Monthly archive for October 2008
Follow-up from Entreprenörsdagen in Göteborg
Photo by Martin Stenmark, Sweden I had the great pleasure to speak at the Entreprenörsdagen last Monday in Göteborg, Sweden, about Generation Y Entrepreneurs and their ways of doing business. I met so many exciting people in Sweden and will publish some of the video interviews I made in the next couple of days and [...]
The first newsletter is out
Yes, we finally managed to send out a Sandbox newsletter. In it, we not only give an update on our project, but also tell you about the people we met and the ideas we had. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, a lot of it will sound familiar, but if you still want [...]
The conference that comes to you
As we were developing the concept for Sandbox, we talked a lot about how to bring the young talents together. Should we just create a social network and let them talk online – or should we organize a conference that unites them all in one place? We eventually decided to do both, because we believe [...]
THE TEN PROJECT & SANDBOX DINNER IN NEW YORK
Hans and I had an interesting Sandbox Dinner last week in New York and the great pleasure to have John Tattersall from the TEN Project as a guest. Hear yourself from John (seven times EMMY nominated cinematographer) what the project is about. We really looking forward to helping John on his way to make his [...]
SANDBOX GOES ASIA
I am happy to announce that we further expand Sandbox into Asia. Having been in Singapore for less than a week, I have already met many inspiring young individuals. Singapore is arguably one of the major hubs for talents. Plus, the severe financial crisis in the West is likely to further increase the inflow of [...]
ATTRACTING AND RETAINING GENERATION Y
What differentiates one company from the other when talents consider their job alternatives? How can there be created challenges and opportunities for the high potentials of generation y? As Sandbox’ representative in London, I had the great pleasure to give a speech and to join a panel discussion about these hot issues on the annual [...]
Helping or hurting?
Laurent Haug, founder of the great LIFT conference in Geneva, recently analyzed the European startup scene on his blog and came to one conclusion: There is not enough cruelty. Because we Europeans are too nice and not critical enough, startups with bad ideas are encouraged to continue. This, writes Laurent, has broad consequences: Less capital, [...]
QUI CONNECTE UN OEUF, CONNECTE UN BOEUF*
As Nico and I attended Picnic in Amsterdam, we had the chance to meet Rafi Haladjian, a serial entrepreneur who has founded Violet, a french company pioneering the Internet of things. Violet’s mission is to make our life easier by connecting the objects around us with each other and to the Internet. What if tomorrow, [...]
SANDBOX ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Not long ago, if we wanted to be interviewed about our project, we had to do it ourselves. But no longer. At the Picnic conference in Amsterdam last week, we had the opportunity to talk with Viktoria Trosien of Tiburon-TV about what we are trying to achieve with Sandbox. Antoine and I did our very [...]
SANDBOX DINNERS EVERYWHERE!
One of the main reasons for doing Sandbox is that we just love meeting interesting people and having great conversations. Because we also love delicious food and drinks, we’ve started to organize Sandbox dinners, where we invite a couple of people to eat and debate with us. Until now, most of these dinners took place [...]
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