Archive for the tag: "social entrepreneurship"
Weekly Inspiration #26: Making Ideas Happen
Last week, Sandbox gave a keynote address and hosted a ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ workshop at the Ivy Leadership Summit at Yale University. Preparing for the conference, we wanted to do things a little different. We were asked to share our thoughts on ‘Fearless leadership.’ Instead, we argued the term is misleading. Observing the Sandbox community, [...]
Presenting at Ivy Leadership Summit
(Ivy Leadership 2010 at Yale - press right arrow to begin presentation)
Fabian Pfortmüller and Paul Gleger presented Sandbox and moderated a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship at the Ivy Leadership Summit hosted by Yale University. Above you will find a presentation (thanks to our friends at Prezi) of the talk Fabian gave to 200 young [...]
Meet a Sandbox Ambassador: Yuxin Hou
Yuxin is one of our Sandbox Ambassadors. He is taking care of the growing Sandbox community in Hong Kong by organizing regular events. Besides being the Sandbox Ambassador to Hong Kong, Yuxin is currently preparing the MaD-conference. This post is based on several questions we sent to Yuxin.
Yuxin is currently working with the Global Institute [...]
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!
Sparkseed by Mike Del Ponte
Sandboxer Mike del Ponte is the CEO of a great initiative called Sparkseed. Sparkseed aims to train the top social entrepreneurs of tomorrow, as they lead social ventures today.
Mike started Sparkseed because he believes college social entrepreneurs have innovative ideas and the passion to change the world. By providing mentoring, seed money, web tools, and [...]
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.
Meet a Sandbox member: Nirav Shah
Meet Nirav Shah, social entrepreneur based in Pondicherry, India. He is the COO of 2 companies: PlanetRead, a non profit organisation, and BookBox, a social entreprise.
