Sandbox Archives for July 2010

Archive for July, 2010

From the Sandbox: The Upside to Losing

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Every day, our community manager Katrin Winiarski, reads through her feed of all Sandboxers’ blog posts. Every Thursday, she chooses the most inspiring, funny or brilliant one and reposts it on this blog. This post has been written by Sandboxer Melissa Kong. The original version can be found here. Did you know that we feel our [...]

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Uncovering the Iran of Innovators: First Tehran Sandbox Dinner

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Thinking of Iran, words that come to mind mostly are in the realm of ”nuclear weapons”, “sanctions”, “chador” or “petrol” – and on TV, news from Iran hardly ever is good news. On the ground, things look different: there’s also the Iran of startup entrepreneurs from e-learning to nano-tech, of upcoming contemporary artists, of high-end researchers, movie directors and musicians. [...]

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The trigger for a massive global transformation?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The search for the name of a newborn movement to unleash human potential. There is something very exciting happening. Lately we have been observing an accelerated movement of ventures that are revolutionizing how we take initiative on a global scale. They can be mostly found in the areas of education,  innovation, collaboration, networks, entrepreneurship, and [...]

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From Russia with Love

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Officially on a short holiday between St. Petersburg and Moscow, I was also on a mission: organize a Sandbox dinner in both these cities. Thanks to the great help of several Sandbox members from Russia and abroad, we could put together a small event in St. Petersburg and an amazing one in Moscow.

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