Hello Steemians - I thought it was about time I introduced myself!

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Hello Steemians,

I am a 40-something, husband and father of 2 living in New Zealand. Originally from Ireland, married to a French woman (whom I met in China) with Children born in Hong Kong, I have a strong interest in travelling but more importantly, in open borders and an acceptance of people from other countries and cultures.

I’m also a foodie with a particular love for Asian cuisine and an avid sports fan. Football being my preferred sport. I’m particularly excited to be coaching my son’s 10th Grade football team this year (9-10 year olds).

I have an electrical engineering background but have spent the last 12 years building, failing and building again tech companies. I am currently founder and CEO of a health tech company with blue-chip shareholders and 20 employees in 2 countries. Therefore, I have a strong interest and experience in entrepreneurship, technology, business development, investing and raising capital in traditional financial markets.

For the last few years I’ve become disillusioned with government, financial and corporate institutions. Whilst I believe in capitalism I also believe in a free market or at least a fair playing filed. Back then, given my left leaning social views, I would have called myself centre-left. However, whilst I don’t like categorising myself or others, I would say now I subscribe more and more to libertarian, anarchist views.

A little over a year ago I got into investing in Bitcoin and other blockchain assets. As a tech geek I’m fascinated about the technology. As an entrepreneur, I’m excited about the possibilities this technology can bring. However, mostly, as someone who is sick of the institutional status quo, I’m hopeful that decentralised platforms and solutions might actually force some sort of reset and change from the destructive, globalist systems we have today.

I was aware of SteemIt about a year ago (and even bought some Steem) however I wasn’t an active user. Then I went to Anarchapulco this year and experienced a community of kindred souls. Since then I have started using SteemIt more to stay connected with this community and have (virtually) met other like-minded people as well. With everything that is happening in social media at the moment I’m also actively looking for other platforms that support privacy and the freedom of its users/customers. SteemIt is a big step forward in the right direction in my view.

I’m still trying to figure out how SteemIt works, such as how to get notifications from people I follow or topics I’m interested in for example. However, I’m slowly getting there and enjoying the journey.

I look forward to meeting and engaging with more of you. If you’re in New Zealand let me know and perhaps we can meet up. Otherwise perhaps I’ll see some of you at Anarchapulco 2019!

Cheers

Alan

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Hey @nalabra, welcome to steemit! I like your intro and always glad to see people like here on platform :)
Keep up and good luck!

Good read... Welcome to steemit

Thanks @one-person

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welcome to the world :)

Thanks @vinzie1 Happy to be here!

You have a small but a nice company btw :)

thanks :)

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Welcome!

welcome to steemit

hi @nalabra I hope you enjoy steemit this time and be active. Welcome to Steemit Community again. Looking forward for your next post. See you around 😊

Thanks @hazelicious

Welcome @nalabra - we love NZ, we are French&Australian and we live in Australia ;-)

Salut @nomadsfix nice to meet you!

Hello. I am a newcomer in steemit. I have followed you

Thanks @emongnovaostia welcome also! I have followed you as well.

Hi @nalabra, Welcome to Steemit!

Welcome! Nice to meet you.

Thanks @lashotta

Thanks @anaviteko

Welcome :)

cheers @donaldlove

welcome

Thanks @gohain

you also friend

welcome to Steemit - you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders - It's great that you are so active in business and are willing to keep trying till you get it right - I look forward to seeing your blogs here - beautiful picture by the way - looks like you live in paradise!

Thanks @jorlauski Yes NZ is a great place to live. Although, I have to confess, I took that photo on one of our sunniest days this year :)

True love unites so many couples and I love romance and those stories, touches the heart, I was in Vietnam for 5 years. Thanks for sharing, hehe. I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold. You can call me Joey.

How are you?

Hello! I followed you, let's increase the power of Steemit together! I hope you follow me. I'm always glad to have a new acquaintance with good people! ;)

Thanks @veseloff I've followed you as well.

Your history is interesting... your wife and you have a combination very new for me: French Woman & Ireland Man. About the blockchain and your investment... well... good luck! This world not is very predictible. Welcome to Steemit!

Thanks @darkfemme much appreciated!

Welcome to the world of steemit, beginnings can be difficult, but this is the best place to dream about everything...

Welcome to steemit!!! How is New Zealand, its been on my bucketlist !

Hi @katrinalebar NZ is like a small condensed version of Canada in terms of landscape but with less extreme weather. It's a great place to live especially for raising kids.

Probably one of the more safer countries these days too!

Good to know! Ill definitely be coming to check it out, thanks :)

Hi nalabra .. you have an international family 😆👌 best wishes for you and good like 👍

Thanks @zpzn

Your welcome ;)

@nalabra, welcome to the community! That was my dream, to live in New Zealand. How is the place?

Hi @kennyroy I'm biased but I think NZ is a great place live. Where are you living currently?

I am here right now living and working in Abu Dhabi, Unite Arab Emirates. Seriously, we want to migrate in that place! 4 to 5 years from now...

I've not been to Abu Dhabi so I can't comment on the place. It is a part of the world I would like to see though. Good luck with your migration plan!

One thing we often find after being on Steemit for while is we wish we had started sooner! I have been here for around 300 days now and wish I had started a year before that!

While we never know what will hold true for future payment processing and companies willing to accept different payments. Out of all the options out there Steem holds a lot of potential with how fast the blockchain is and having no network fee.

I personally would like to see cryptocurrency distance itself from BTC instead of being so chained to it. It’s unwilling to adept to the changing times and like most things it has become slow and demanding of high payment for not being that great anymore.

I can’t wait to see Steemit take off and what the future holds for us.

Hello! Welcome to STEEMIT buddy =D I'm also a newbie Nice to meet you stay in touch!

Thanks @uunio

Nice to steem you

I'm looking forward to more glimpses into life in New Zealand.
This amazing platform lets us connect with others from around the globe in a meaningful, mutually beneficial way. How cool that there is financial incentive to interact thoughtfully. Anyway, welcome!

I think you'll do well here!

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Hello! Your story is like a wonderful dream come true it seems! Electrical engineering is no joke! Id appreciate your smarts and skills and even humble nature on our discord! We have various channels and leaders there to help you grow and learn through support from new steemit users and basic casual education channels focused on improving your steemit skills! Please join us!
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