Tag: publicly traded person
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Money – Chapter 1
These are my notes for the K5M Book Club on the book Money, by Jacob Goldstein. Author’s Note Jacob’s aunt Janet seems rad. A poet with an MBA feels like an intellectually dangerous person in the most interesting way: Money is fiction. It was never there in the first place. This made me think of cryptocurrency!…
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CTRL ALTZ: Are.na
In March of 2018 I invested $100 into Are.na via their investment campaign on Republic via a Crowd SAFE (Crowdfunding Simple Agreement for Future Equity). The actual investment in WHEN IT CHANGED, INC., a Delaware Corporation that created and operates Are.na. The idea of a SAFE was developed by Y Combinator as replacement for the…
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The World’s Second Publicly Traded Person
I’ve been a publicly traded person since 2008, and I’ve always called myself the “first” because I hoped more would come after. Today, 12 years later, the prophecy has been fulfilled! Alex Masmej has used cryptocurrency to become the second publicly traded person. I first spoke with Alex when we were both on a panel…
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CTRL ALTZ: HumanIPO
On May 7th 2020 I joined a handful of others selling my time on the HumanIPO marketplace. HumanIPO let’s you invest in the time of other people, holding it as it rises or falls in value, redeeming it for the labor of the person who sold their time, or trading on the ups and downs…
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How To KmikeyM
In 2008 I launched a market and sold shares in myself. I also asked my shareholders for advice, and they voted with the power of the shares they had bought, giving me a clear course of action whenever I was unsure of something. The project is called KmikeyM, which is an abbreviation of K. Michael…
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The Eleven Point Strategy Results
During the first week of the stay-at-home order I was refreshing the news and generally feeling down. Thankfully, by talking with Kathryn and writing my thoughts out I was able to detect my own malaise and form a plan. For two weeks I tried to complete eleven different tasks, which kept me occupied and busy…
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Purchase Log During Stay-At-Home Order
🧅40 lb of vidalia onions $99.95 🎁AirPods Pro for Kathryn (gift) $253.28 🚴♂️Bike repair + new tire at Cocos Variety $54.67 ☕Carnelian Coffee $41.00 🍕Take out pizza from Hail Mary $55.00 🚴♂️Quadlock Bike Mount $53.96 🎮Battletech game $5.00 🩲PUMP! underwear $79.00 🎮Kickstarter for new project from game creators I like $8.72 😷 Masks for Masks…
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Zoom Checkin
We’re having semi-regular Zoom meetings with shareholders! Install Zoom and here is the login info for the next meeting: Next Meeting:Time: Apr 9, 2020 6:30pm (Pacific Time) https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7297517576Meeting ID: 729 751 7576 Previous Meetings Apr 2, 2020 01:00 PMMarch 25th at 5:00pm
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The Publicly Traded Person is Down
I had a Zoom conversation with a few friends last week and we talked about feeling like we have all this time but no energy to do anything. This past weekend I was pretty depressed and it took me a while to realize it. I think of myself as an optimistic person, so I’m usually…
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A History of KmikeyM Facial Hair
My 12th shareholder question was about growing a mustache. In 2008 I proposed growing a “winter mustache” (something like Rollie Fingers) and it failed with 54% voting no. A close vote but at that time only fifteen people voted. In 2015, after a shareholder mandated vacation to Mexico, I proposed the idea of growing out…
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Mike for Bernie
The vote to endorse a candidate in the 2020 presidential election passed with 61% approval. The vote for which candidate to endorse was for Bernie Sanders with 52%. Mar 1, 2020: This morning I donated $5 to the Sanders’ campaign and I tweeted my endorsement. Mar 2, 2020: I purchased a t-shirt and a fridge…
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How weejee Works
When we built KmikeyM I modeled the voting system on shareholder resolutions, which usually present an argument and allow shareholders to vote “For” or “Against”. One of the differences we’ve discovered in being a publicly traded person has been the need for multiple choice questions. So we built weejee (well, to be fair, Aaron built…