Monthly archive for January 2010
President Once and Future: The Spirited Inauguration of Evo Morales
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com.
The shimmer-red helicopter bearing Evo Morales towards the Temple of Kalasasaya last Thursday was a strangely modern twist to the morning’s ritualistic [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Sandra Diana Troegl
Sandra Diana Troegl, 28, is currently based in Berlin and one of three Co-founders of Nest, an Agency for (eco)social causes. Before co-founding Nest, she worked for armedangels, an eco fashion label in Cologne. Sandra on facebook and twitter
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Beginning of 2009, I met Daniel Kruse and [...]
Sandbox at DLD in Munich & World Economic Forum in Davos
A lot of traveling happening in the Sandbox team right now. Antoine just came from Singapore where we hosted an event with the Minister of Entrepreneurship (huge thanks to Sandboxer Andi Brenner for the amazing organization!), and our team will be at Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich and at the World Economic Forum [...]
Seedcamp Plays in the NYC Sandbox
What does Vincent, owner of New York pizza shop 11B Express, have in common with young entrepreneurs? Both go by the motto “If I don’t eat it, I don’t serve it.” This seemed to be the theme last night when NYC Sandbox Co-Ambassadors Niamh Hughes and Fabian Pfortmuller organized a 30+ guest Sandbox event with [...]
Weekly Inspiration #21: Financial Innovations from the Crowd
In 2009, over-leveraged creativity in global financial markets proved disastrous. At the same time, financial innovations on the micro level have been quite successful: think mobile banking and crowdfunding. Mobile phone penetrations and manifestation of the social web have been central to micro financial innovations. At Sandbox, we’re fascinated by the collective [...]
The Rural Edge: Sandboxer Zhihan Lee in India
Sandboxer Zhihan Lee is currently taking part in a three month long project, supported by his university in Singapore, to support “The Rural Edge“, an Indian-led project which works towards reducing rural poverty sustainably. During their one month stay in India he and his colleagues supported them in creating an online presence and by raising [...]
Meet a Sandbox Ambassador: Yuxin Hou
Yuxin is one of our Sandbox Ambassadors. He is taking care of the growing Sandbox community in Hong Kong by organizing regular events. Besides being the Sandbox Ambassador to Hong Kong, Yuxin is currently preparing the MaD-conference. This post is based on several questions we sent to Yuxin.
Yuxin is currently working with the Global Institute [...]
Our Big Topics for 2010 - and Beyond
At Sandbox we’re fortunate to interact every day with some of the most inspiring young innovators around the world. Our members are constantly driving new ideas and exploring untouched opportunities. Observing patterns within our community and studying trends of our clients, we identified six major themes to watch out for in 2010 and beyond:
1. Unique [...]
ACE / Bluesky Exchange & Sandbox Workshops
I’m glad to announce the fruits of some of the hours Sandboxer Marcel Oedi, aspiring Sandboxer Marcus Kuhn and I put into building the Singapore Sandbox community: a co-hosted ACE / Bluesky Exchange as well as a full day of workshops at Nanyang Technological University. Both events will feature Sandboxers from Switzerland and local entrepreneurs [...]
Meet a Sandbox Member: Mariam Georges
Mariam M. Georges is Egyptian and was born and raised in Cairo. She is currently studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. She will be doing her masters in MSE next year with a concentration in Nanotechnology.
Mariam on facebook
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