Category: KmikeyM

  • To Smell or Not to Smell?

    To Smell or Not to Smell?

    The overwhelming McRib aroma turns the restaurant into a strange BBQ laboratory, making any pleasant scent a rare oasis. Two co-workers stand out with their subtle, refreshing fragrances, offering welcome relief from the culinary chaos. Inspired to claim my own olfactory identity, I ask the shareholders…

  • Collect Burgers, Carry Fries

    Collect Burgers, Carry Fries

    Working in a fast-food restaurant can feel like performing the same repetitive tasks—taking orders, frying fries, wiping surfaces—without leaving a lasting mark. In this post, Van Morrison’s “Chop that wood, carry water” lyric and an ancient Chinese poem guide a reflection on labor, purpose, and personal identity. The result is a closer look at what…

  • Hamburger Mornings

    Hamburger Mornings

    In the dark hours of the morning in the shadow of Elysian Park, on the banks of the concrete Los Angeles river, it’s time to wake up and get ready for a shift at the hamburger restaurant.

  • Choose Your Own Case Study

    Choose Your Own Case Study

    Hamburger Business Review’s second season invites listeners to vote on the inaugural case study exploring McDonald’s sustainability efforts, addressing environmental impacts and corporate responsibility.

  • McJob

    McJob

    Facing job market challenges, Mike proposes applying for an entry-level position at a hamburger restaurant to regain confidence and financial stability.

  • Summer Camp

    Summer Camp

    Hello from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. We’re on our way back to Los Angeles after spending a few weeks in Niagara-On-The-Lake in Canada. Niagara-On-The-Lake, or NOTL1 (pronounced “nottle” like bottle) has become “Summer Camp” for me and Kathryn. It’s a perfect escape from the heat of Los Angeles and we get to ride bikes, watch tennis,…

  • 1000 Episodes

    1000 Episodes

    To celebrate reaching 1000 episodes of the 3 Minute Review podcast we turned the microphone on a few of our listeners. Getting to 1000 3 Minute Review started back in 2019 as a movie review podcast. This was in a special time for seeing movies in the theater and we enjoyed blockbusters like Hobbes &…

  • Election for Board Seats

    Election for Board Seats

    This is a record of the first election for the shareholder elected seats on the Board of Directors. The Process The election will happen in three parts. Part 3: The Final Vote The final vote ended after a live interactive elimination event on Sunday, July 14th 2024 at 2pm. The remaining three candidates, Beau Gunderson,…

  • The Board of Directors

    The Board of Directors

    This post will be updated as the board of directors is built out and defined. Last updated August 6, 2024. We will soon incorporate Membership Shares as approved by shareholder vote, and as part of that initiative we are also creating tiered levels of support to create a sustainable base for KmikeyM. These tiers will…

  • How I’m Using ChatGPT

    How I’m Using ChatGPT

    It took me a while to figure out how to use AI tools as something more than just a fun distraction. I mean, initially the fun distraction part was REALLY fun and REALLY distracting. I was building out whole universes with ChatGPT and following characters families through generations. What I’ve found with using AI though…

  • 📧 Build Week 2024

    📧 Build Week 2024

    Last year we made a bunch of changes to the main page, to how you can buy shares, created new alerts, and started experimenting with Policy Votes.  This year the focus is on building out features to make KmikeyM more sustainable, including adding the new Membership Shares proposal that passed with 81% approval.  Due to some availability constraints we’re…

  • Playing With Corporate Control

    Playing With Corporate Control

    After the success of the Membership Shares proposal let’s look at how corporations use share classes to maintain total control of their companies. After looking at Meta and Alphabet I was curious how much control Zuckerberg actually has. So I made a chart of all the shares of Meta and the corresponding voting power. 83%…