO and founder of Spartan, connects with his worldwide network of leaders and experts to get first-person accounts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These calls are happening in real time, and Entrepreneur has not independently verified the speakers' reports.

Today, the group discusses China's timeline in dealing with COVID-19, as well as how places like Argentina, Japan and New York are faring during the pandemic. The group also chats about global economic indicators and break down metrics on how airline traffic has been decimated in recent weeks.

Joe De Sena

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Founder & CEO, Spartan Race, Inc.

Joseph De Sena has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word “entrepreneur.”

A full-time resident of Pittsfield, Vt., he knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office – and that’s the feeling he seeks to bring to the world’s athletes with Spartan Race. He’s competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.

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