Sneak Preview of Sandbox South Park

Mondrian wallPainting, furniture building and cleanup is under way in the new South Park office in preparation for Opening Day | Startup Waffle party on Sept. 7.

Last week, some lucky companies got to put dibs on the private offices and I’m excited to report that we have a great group anchoring Sandbox Suites South Park, including Ayopa Games, Promethium Marketing, Red Giant Software, RockIT Recruiting, Analyte Health, Sparta Consulting Group, M2Media360, Cherry.com and a few other great companies. Continue reading …

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East Bay Sandbox Happy Hour!

 

Join us this Thursday 8/25 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM for Sandbox Happy Hour in Berkeley! We’ll be at Bar Five at the Hotel Shattuck, Allston St and Shattuck Ave in downtown Berkeley. They have great drinks and, perhaps even better, a great menu of $5 bar plates. Please come by to hang out with our members and community managers-we’d love to toast the end of summer with you with Bar Five’s delicious Moscow Mule! Continue reading …

Social gifting app Givvy launches

We’re excited for serial entrepreneur Claudio Miranda and his cofounder Larry Rubin about the launch of Givvy, a social shopping application that helps Facebook users discover, share and curate the most fabulous gifts in the world!

I especially love how this app connects your social calendar with cool gift ideas. Here’s what Claudio told me about Givvy:

How does Givvy work? Continue reading …