Archive for the tag: "Members"

Meet a Sandbox Ambassador: Katharina Beck and Nico Köllner

Katharina and Nico are two of our Sandbox Ambassadors. Together they are taking care of the growing Sandbox community in Cologne and Dusseldorf by organizing regular events. Besides that Katharina is Head of Communications and Project Developer at the Institute for Social Banking, Project Manager at oikos International and she’s writing her own blog on new [...]

Future of Retail

Sandbox member and Holstee co-founder Michael Radparvar recently published this blogpost on the “Future of Retail” on the incubaker blog. Increasingly I find people are going into stores with no intention of actually buying anything. They are going to stores to touch, try and ask questions about a product in person then jot down the description [...]

Start of a Community Month!

In the past months, we have been working hard to create value for our members, connecting them with each other, organizing dinners all around the world, offering them unique opportunities and facilitating the creation of some really cool projects. But at the same time, we have the feeling that we could do much more. Therefore [...]

Vote for Stephen & GreenSoul Shoes!

Meet New York based Sandboxer Stephen Chen. Stephen founded GreenSoul Shoes, with the mission to shoe underprivileged children around the world in an eco-beneficial fashion. Sounds great no? We can help them by casting our vote in the Forbes Business Plan Competition!

stories, people, links: what inspired us this week

At Sandbox we spend hours, days and often many nights looking at interesting stuff out there on the web, content that you guys created or talk about. Many of your stories inspire us and we want to share more and more of our findings with everyone on a regular basis. Be part of it: if [...]

What Took You So Long?

We are very proud to present you our newest partner, the What Took You So Long Foundation. Co-founded by Sebastien Lindstrom (25), a swedish Sandbox member based in Hong Kong, the movement aims to help grass roots NGOs by giving them publicity and access to a global network of volunteers. By traveling to Africa, WTYSLF will also spread the Sandbox word further, connecting us with the most extraordinary talents that they will meet on their way.

Oriental Night at Kenza

25 Sandboxers, potential members, and some special guests met at London’s Kenza Restaurant to celebrate an oriental night around good food and brilliant people. The topics were wide-spread, as it were the people. Fraser Doherty, Global Student Entrepreneur 2007, gave interesting insights into “storytelling”, a topic which was curiously debated by both practitioners and academics [...]