Monthly archive for July 2009
Sandbox Dinner @Reithalle Zurich
Last Tuesday we enjoyed a great evening at the Reithalle in Zurich. From now on our favourite summer location for Sandbox Dinners here in Zurich. A fantastic mix of Sandboxers, guests and friends gathered around excellent food, funny stories and inspiring discussions. Sandboxer Björn Lasse Herrmann was in town from San Francisco and told us [...]
Sparkseed by Mike Del Ponte
Sandboxer Mike del Ponte is the CEO of a great initiative called Sparkseed. Sparkseed aims to train the top social entrepreneurs of tomorrow, as they lead social ventures today. Mike started Sparkseed because he believes college social entrepreneurs have innovative ideas and the passion to change the world. By providing mentoring, seed money, web tools, [...]
One Young World – 25 today, leading the world tomorrow – by Lucian Tarnowski
Sandbox and Lucian Tarnowski’s One Young World will partner up to facilitate a conference that is unique in its reach and potential impact. One Young World is a platform to engage and inspire the 25 year olds of today – the decision makers of tomorrow. The inspiring Sandboxer Lucian, winner of the Global Enterprising Young [...]
Weekly Inspiration #3: 10 Questions, 10 Values, 15 Year Old Experts
While talking to our members worldwide, reading their blogs, and reading the blogs that they read, we come across a lot of stories, sites and people that inspire us. We want to share a few selected items with you every week. There is no specific order or priority, but inspiration from a global network of [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Edward Harran
Find out more about our Sandboxer from Australia, Eddie Harran: At an entrepreneurial conference run by Edgeware earlier this year, my friend, Elliott Bledsoe, who spoke at it, introduced himself like this: “I don’t really what I am per se…Semantics are irrelevant.” Those few words struck a cord with me. I don’t need a job title to define my ‘entrepreneur-ness’.
Changing Places
My current main occupation is writing my master thesis. Thus, for the last six or so months, most of my days looked like this: I got up. I went to university. I read books. I wrote. And although I was (and still am) fascinated by the topic of my thesis (propagandistic aspects of papal and [...]
Zappos and the value of corporate culture
Everybody talks about how important corporate culture is. But often, companies tend to see investments in corporate culture as «luxury» – something that is nice to have, but doesn’t really have a monetary value. Well, two days ago, online retail giant Amazon bought online shoe seller Zappos; they paid almost one billion dollars in shares [...]
Co-Working and Whuffaoke with Tony Bacigalupo
Sandboxer and Co-Working Guru Tony Bacigalupo is currently touring across America on a karaoke bus. Follow the tour on twitter. The project Whuffaoke or Bust! is the result of a lot of things converging: his good friend Tara Hunt, a community organizer, marketing consultant and author, Alex Hillman, a coworking space owner from Philadelphia, and [...]
Seriously funny
I’m a huge fan of Jon Stewart’s «Daily Show». And I’m not the only one: In a survey on America’s favorite journalists, Jon came in fourth. And last year, the New York Times asked «Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?» Why on earth would people trust a guy who does «fake news»? [...]
Sebastian Lindstrom crossing Africa
Sandboxer Sebastian Lindstrom, chairman of an NGO called Light for Children-Ghana and co-founder of a movement – the famous What Took You So Long Foundation – is currently crossing Africa as the locals do together with other young travelers, in search of people who are making a difference to young people in need. Witness their [...]
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