Wish I could say I am finally here, but that would imply I was trying to get onto this for a while. I discovered Steemit 2 days ago.
But nevertheless, introducing myself.
I am Piyush and my journey begins in 1991. I started off my professional life as a musician when I was 16 years old, playing the keyboards and piano, touring and performing across multiple cities.
I then completed a degree in Economics in India in 2009 before moving to London to pursue a Master degree in Investment Banking and Finance. Drastic change from being a musician to an investment banker, but that's life. This transition was not easy in any way. I did a Steve Jobs, leaving everything behind for a few months and trekking the Himalayan mountain ranges for a while. 
London was cloudy and cold. But this time set me up to pursue a career in investment banking and venture capital.
I moved back to India in 2013 and started working for a venture capital fund. My job took me to Australia and Dubai. I remember spending 15 days a month in Dubai for 2 years. I worked closely with founders at multiple startups we invested into, and this often felt like being a founder myself. I have personally taken 4 startups from ideation stage to a seed round, then a Series A, B and eventually an acquisition. This was fun, but exhausting.
In 2017, I decided to move to Australia to pursue a MBA degree at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. This was also the time I started doing my research on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. I decided to invest significant chunks of capital into promising coins and ICOs.
And guess what? I think the venture capital experience came in handy. I have lost money and made money, but most importantly I have come to realise there is nothing better than not being greedy and knowing when to exit an investment.
Lambos don't grow on trees. And they don't run on dreams.
I know think of managing crypto investments as a full time job and life is good. I now have friends, family and fools asking me to manage/introduce them to cryptocurrencies. Maybe its time to give my serious hobby a professional touch.
But seriously, how good is Raiblocks. I am blown away by the speed of transfer and zero transaction fee.
I'll look forward to engage myself more in this community. I think it is very immature to make price predictions and recommend coins. The blockchain space is beautiful in itself and we can all grow together.
If you are part of/know any interesting ICO, me and my friends would be happy to learn more and be part of the journey.
Cheers,
Piyush
Welcome to the steemit community I look forward to seeing more of your work I am following you. Please follow me also.
Oye Piyush! 🙌😎
Welcome to Steemit! So glad you are here. Didn't know you moved to Australia!
Tell me you found out about steemit from my Facebook post 😁
I have been meaning to get onboard more friends from India here. Conducting some workshops and stuff.
If you need any help getting around on this platform, I have a server on Discord for Indian Musicians.
Here is the invite: https://discord.gg/5AR6TW9
Join there!
See you around man ✨
haha yes inspired by you to get onboard.
Living off crypto for a few months now. I think its going to change the world. Steemit looks exciting.
Yes! This is the future man... glad you are onboard 🙌🏽
Welcome to the best community ever which values our hardwork . Hope you'll have good time here. Gud people are waiting for you... Feel free to share what you like with me and be in touch @sarinakhan
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