Category: KmikeyM
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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Money – Conclusion
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Join the K5M Book Club the conclusion of Money, The True Story of a Made-Up Thing “Money is a choice, or a set of choices.” says Jacob Goldstein. That’s a pretty great answer to the question of “What is money?” …
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Money – Chapter 15
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Join the K5M Book Club The Radical Dream of Digital Cash Jacob Goldstein starts with an important reminder: “Cash is a beautiful technology.” Then we get start our journey with David Chaum, the inventor of digital cash, and holder of…
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Money – Chapter 14
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Join the K5M Book Club A Brief History of the Euro (and Why the Dollar Works Better) I thought this chapter was going to be boring because for the first few pages I didn’t really highlight anything or take…
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March Challenge: Sleep
I put up a vote on February 28th, 2021 with the option of undertaking a challenge for the month of March. The options and the results were as follows: (As shareholder Hubbard pointed out in the comments, we should be using ranked voting for these kinds of decisions.) I’m excited for the “challenge” of getting…
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Money – Chapter 13
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Join the K5M Book Club How Two Guys in a Room Invented a New Kind of Money This chapter seems like it could be a whole book. Or a 10-part television series on Netflix. I mean, I guess it…