Sandbox Archives for February 2010

Archive for February, 2010

Meet a Sandbox member: Malin Berdette

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Malin Berdette, 28, describes herself as a “global dreamer, traveling the world turning my visions into reality”. She is originally from Sweden but currently traveling the world for 610 days for her project “Win Win World Tour“. Her goal is to raise enough money to spend $100 000 per month to projects empowering millions of people [...]

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Weekly inspiration #23: Internet Lovin’

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Sunday being Valentines and the Chinese New Year, I tried to find a theme somehow connecting the two – ultimately settling on our love affair with the internet. Google’s first TV advertisement in the US captures the sentiment quite well.  The internet enables and initiates almost everything, from information sharing to  something potentially much more. [...]

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Meet a Sandbox Member: Patrick Boström

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Patrick Boström is 24 years old and was born and raised in Sweden. He is currently studying in Hong Kong. Besides beeing responsible for coordinating a volunteer project with Light for Children he and his team just won the Hong Kong Social Entrepreneurship Challenge competition. Patrick on facebook and twitter. Tell us the story of your latest [...]

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Weekly inspiration #22: Attracting the best and the brightest

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

This year, I had the privilege to follow World Economic Forum Annual Meeting from the inside. The week I spent in the Swiss mountains was totally inspiring, both for the people I met as for the discussions going on. A session that especially passioned me was a dinner with Mexican President Felipe Calderón among other [...]

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