Sandbox for adults

StartupWeekendSB Larrie Wanberg Features Editor How often is it that one can step into a building in an area that once was referred to as the “Funk Zone” and now is a “Tech Frontier” in beautiful, coastal Santa Barbara and spend a three-day weekend—54 hours—in a stylized space where 70 entrepreneurs come together to share ideas destined to make a city and perhaps the world a better place? For me of Nordic heritage, the creative and exciting weekend revealed unexpected connections to Norway and inspired me to consider a change in my career path. It happened during a “StartupWeekendSB” with the promotional tag “Pitch...Build...Launch...Network...Learn.” The place was the “Sandbox,” a unique co-working center for