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In Chapter 18 of 19 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, Sandbox Network co-founder and entrepreneur Fabian Pfortmüller shares why curation matters when building great community.  Curation is about making a choice.  He believes access to people or things is not the issue today; rather it is about the right chemistry that is a result of choosing a team.  In short, it is not quality, but diversity that generates effective communities.  Ultimately, like a mother planning a large birthday party, it is about putting the right setting in place to generate experience based on group goals.  Pfortmüller is co-founder of Sandbox Network (www.sandbox-network.com).  He also co-founded an innovation think tank, Incubaker (www.incubaker.com), and is part of the group's first spin-off, Holstee (www.holstee.com), an apparel brand for people who would like to wear their passion.  Pfortmüller graduated from Columbia University and its School of General Studies.