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Self Starter of the Week - Hall of Fame 2014
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th June 2014Since founding Startacus-the self start society, we’ve quickly realised that self starters like to talk - about themselves, about their ideas, about their projects, about their businesses...about lots of things really. We’ve also realised that we rather like talking and giving credit to these self starters and so the more we can merge those two important factors together...well..the be...
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Self Starter of the Week- Joel Gibbard
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th June 2014June of this year was our Bristol startup month during which we came across loads of brilliant, innovative, passionate people…but one of our favorites was Joel Gibbard.
Joel is the brains and passion behind the groundbreaking ‘Open Hand Project’ which aims to make robotic prosthetic hands more accessible to amputees. Joel is something of an expert when it comes to robotics - a ...
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From Chef Work to Cake Decorating - A Self Starter Tale
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th April 2014This week’s Self Starter of the Week was awarded the acclaimed weekly title for good reason. Check out Adrianne Rutherford’s startup tale below for a little startup inspiration...
“I had worked at the Olympics and I went from being in a busy, hot kitchen with the head chef yelling at everyone to being at home in my kitchen, calm and relaxed baking and many people wonder why.&rdq...
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Rainy Day Box Co- Creator Aly Cranston shares her self starter experience
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th March 2014We have a chat with our current self starter of the week Aly Cranston about her fab award winning business Rainy Day Box Co and what it means to be a self starter. What do you think make up the characteristics of a Self Starter?
To be a Self Starter you need to be tenacious, driven, extremely hard working and possibly a little bit stubborn.
Let's talk about you! Tell us about your business...
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Self starter launches new mobile game
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th March 2014It’s shaping up to be quite a good little week for Startacus member Josh Newton. On Monday he was named as the recipient of this week’s Startacus self starter award (round of applause if you please) and now he has some more really exciting news.
Yesterday, his brilliant new game Nova’s Dream was launched on the Apple app store, the first game to be released from his app company ...
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We Catch up with our 2013 Self Starter of the Year- Jennifer Duthie, founder of Skribbies
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th March 2014We are delighted with last weeks launch of our annual self starter awards which aims to recognise the work of early stage self starter / entrepreneur / startup folk who are demonstrating that they’re doing something of note with that big or small idea that they have!
The 2013 winner of the coveted ‘Self Starter of the Year’ award was Jennifer Duthie, founder of the innovative fo...
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Self Starter of the Week - Hall of Fame 2014 22
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd March 2014Since founding Startacus-the self start society, we’ve quickly realised that self starters like to talk - about themselves, about their ideas, about their projects, about their businesses...about lots of things really. We’ve also realised that we rather like talking and giving credit to these self starters and so the more we can merge those two important factors together...well..the be...
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The Annual Startacus Self Starter Awards is back open for entries!
by: ~ 25th February 2014Launched this year in April, the Startacus Self Starter Awards aims to recognise the work of early stage self starter / entrepreneur / startup folk. Yep, people probably just like you - who are demonstrating that they’re doing something of note with that big or small idea that they have! So far we have had some fab weekly winners, who hopefully at the end of 2014 will all be in with a chance...
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Startacus Self Starter of the Year Winner Announced
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th January 2014A couple of weeks ago we asked all Startacus Self Starters of the Week to pitch to ourselves and Marketest why they should be considered for the Self Starter of the Year accolade.
And the results are in...
But let’s have a little recap first of all on how we got to this point.
When we launched our Self Starter of the Week award back in September, it was because we wanted to reward the ea...
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Self Starter of the Year countdown begins
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th December 2013Back in September when we launched our Self Starter of the Week award it was because we recognised that pretty much every early stage startup, entrepreneur, self starter loves to get a pat on the back, a mention and a bit of kudos for their big (or small) idea, project or business.
And so we were delighted when Marketest, the leading UK Online Quantitative Market Research company, who work with p...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.