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

Toronto, Ontario and environs

• Michael Lewkowitz (@igniter): thanks for the warm invitation, the welcoming heart and the open mind. Solidifying online relationships and making loose ties strong are always fun…
• Chris Golda (@golda): thanks for taking the time to meet again; every time we meet I become a bigger believer in Backtype.
• Joseph Dee (@Josephdee), Ryan Coleman (@ryancoleman), Peter Flaschner (@flashlight), Tim Scollick (@timsco): thanks for sharing so much of your time and thoughts; a broad range of skills, areas of interests and insights; looking forward to continuing the conversations…
• Patrick Keenan (@interfaced): your vision and forward-thinking around creating systems to organize collaboration and engagement are amazing; small things can lead to big, and I’m looking forward to seeing The Movement in action.
• David Crow (@davidcrow): thanks for sharing your time, deep thoughts and pragmatic point of view about fostering entrepreneurship and Toronto’s opportunity to become a “startup hub”. Looking forward to seeing Toronto take the next step forward…
• Jay Goldman (@jaygoldman): thank you for a wonderful afternoon conversation about demand generation, the use of data in design decisions, the opportunity of open data and the role of mystery and magic in marketing. Looking forward to another wandering conversation in the future… (and thanks to Mark MacLeod (@startupCFO) for “introducing” Jay and I, in a way, through his network for Startup CFOs).
• Andre Gaulin (@fuzzz): great running into you again after SXSW, and congrats for your new-found joy.
• Allyson Hewitt: thanks for sharing your deep knowledge about social entrepreneurship; helping people solve issues and tackle ideals is an admirable and important component to reframing capitalism, I’m interested to see what the social innovation group at MaRS will be able to do in the future.
• Leila Boujnane (@leilaboujnane): thank you for your honest, frank, deeply insightful viewpoints on creating and running companies, risk, creating experiences, and taking control of one’s future; if I could only remember and act on all the advice you gave me…

New York, NY

• Jeremy Yuricek (@jyuricek) and Ana Yuricek (@ayuricek): for keeping me offline and focusing on reality, as always.

Catch up on all the stories, photographs and details of the “Drive-By” road trip.