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About Sandbox

Contents

1. About Sandbox

2. Our Hubs

3. Meet Our Members

4. Our Local Events

5. Our Regional Events

6. Our Senior Events

7. Our Online Community

8. What Do They Say About Us?

9. Get involved !

1 About Sandbox

Sandbox is the foremost

global community of

extraordinary young

innovators below 30.

We identify exceptional

people worldwide that already

have an impressive impact at

a very young age, no matter in

what field or industry.

The ‘family of extraordinary

friends’ entails more than 600

hand-selected members in 48

countries.

2 Our Hubs

We run monthly events in the following cities: Amsterdam, Bangalore, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Rome, Prague, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Washington D.C. & Zurich. And we will open shortly in Boston, Brussels, Moscow, Cairo, Delhi and Shanghai.

3 Meet Our Members

Rahaf Harfoush, 26, Paris

Rahaf is cofounder of a digital innovation and foresight strategic consultancy and of a

non-profit strengthening local and global support systems for women entrepreneurs

in emerging economies. Having published a book about her experience in Obama’s

New Media Team during the US presidential campaign, Rahaf is currently working on

“ArchiTechs: How to Live, Work & Govern in a HyperConnected world.” She is the

former Associate Director of the Technology Pioneer Programme at the World

Economic Forum.

Sebastian Lindstrom, 26, Nairobi,

Educated in Hong Kong and South Korea, Sebastian was formerly a

member of the Swedish Special Forces and is now an experienced traveler

and filmmaker. An African Leadership Summit Fellow, he has many

years experience of living and working in West Africa being the cofounder

of Light For Children, an NGO working with HIV-infected children in

Ghana, and cofounder of the What Took You So Long Foundation that

films and screens untold stories and unsung heroes in remote corners of

the globe.

3 Meet Our Members

Soraya Darabi, 25, New York City

Soraya built up Social Media at the New York Times, bringing digital

partnerships to a new level, and is currently a digital strategist for ABC. She

cofounded the iPhone app Food-Spotting, named ‘App of the Year’ by

Wired Magazine and described as ‘one of America’s most inspiring start-

ups’ by Business Week in 2011. She appeared on the cover of Fast

Company, which selected her as part of the ‘100 most creative people’.

Soraya who has 431,131 followers on Twitter is also the first digital

Ambassador to the UN’s technology group.

Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, 26, San Francisco

Founder of Blackbox, a next generation seed accelerator for technology startups,

Bjoern recently published Startup Genome , a research project on how to crack

the “innovation code” of Silicon Valley and accelerate the pace of innovation

around the world by turning entrepreneurship into a science. Stanford

Graduate, Bjoern’s goal is to unleash human potential by creating global

infrastructure for learning. He is the founder of many initiatives such as

Supercool School amongst many others, a platform used by various ivy league

universities, Fortune 50 companies and passionate individuals.

4 Our Local Events

Today, Sandbox runs monthly events in 21 cities. Over the past two years, we hosted 300+ events, bringing together local talents and guests, in various formats ranging from informal dinners to collaborative work sessions. Singapore

Beijing San Francisco

5 Our Regional Events

Over the last two years, we organized 4 bigger gatherings in the US, in Europe and in South America

European Retreat 2010 US Retreat, April 2010, Pennsylvania

Transamerica Retreat, October 2011, Los Cabos Mexico

6 Our Senior Events

Sandbox Lunch with Andrew Rashbass, CEO of The Economist Group, London

In 2010 & 2011, we organized around 100 events with outstanding senior leaders: CEOs of large corporations, media gurus, government officials, entrepreneurs and artists.

7 Our Online Community

External newsletter Internal newsletter

How others describe us?

‘The most valuable network for young people who want to make something happen, very inspiring!’

Eric Kuhn, youngest producer that CNN ever had

‘A bunch of twenty-somethings building business and social enterprises that you’re likely to hear a lot more about… we’re watching this space’

David Rowan, Editor Wired UK

‘Young, inspiring and creative thinkers. Watch out world, they are starting something big’

Lars Hinrichs, Founder XING

8 Testimonials

9 Get involved!

Your main contact: Zhihan Lee Singapore Sandbox Ambassador E zhihan@sandbox-network.com m +65 96510782

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