Once a month | Last Tuesday of the month

Start your morning with meaningful conversation and fresh connections. The Founder Breakfast Series brings together tech founders, innovators, and early-stage builders for open conversations about what they’re working on, what they’re learning, and what they’re navigating as they grow.

Funding the Work You’re Already Doing | A Founder’s Guide to SR&ED

Sandbox Whiteboarding: AI in Action Jam Session
AI in the trenches, not in theory.

Join us for a fast-paced, peer-driven jam where founders and business leaders show how they’re using AI tools to save time, cut costs, and get results. Expect live demos, practical takeaways, and collaborative energy. No hype, just real-world AI in action.

Join us for a special edition of Social Hour as we take the fun on the road to Flying Monkeys on January 29 from 4–6 PM.

As part of our quarterly leadership training series for founders, managers, and growing teams, this workshop helps you rethink conflict and use it as a catalyst for clarity, momentum, and stronger leadership. Join us for a practical session that turns tough conversations into opportunities for alignment, trust building, and growth, led by one of our incredible Sandbox mentors.

First Wednesday of the month | 9:30–11:00am.

Facilitated, small-group sessions focused on meaningful peer connection and leadership growth.

Live Webinar Series with Megan McMillan from Setlist Marketing. Session One: This session focuses on the earliest stage of brand visibility, when potential customers are first discovering your business. You’ll explore how attention and awareness are built, how first impressions shape curiosity and trust, and how your brand can show up consistently across channels. The session highlights the marketing activities and content approaches that help your business be seen, spark interest, and begin building relationships with your audience

Most founders are sitting on valuable IP without realizing it. This session helps you understand what counts as IP in your business, where it shows up, and why it matters earlier than you think. You’ll leave with clarity on where your real value lives.

Sandbox Whiteboarding: AI in Action Jam Session
AI in the trenches, not in theory.

Join us for a fast-paced, peer-driven jam where founders and business leaders show how they’re using AI tools to save time, cut costs, and get results. Expect live demos, practical takeaways, and collaborative energy. No hype, just real-world AI in action.

From Responsible Foundations to Real-World AI Systems

This bi-weekly AI series is designed for founders, startup teams, and innovation-driven organizations who want to adopt AI responsibly and practically. Each session builds on the others, creating a clear learning arc from ethical foundations and risk awareness to hands-on building, automation, and agentic systems. At the same time, every session is designed to deliver standalone, usable value for those who can only attend one.

Sandbox Social Hours are relaxed networking gatherings designed to strengthen relationships within the entrepreneurial and innovation community. These events create space for authentic connection, conversation, and collaboration among founders, entrepreneurs, and supporters of the regional ecosystem.

Welcome to our SBX Roundtables! It’s a chance to learn directly from marketing experts and gain real value from their insights while swapping ideas and sharing challenges with other entrepreneurs.​ This​ Marketing Roundtable is an extension of our Marketing Peer Circle and a true peer-to-peer conversation for founders.​ You’ll pick up practical marketing insights while connecting with other entrepreneurs who get what you’re facing.​