What a trip! Five fun packed days including amazing time spent at GigaOM East. Apart from friends, I spent time talking to —

1. Zach Sims, co-founder, CodeFoundry.
2. Michael Galpert, co-founder of Aviary.
3. the Ken Lehrer.
4. Paul Berry, formerly of the Huffington Post.
5. John Borthwick, betaworks.
6. Steve Crandell, ex-Bell Labs.
7. Perry Chen, co-founder, Kickstarter.

About 15 amazing young entrepreneurs who are building news generation Internet-media companies. Yup, this whole New York thing is for realz!!!