Archive of the category: "Companies"
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 #20: What was and what will be
So the year 2009 is over and with it the first decade of the new millennium. A perfect moment to look back and ahead to assess what was and what will be. We already did this for Sandbox with our Year in Review and Roadmap for 2010 blog posts.
But of course, it’s not just about [...]
Sandbox’ partner OYW in The Economist
Sandbox’ exclusive talent partner OneYoungWorld has been covered by The Economist’s The World in 2010. We are glad and proud that the event, for which Sandboxer Lucian Tarnowski does the social media search, is attracting the deserved global attention.
The summit of 1500 delegates from allover the world, which will (for the first time in history) [...]
Sandbox partners up with Europe’s leading Speaker Agency
Sandbox is very proud to announce its partnership with JLA- Europe’s leading speaker agency.
JLA is UK’s biggest specialist agency for keynote, motivational and after dinner speakers, conference presenters, and awards hosts.
This move will enable our talents to speak at major events and conferences, and opens up major opportunities for Sandboxers.
We are looking forward to a [...]
The Answer
You might know the YouTube Video United breaks Guitars and it’s Star Dave Carroll. For those who don’t: On a flight from Halifax, Canada to Nebraska, Omaha, Dave’s Taylor guitar worth $3500 was badly damaged by baggage handlers in Chicago and he and other passengers even witnessed the incident. After almost a year of chasing [...]
Zappos and the value of corporate culture
Everybody talks about how important corporate culture is. But often, companies tend to see investments in corporate culture as «luxury» - something that is nice to have, but doesn’t really have a monetary value.
Well, two days ago, online retail giant Amazon bought online shoe seller Zappos; they paid almost one billion dollars in shares and [...]
The visit to Googleland
Remember these childhood dreams, where you imagined that you would once work in a place that consists entirely of chocolate and where you could just indulge in sweets all day, maybe taking a nap in between? Well, as you probably have realized until now, this place doesn’t exist. But: The Google offices in Zurich come quite close.
Exciting news: Wuala and LaCie are merging
Today, Swiss online storage startup Wuala announced that they are merging with LaCie, a French manufacturer of external storage devices. The intention to combine the service of Wuala, which provides a distributed online storage solution, with the hardware of LaCie in order to “revolutionize data storage”. The deal is obviously a great success for the [...]
ATTRACTING AND RETAINING GENERATION Y
What differentiates one company from the other when talents consider their job alternatives? How can there be created challenges and opportunities for the high potentials of generation y?
As Sandbox’ representative in London, I had the great pleasure to give a speech and to join a panel discussion about these hot issues on the annual CWC [...]
