@Sndbox: The Steem Blockchain powered Incubator
The project incubator
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with the idea of supporting incredible project ideas from Steemians like you and me. Their goal is to support and empower these projects and guide them towards our communities, both within and outside the Steem blockchain and provide the right tools and support them while they grow and become a reality. Through the blockchain technology, 
provides long term assesment, consulting services and a networking environment ideal to help a project become the best version it can be.
Sndbox is a membership incubator and you guessed it right, most - if not all - members are part of the Steem blockchain. The members are highly committed Steemians with a superb focus in community engagement full of potential blockchain related project ideas who, through the continuous support of
These Steemians membership lasts for four months - called cohort -, time where everyone gets guidance, support and encouragement from Kirk, Michael and all the other members to succeed on their goals. After, five months, the member will still be part of sndbox but it´s expected to already have support from outside of the incubator and to be able to keep the project going; this is to make room for other people, other projects and fresh ideas.
From all around the world, the Sndbox members - or Sndbros as I like to call us - we bounce ideas, give each other feedback, engage with each other and try to help each other to make an idea become a reality and, thanks to the support Sndbox gives us we´ve been able to develop a lot of amazing projects during the past year.
Projects powered by the incubator
There are some projects that started at the very moment
Some of the main projects the incubator has helped born or grow are, in no specific order:
The Steem Park
The very first project
STEEM Park is the first public design project fully funded by cryptocurrency. The physical components of the project were financed 100% by mined blogging rewards and engaging with the Steemit community; no private donations or municipal support was provided. In short, it is the first public-interest project supported completely by public interest.
STEEM Park is a proof-of-concept that local community projects can be initiated and sustained through a global attention economy. Located in Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn NY.
: A Magazine that Discovers + Rewards Creative Content
: A Magazine that Discovers + Rewards Creative Content
Curating organically in my opinion is one of the most important parts on Steemit and the DApps to help our platform and blockchain grow healthily, rise engagement from the users and most importantly, to increase mass adoption. This is why
The Summer Camp
Summer CampAs the first cohort was about to finish this project was pitched to Michael and Kirk to help them selec part of the Steemians who would be part of cohort 2. The main idea was to get some of the best content creators/project ideas from Steemians looking for continuous support and guidance. Through some Sndbox Quests spanning from travel, art, coding, photography and more, we were able to gather 40 top content creators who engaged in the summer camp. Out of this summer camp we welcomed a big percentage to join cohort 2.
Of course there are more projects, these are just the ones I was involved in or that I followed closely since they started and I believe these projects really reflect the reach
Engagement with the community on Steemit
Sndbox is a Steem blockchain powered project that supports and helps grow other projects but, in order to get to know these projects and the community there has to be engagement from the core team with said community, otherwise, how are they supposed to know what the people are looking for?
Parting from this idea, there are a lot of community engaging activites
Blockchain and bourbon:
There are so many different topics to talk about regarding blockchain, and what better way to discuss them but with a livestream hosted by Michael and Kirk talking about blockchain functionalities, advantages of being an early adopter - we are all early adopters, if you are part of Steemit, congratulations, you are one of us - and also discussing ICO´s, the state of the sndbox but also discussing simple subjects like explaining blockchain to your grandma.
Articles of the week and project spotlight:
is one of the most followed accounts on Steemit and the best part is that every follower is an organic follower, that means that the Sndbox account has one of the longest reaches within th Steemit platform. In order to help projects or Steemians grow, Sndbox publishes once a week a compilation of the most promising projects, posts or general articles that deserve more visibility/support.An example of both would be:
Project Spotlights: New Beats, Curation, Collaborative Activities
Crypto art and design challenges:
Art is one of the most important subjects Sndbox supports and there is no better way to empower artists than to encourage them to get involved with different coins and ICO´s by making this contests.
But that´s not it, Sndbox also encourages Steemians to get involved with the different Apps within the Steem blockchain:
Educational articles:
Whenever a new Steemian joins the platform, it can be a bit overwhelming to understand how it works, what to do, what to avoid, how to increase visibility and engagement etc, this is why Sndbox publishes weekly articles related to this very subject such as Steemit quick start guide to help newbies know where they are standing, but also posts content for Steemians who might not be new but are still getting the hang of it and may haveTop ten Questions about Steemit. These are just two articles out of tens of posts made by sndbox to help those who seek guidance regarding Steemit and it´s many functionalities, related DApps, tools and much more.
State of the Sndbox monthly thumbnail competition: Each Week Sndbox does a newsletter - State of the Sndbox - to update the Steemit community on our progress and ongoing work. This monthly competition gives Steemians an opportunity to showcase their creativity as the face of the newsletter.
Example of a monthly thumbnail competition
Engagement with the community outside of Steemit
Sndbox is not only focused in projects and engagement within the Steem Ecosystem but we also strive to bring Sndbox, Steemit and the blockchain to outside ears and we do it in a very creative way:
Steemit Q&A with Temple University Students:
Steem + Steem Park at the Ethereal Summit
One of our Cohort 1 incubator members, 
The crypto Renaissance - A Steem exhibition in NYC
This public exhibition will showcase the tools and resources built for creative professionals on the Steem blockchain and specifically how
What are you waiting for? Check it out here
Of course these are not the only engaging activites from Sndbox towards the outside of Steemit community, these are just the ones I loved the most but you can check out all the other activites in the
The Stewards
Stewards represent our global team and contribute to the mission, growth, and impact of Sndbox. You’ll probably recognize many of these individuals, as they have grown into significant contributors on the Steem blockchain with active support of diverse initiatives. These Stewards aid the growth of our community through feedback, campaign support, outreach, and the nomination of new incubator members.