The “Drive-By” RouteDecember 11th, 2008 View Comments |
I stopped writing on this blog in May 2009 to combine it into a single Taylor Davidson: Photography, Marketing and Innovation blog; if you liked this post, click here to follow by RSS, Twitter and email and click here to follow me on Twitter @tdavidson.
What did I do?
I drove throughout the USA meeting interesting entrepreneurs, investors, photographers and change agents from Dec 2008 to May 2009, primarily driving cross-country from Virginia to California and back.
Where did I go and who did I meet?
Click on the flags on the map to see more details on each location.
Trip Details
- The Expenses Behind the “Drive-By” Trip, Nov 30 to Feb 14
- Refreshing the Expenses behind the “Drive-By” Trip, Nov 30 to Mar 31
City Summaries
- Starting: Drive-By Consulting, Literally
- Washington, DC and Charlotte, North Carolina
- Atlanta, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana
- Houston, Texas
- College Station, Texas and Dallas, Texas
- Scottsdale, AZ and Los Angeles, CA
- San Francisco, CA: Catching up on the Drive-By Road Trip
- Building Communities in Santa Cruz, California
- See below for summaries from Austin, Texas and SXSW
- Thanks! … to 10 people from Knoxville, Richmond, Washington DC and Philadelphia
- Thanks! … to 15 people from Toronto and New York
SXSW
- SXSW Core Conversation: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs at SXSW
- SXSW: Hello, I’m Taylor. (And I’d like to meet you at SXSW)
- Fishbowl, Austin, Texas
- “Blood Trail” and Richard Parry at SXSW, Austin, Texas
- Thanks! … to 36 people from Austin and SXSW
Portraits
- Nicholas Tolson, Washington DC
- Lyell Petersen (93octane), Charlotte, North Carolina
- Nickolas Reese, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Chris Schultz, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Travis Collins, College Station, Texas
- Ethan Bauley, Los Angeles, California
Photographs and Stories
- Discarded, Luray, Virginia
- On the road, on the mind, Georgia
- Bruce Davidson Lecture at PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hidden, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Sunset over Sunshine, Donaldsville, Louisiana
- String, West Texas
- Exploring, Carlsbad National Park, New Mexico
- Zero Visibility Possible, New Mexico
- Lines of Power, Apache National Forest, Arizona
- Mundane, Arizona and Stranded, Arizona
- Video, Joshua Tree National Park, California
- Snow in the desert, Joshua Tree National Park, California
- Ahead and Deciding, Joshua Tree National Park, California
- Cool, Los Angeles, California
- Play, Refugio Beach State Park, California
- Expanse, Santa Barbara, California
- Morning, Reno, Nevada
- I thought I would hate Reno, but I was wrong, Reno, Nevada
- Reflection, Shift and Framed, Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California
- Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
- On and off, Hoover Dam, Nevada
- After and Before, Mojave Desert, California
- Leaving, Sacramento, California
- Views, Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Sacramento, California
- Haven, Apart, Decisions and Possibility and Reality, San Francisco, California
- Comfort and Many Lives, San Francisco, California
- How to Live a Nomadic Lifestyle
- Closed and Nature and Nurture, Death Valley National Park, California
- Decisions, Manti la Sal National Forest, Utah
- Fenced, Monument Valley, Arizona
- Change, Page, Arizona
- Durango Hometown Hostel, Durango, Colorado
- Entranced, Cortez, Colorado
- Underbelly, St. George, Utah
- Missed Opportunities, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Flowing, New Mexico
- Dreams, Truchas, New Mexico
- Drift, Carson National Forest, New Mexico
- Holland Hotel, Alpine, Texas
- I expected to like Durango, and I did, Durango, Colorado
- Misfortune or Opportunity, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Ripple in the World, Big Bend National Park, Texas
- Witless and Fading, Enchanted Rock State Park, Texas
- Unknown Variety, Austin, Texas
- Hidden, Fort Davis, Texas
- Minds in Motion, SXSW, Austin, Texas
- Waking up, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Apart, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Free, New York City, New York
Interviews & Press
- The Internet Changes Everything, and Nothing At All, Lisa Hoffmann
- GameChanger of the Month – December 2008, Mike Bonifer, GameChangers
- Wall Street Journal, Venture Capital Dispatch: The Daily Start-Up
How can you meet me?
If you’re on my route, contact me if you’re an entrepreneur or if you’ve got an idea for a product or company and you would like a bit of free consulting and advice, or if you want to hack out a financial model for your idea, or want to do an interview about your idea, or if you just want to say hello. I’m here for you.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:06
Interesting trip, Taylor! For some ideas on where to go and who to see, check out http://www.RoundAmerica.com. We traveled to all 50 states by car, and we met some interesting entrepreneurs and many others.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:06
Interesting trip, Taylor! For some ideas on where to go and who to see, check out http://www.RoundAmerica.com. We traveled to all 50 states by car, and we met some interesting entrepreneurs and many others.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:26
I checked out http://www.RoundAmerica.com first thing after Ryan sent the link; tons of places, details and ideas. I wish I had the time to see everything!
Including previous trips, I've driven through 49 states (and 4 provinces) so far… just need to skip over to Hawaii to complete the 50 states.
In the related vein of tracking places and travels, you might like this: http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/2009/01/0...
January 7th, 2009 at 10:26
I checked out http://www.RoundAmerica.com first thing after Ryan sent the link; tons of places, details and ideas. I wish I had the time to see everything!
Including previous trips, I've driven through 49 states (and 4 provinces) so far… just need to skip over to Hawaii to complete the 50 states.
In the related vein of tracking places and travels, you might like this: http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing/2009/01/0...
January 9th, 2009 at 10:54
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January 12th, 2009 at 08:05
What an awesome adventure. Taylor you're really living the dream…continue to challenge the way people think about launching businesses.
Great job.
January 12th, 2009 at 08:05
What an awesome adventure. Taylor you're really living the dream…continue to challenge the way people think about launching businesses.
Great job.
January 12th, 2009 at 16:05
What an awesome adventure. Taylor you’re really living the dream…continue to challenge the way people think about launching businesses. rnrnGreat job.
January 30th, 2009 at 11:57
@JoannaLord my friend @tdavidson pretty much did just that: http://bit.ly/fbGI
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