Monthly archive for October 2009
The skill of demystification
In a speech given in the year 1917, the German sociologist Max Weber talked about the «demystification of the world». By that, Weber meant the ongoing process of rationalisation and intellectualisation of society. This process – that some might call progress – does not mean, Weber pointed out, that we know more about how the [...]
From NYC to Singapore
Since the very beginning of Sandbox, we have hosted regular dinners with people we found exciting. The dinners have by now become an integral part of the Sandbox community, connecting our members and other interesting people in different places. We believe that there’s no better way to form a community than sharing ideas and insights [...]
Weekly Inspiration #13: TED special
Among all the ideas we have heard, some of the most inspiring ones came from TED. For those who don’t know TED, it started organizing exclusive conferences devoted to “ideas worth spreading” in 1984. It reached a truly global audience more recently when the content of the conferences was published and made freely available on [...]
Supermodels strip for climate change
Supermodel, Ivy-league student, social entrepreneur and Sandbox member Cameron Russel is the producer of this video aimed to draw attention on climate change. 350 is the number of parts per million (ppm), which an overwhelming number of scientists now insist is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Her action joins the [...]
Sandboxer acquires ASmallWorld
As reported last week by several media sources, Sandbox member and investor Patrick Liotard bought out Harvey Weinstein’s shares in the exclusive online social community ASmallWorld and became the Chairman of the company. We met him in Zurich on Monday to learn more about his vision concerning the future of his new acquisition.
Palomar5 from the inside – Week #1
Max, Sagarika, Jyoti, & Eddie report their experience from the Palomar Camp, a six week innovation campaign in Berlin from October – November 2009. This blog post is part 1 of the Sandbox Network ‘Palomar 5′ series.
Weekly inspiration #12: How to be successful
Image from didmyself on Flickr Last week saw «Forbes» list America’s most successful entrepreneurs under 30; the list was one-upped by TechCrunch’s collection of successful teen entrepreneurs. So how exactly does one become successful? To be honest, we don’t have a magic recipe either – but some ideas we’ve come across recently: If you follow [...]
Community month: some thoughts on value creation
Following the start of our Community Month, we had quite some thoughts in the last days about how value is created for the Sandbox community. We came to the following figure that summarizes the three key areas we identified: 1. Local value – Meet fellow members in real life at Sandbox Dinners – Be invited [...]
Sandbox@Palomar: the camp has started
Palomar camp has now started in Berlin! Watch the video below to see the participants arrive to the camp and an interview of a Palomar5 team member (in German only). Among the participants are four Sandboxers and several other potential ones; we are very much looking forward to hearing them tell us about their experience [...]
Launch of Venture Lectures in London
We’re glad to support the launch of Venture Lectures, which aims to bring together entrepreneurial minds and successful entrepreneurs to learn from and to engage with. For the first event in London, potential Sandboxer Michaela Wood invited Sir Paul Judge, Sandboxer Rajeeb Dey (CEO of Enternships), and Victoria Lennox (Founder of NACUE). Inspiring and aspiring [...]
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