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Thanks! … to 15 people from Toronto and New York

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

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

Thanks! … to 10 people from Knoxville, Richmond, Washington DC and Philadelphia

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…

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