THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLICLY TRADED PERSON
Mike Merrill lives his life as a corporation. He has adopted the framework of the company in all parts of of life, allowing shareholders to vote on what he does, and how he thinks.
While taking the idea of living in public to an extreme, we are almost all living “publicly traded” lives. Mike likes to talk about his real world examples of giving control of his life to his shareholders and how he has embraced “community through capitalism” and the connection that has to the rest of us.
He has spoken at TEDx, Future Congress, ideacity, Sandwich Summit and CyborgCamp, and he has garnered a fair amount of press.
Contact Mike here to talk about speaking at your event.
Mike currently lives in Los Angeles, CA and has sold a television show based on his life. He was previously the co-founder of a financial tech company, and before that he worked in software, advertising, and served in the US Army.
Previous Talks
Other Events:
May 2020 – K5M Shareholder Conference: Keynote and Annual Review
May 2020 – Ethereal Summit: Personal Tokens Roundtable
Jun 2019 – Future Congress: Personal Corporatehood
Dec 2016 – K5M Shareholder Conference: Keynote and Annual Review
Jan 2016 – Portland State University: “Show & Tell” Lecture
Jun 2015 – Curiosity Club: Fun w/ Factual Failures
Oct 2014 – XOXO: The New Disrupters
May 2014 – Webvisions: Watch Your Wearables Disappear
Jun 2013 – ideacity: Contractual Romance
Sep 2012 – Ten Conf: Community Through Capitalism
Aug 2012 – CyborgCamp Portland & Seattle: Community Through Capitalism
Oct 2010 – AIA Architecture and Design Festival
Dec 2009 – Research Club: Community Through Capitalism
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