The June challenge was almost over, with the majority of votes going to “Keep fresh flowers in the house.” I was excited, Kathryn was excited, and I was already looking up the public hours for the flower market when suddenly Josh came in and ruined the whole thing. He tipped the vote to “Wake up… Continue reading June Challenge: Wake Up At 5am
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A virtual, fully-functional stock market that acts as a decision making engine for K. Mike Merrill, the world’s first publicly traded person.
Shareholder Roadshow
When a company is going to IPO they will often do a “roadshow” and make presentations on why they are a great investment to potential investors. As a publicly traded person my personal version of a roadshow is more of a road trip. I want to meet as many shareholders as possible! Not sure on… Continue reading Shareholder Roadshow
Livestream with Oh My Dollar!
✨ Special Edition Livestream with Lillian of Oh My Dollar! (and more) We’ll talk about what the market has been doing this year, how the stock market isn’t the economy, and how efficient markets really are for decisions. 📻 Here is my previous appearance on Oh My Dollar! from 2018. 📺 Lillian’s YouTube Channel Anomalily,… Continue reading Livestream with Oh My Dollar!
May Challenge: New Place Each Week
For the month of May the shareholders set a challenge of going to a new place each week*. This was a great challenge for coming out of the pandemic restrictions and pushing me to new routes and businesses. New Places Visited: Wittmore Store – Arts District I didn’t buy anything but I was in the… Continue reading May Challenge: New Place Each Week
2021 Shareholder Conference
REGISTER NOW On Saturday, May 15th we held the 2021 Shareholder Conference. The theme of the talks this year was Speculation, a term that has been interpreted in a few different ways. This year we had a special pre-conference event on Friday night with a charity poker game hosted by Kathryn and Josh. During the… Continue reading 2021 Shareholder Conference
Kill Tuesday
Back in 2010 Josh Berezin wrote, “Workplace trends in the Western world include: higher hourly productivity, along with an increasing number of work hours. And to what end? Historically high levels of wealth disparity, along with record unemployment.” His proposed end was to move to a six day week with the belief that this would… Continue reading Kill Tuesday
Reimagining Capitalism – I Hate This Book
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Reimagining Capitalism, by Rebecca Henderson. Join the K5M Book Club These are my notes on Chapter 2 but we decided to quit reading this book because it is awful. The shareholders voted to quit with 96% approval. So there will be no more notes… Continue reading Reimagining Capitalism – I Hate This Book
Reimagining Capitalism – Chapter 1
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Reimagining Capitalism, by Rebecca Henderson. Join the K5M Book Club Chapter 1: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir?” Prologue I didn’t love the prologue. I mean, I get it, she loves trees, but the understanding she… Continue reading Reimagining Capitalism – Chapter 1
Reimagining Capitalism – Book Club Plan
My copy of Reimagining Capitalism arrived and I read the first chapter today. To stay on track and read the book in one month we only need to read about 10 pages a day. Looking at when the chapters end here is a loose reading schedule and when you can might expect my chapter notes:… Continue reading Reimagining Capitalism – Book Club Plan
Money – Book Club Notes
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Join the K5M Book Club The Shareholder Book Club met on Saturday afternoon to discuss Money: The True Story of a Made up Thing by Jacob Goldstein. There were a few links shared that I wanted to add to… Continue reading Money – Book Club Notes