Continuing the recap on the “Drive-By” road trip and following up from Thanks! from Austin and SXSW, I want to continue to thank the people who have shared their time, knowledge, wisdom and help along the way…

Knoxville, TN

• Alex Lavidge (@alexlavidge): thank you for really expanding my mind about the the nature of community design and triple-bottom-line economic, political and social policies; I’m excited to see you and Knoxville Overground (@overground) continue to build an entrepreneurial community in Knoxville.

  Thanks to Sean Tario (@eurotario) for introducing us; I’m looking forward to seeing how both achieve great things in Knoxville and Santa Cruz.

Richmond, VA

• Hank Heyming (@hankheyming): thanks for sharing of bit of your deep knowledge of the law behind venture capital and private equity with me and educating me on a couple key points; lawyers that also advise on business strategy, travel the world and help run companies are far too scarce…

Washington, DC / Northern VA

• Matt Jacobson: thank you for taking the time to meet and share your thoughts on the early-stage investing industry; I’m looking forward to seeing Launchbox Digital’s next class of startups.

Philadelphia, PA

• Valeria Maltoni (@conversationage): thanks for sharing your time and extensive thoughts and knowledge about marketing, PR and communications; you truly are a “conversation agent”.

  Also, thanks for introducing me to Skip Shuda and Chris Guillebeau (@chrisguillebeau); Chris’s passion for living “an unconventional life” and for helping people create their own lives is seriously worth digging into.

• Skip Shuda (@skipshoe): thanks for a great conversation; similar to Alex, you really stretched my mind on some foundational structures for understanding change, thinking and humanity; oddly we never even discussed integrated marketing or the lessons you’ve learned as an entrepreneur: another day, hopefully.
• Steve Barsh (@sbarsh): thank you for taking part of your busy day to talk about current trends in entrepreneurship and venture capital and to share some of the lessons you have learned over the years.

  I’m looking forward to seeing DreamIt Ventures’s (@DreamitVentures) next class of entrepreneurs create some great companies this summer. With your help, I’m sure they will take the right steps toward success.

• Jim and Beth Lutz: thanks for helping bring a little bit of normality to my life…

More thanks to come from Toronto and NYC in the near future…