Here is just a small sampling of all the awesome events that took place in NY City this week (I realize I should have posted this at the beginning of the week).  Just to name a few, there was Web 2.0 Expo, the net neutrality debate on Tuesday night and New York Entrepreneur Week.   There was also the UK digital mission to New York and I am sure many others that I am forgetting or did not know about.

Last week saw the announcement of Founders Collective, a great addition to the seed funding available in New York City.  Over the last two weeks I have had meetings with some awesome folks coming out of Google and either looking for startups to join or getting ready to start their own.  Also over the last month, several of our portfolio companies have had great success recruiting from the West Coast, including tech talent (something that seemed highly unlikely a few years ago).  These are both examples of what I refer to as Google’s gift to New York.

So when I recently heard from a friend in London that he was thinking about going to the West Coast to look for startups to join there, my first reaction was to point him to New York instead.  I am really excited about everything that’s happening in the city!

P.S. If you are still looking to catch an event, I will be on a panel at 10:30am this morning with Howard Morgan, Anthony Marino and Jim Robinson at Columbia University’s Havemeyer Hall, Room 309