I had a hard core fan girl moment last night when I got to meet Steemit CEO Ned Scott (@Ned) some of his Steem Team badasses including Jeffrey Paul (
Hive account@sneak) and Pon Kattera (
Hive account@pkattera) headquartered here in Austin, TX.
They dropped in at the end of our Austin Steemit Meetup Group last night. An awesome surprise!
I have to share about my first Steemit Meetup experience and how awesome it was.
The meetup was held in a North Austin co-working space called Vessel which had
cold brew and beer on tap, fresh coffee, Topo Chico, cookies, chips and guacamole, hummus, snacks, & coziness. Mega (unexpected) hospitality!
The bearded sweetheart of a human, Richard Crill (
Hive account@richardcrill) and his sweetheart of a girlfriend Lindsey (
Hive account@lindseylambz) were our hosts. My sister and I felt super welcomed as first timers. Look it's Lindsey, Ned, and Me the Goofy Fan Girl!
Richard began the meetup by going over his 3 keys to succeeding on Steemit: Consistency, Quality, and Communication.
Richard then introduced Rick Miller (
Hive account@instructor2121) who was Steem early adopter and investor who shared good insight about apps using the Steem blockchain. He drove to Austin from Alabama to come to this meetup! Amazing!
Then we moved into a presentation by Kyle (
Hive account@ajaxalot) who explained DLive, a Steem based live streaming platform. Kyle live recorded the whole meetup which you can watch in unedited form HERE. He also has a nice blog post about the meetup with links and time code markers of everyone's presentations. Super cool! I learned so much about DLive and what a cool platform it is.
After Kyle, we met I.J. (
Hive account@steemcafe), a Las Vegas based-class clown-badass that shared info about his upcoming exciting event called the Steem Creators Conference April 13-15. Tickets are super affordable, there are fantastic presenters, and fun Vegas activities for Steemians to experience together. If you are interested in attending or getting involved / volunteering / anything - Check out I.J.'s post and follow him. He's so freaking funny. He flew from Vegas to come to this Austin Steemit Meetup. Amazing!
Toward the end of I.J.'s presentation, in flooded the final Steemian power players I mentioned at the top including 
Hive account@ned, Hive account@sneak, and 
Hive account@pkaterra who jumped into a Steem Q&A, discussed Smart Media Tokens, and the future of Steem blockchain to create more powerful tools for entrepreneurs. Much of the discussion was based off Ned's 
Hive account@steemitblog post from 3 days ago: Steemit Winter Update: 2017 reflection, our Vision Statement and Mission, and a look forward. Check it out! Good stuff!
In closing, I'm must say I'm in awe of the enthusiasm, passion, and innovation in the Steemit space. People traveled from around the country to attend this humble Austin Steemit Meetup.
This happens because of passion, and passion is infectious.
Passion is what grows and empowers a community or a movement.
By meeting Steemians in person, I was able to tune into the authenticity, passion, vibe, humor, intelligence, innovation, wit, sincerity, creativity, and vision driving this community forward. Super fucking cool, ya'll.
Thank you!
