Monthly archive for September 2009
Sandboxing in Covent Garden
Another evening of inspiring people around great food in the heart of London: a dozen Sandboxers and guests joined Antoine and me for some good Shiraz and pizza/pasta at Cafe Mode. Bjoern Welter, Head of Design at Pret A Manger elucidated the interface between design and business, and briefed us about the exciting new openings [...]
Sandbox comes to Washington, D.C.
On September 25th, sixteen Sandboxers and future members gathered for the Inaugural Sandbox Dinner in Washington DC. This was the first of many regular events which will bring together the most inspiring talents in the DC area around great food and even better conversation. Beacon Bar and Grill, a self described “retro-modern” restaurant and lounge [...]
Weekly Inspiration #10: Keep your brain fit
We talk all the time about exercising our body, but much less about how to keep our brain fit. Though this can be also be done through physical exercise, there are more effective ways to keep your mind sharp at all age. We found a great list of tips how to fine tune your brain, [...]
The first of many dinners …..
As a Sandbox Ambassador I not only have the opportunity to help grow the community of this amazing network, but in the process I am able to bring together people with exciting and innovative ideas, and experience engaging disucssions. Last night was such a case. A week ago I was in a selection process for [...]
Oh my, I’m jealous: These Sandboxers go to Palomar5 in Berlin
The Palomar5 location in Berlin (picture by Palomar5) Palomar5, the inspiration camp taking place in Berlin in October and November, has just announced its list of participants. And we’re honored that out of the 30 people who have been selected to attend, four are active members of Sandbox: Congratulations to Sagarika, Eddie, Jyoti and Ian! [...]
Weekly Inspiration #9: It’s video week!
You know the situation: It’s a lazy, rainy Sunday, and you’re at home. You’d love to watch a movie, but of course there’s nothing good on TV. You could go out and rent a movie, but, well, it’s raining and chances are that you’re coming back with some weird B-movie you didn’t really want to [...]
Weekly Inspiration #8: Art 2.0, Money & Corporate culture
Pollock painting created by Antoine on www.jacksonpollock.org Here is an overview of things we came across and that inspired us last week: ART 2.0 With new technologies, the only limit to creativity is your imagination. Make sure to watch this great video clip by the guys from the Neurosonics Audiomedical Lab. Awaken the artistic skill [...]
New Washington Ambassador and Head of Marketing US
We are thrilled to announce the inauguration of our new ambassador for Washington, Paul Gleger, who will also be leading our marketing and sales activities in the United States. He will be in charge of developing the North American market, as well as growing and nurturing the Washington community. As ex-director of the PitchIt! Business [...]
Welcome back to New York
The Sandbox community in New York met yesterday for its monthly informal dinner to share ideas over great food, this time at the yummi Indian restaurant Dhaba. In several ways this dinner was also a “welcome” (or a “welcome back”) to several members. Hong Kong based Sandboxer Sebastian Lindstrom just arrived from Africa after having [...]
Why we get up early
Fabian, Antoine and a lot of coffee When you work at a startup, you expect to put in long hours. Of course, you usually imagine that you’d be working late at night, and not very early in the morning. But at least once a week, that’s what we at Sandbox do: The Zurich team meets [...]
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