🗳️ First Hostile Takeover Vote
there is a new activist shareholder... and he wants to make some changes
Hello Shareholders!
An exciting week as I am back in Los Angeles after my trip to Portland for the 2022 Shareholder Summit and we now know who the mystery shareholder is and a little more about his motivations. Here’s the tl;dr for this email:
💹 New Major Shareholder is Patrick Campbell, and he has initiated a hostile takeover.
👕 I found some KmikeyM T-Shirts. Want one?
🦄 Web3 Adventures Updates (see below)
🗳️ New Vote: Rescind Social Media Dark Mode
Our newest Shareholder Activist has made a plea to return to the public sphere of social media. While I have only been private on Twitter and Instagram for a short while I have seen it’s a bit limiting. And now that I am not running a social media account for a bad boss I am honestly less opposed to the idea of social media (though I still believe algorithm-driven social interactions are bad).
🏔️ Shareholder Summit Videos
The 2022 Shareholder Summit was a great success and I have to go back and rewatch all the talks and take notes. There is a lot to learn. To make it easier we cut up the talks into individual videos which you can watch on YouTube.
(I need to make better thumbnails).
👕 KmikeyM T-Shirts
While in Portland I finally collected the last few boxes from my brother’s basement, one of which had some old KmikeyM T-Shirts. Kathryn ripped the sleeves off hers so she could hulk out in it:
I only have a few Small, Medium, and Large left (Kathryn wears a small, I wear a Large). They are American Apparel shirts from years and years ago, so pretty fitted. If you have a lot of shares I’ll send you one, otherwise they are $10. 🤑
🦄 Web3 Adventures Updates
👉 After I left Roll I wanted to continue with my web3 adventures. For the last month I’ve been working with a team on Fingerholers, a bankroll management game with NFT avatars. It’s a strange time to be working on an NFT project as all of crypto crashes, but I kind of love the idea of launching into a bear market. If any shareholders are into NFTs I’d love to chat with you!
🥚 Marcus and I have also been co-hosting the Experimental Garden Group podcast, which is a little bit about economics and money and business but mostly about crypto. In addition to a podcast it’s also an investment club, but we aren’t allowed to publicly solicit for new members.
🦢 I’ve also kept in touch with a few of the projects I met with when I was working at Roll, including GooseCube, which has reformed itself into an Immersive Entertainment DAO. I got to see a physical cube in person in Portland (it’s coming to Seattle soon!) and I’m going to help with some media and community stuff.
That’s pretty much it! I mean, there is a ton more but this email is full. Drop into the KmikeyM Slack and say hello. And let me know if you have any questions or thoughts!
Profitably Yours,
-K. Mike Merrill