Sandbox This Week: Time Magazine, Wired UK, Singapore Party!
January 6th, 2012 by Nazanine MetghalchiEvery week, we make a short summary of cool things happening at Sandbox. Tune in every Friday to find out about Sandbox events, new members, and more!
1. Spotlight of the Week
Sandboxer’s article in Time Magazine
Congratulations to Sandboxer Scott Gerber who just called 2012 “The Year of the Entrepreneur” in TIME. Check out the article here !
Sandbox Global Ambassador on Wired UK’s “The Smart List 2012″
Congratulations to Global Ambassador Robyn Scott, selected on the first WIRED Smart List, discovering “50 people who are going to make an impact and who are about to change the world” !
2. New in the Sandbox
Marcelo Lozada
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Marcelo is passionate about violin performance and basic science with technological applications. Marcelo is a Physics M.Sc. and as a professional violinist. In October 2011, Marcelo won one of two most important scholarships worldwide to study with the 2010 Physics Nobel Prize laureates Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov at the University of Manchester, UK. Welcome Marcelo to the Sandbox family! |
John Egan
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John, 26, is an Ashoka change agent, the Irish ambassador for ICUE, the founder of the Archie Talks and the MD of http://archipelago.ie/, an organization working on making Ireland the most enterprising and educationally progressive country in the world. A serial entrepreneur, he started 7 companies over the last years and sold 3 of them. Welcome to the family! |
3. Events of the Week
Singapore End of the Year Party
Thanks to Singapore Ambassadors Gwendolyn Regina Tan and Zhihan Lee for having organised an end of the year dinner with local Sandboxers and friends. A big thank you as well to Sandboxer Claudia Olsson for hosting the party!
4. Weekly Inspiration
