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If you’re into travelling and more importantly into documenting your travels through photos or a diary or blog, then we reckon our latest Startup of the Week will be right up your proverbial street. PinIt is an innovative new app which enables users to record their travels and thereby keep track of wherever life’s journey may lead them. It works in a pretty straightforward way. Users...
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It’s a subject that can send even the most daring of startup founders fleeing like vampires before garlic…the law! The problem, as most enterprising folks see it, is that the legal issues around creating and running a business are so complex and comprehensive, that only those with a law degree have any hope of getting a clear grasp of them. That’s cowardly talk of course;...
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**Offer runs till end of May 2015**One of the biggest barriers to entry for someone starting a business can be the level of support that is available where they live. One of the core aims of Startacus is that any self starter, entrepreneur or startup, irrespective of location, should be able to avail of the same (or similar) information, support, and opportunity - no mean feat we might add. Spe...
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If you’ve ever had a clever business idea, chances are there have been moments where you’ve thought ‘I couldn’t possibly go ahead with this - I can’t find workspace and I don’t have anywhere to share my ideas.” It’s a problem that a lot of budding entrepreneurs experience at least once in their lifetime. Finding the right place and tools to develop ...
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Few things cause the modern startup founder to sit up like an excited meerkat faster than the sentence “successful crowdfunding campaign”...it’s like the elusive holy grail of the enterprise world.  If you are planning to create a crowdfunding campaign, we have a free crowdfunding support package to help you reach your goal! Crowdfunding has become a key component of busin...
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If you’re a coffee lover, you’ll know exactly how important that first cup of the day is. A nice dose of early morning caffeine enables you to kick-start your day in the right way leaving you with all the energy you need - and it smells good, too! If you are one of these people, you may be interested in hearing about Smartcups - the new product that makes purchasing coffee easy and co...
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Heads up folks - it’s almost time for this year’s Business Show - one of Europe’s biggest business expo events. Here’s all the details and some news on Startacus itself too... If you’ve recently started a business and need some advice on how to keep the ball rolling – the Business Show will most likely have something to offer. For a full two days on May 13th an...
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Nowadays we live in a society that is immersed in technology. We find it very difficult to disconnect and appreciate the real world. In a lot of ways, technology has become very impersonal, alienating and distant. However thanks to Smartstones, the distance between you and your loved ones caused by ever-present technology could be a thing of the past.If you have trouble communicating with a loved...
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No one does pubs quite like the Irish. If you've ever had the pleasure of visiting one, you'll know that they are cosy, warm, intimate, welcoming, and full of the craic, but now some enterprising folk in Galway have added 'mobile' into the mix to boot...my what a time to be alive. Much like the proverbial sow’s ear, this humdrum, work-a-day caravan has been transformed into a thing of wond...
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Almost half of the world’s food produce ends up as waste every year – this equates to 2 billion tonnes of food waste. This number is mind boggling to anyone, and that alone should send alarm bells ringing and tell us that something needs to change fast since there are currently over 800 million hungry people in the world. These numbers certainly don’t add up and every mouth shou...
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It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again; time for the world’s most obscure and erroneous of celebrations…yes, Record Store day is upon us once again. It hardly seems possible that a full twelve months have passed since we last didn’t know it was happening, but sure enough, tomorrow record stores all over the country will hang out the bunting and crank up t...
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So you have decided what business you would like to start; next on the agenda is creating a good working environment, AKA the home office. Let’s assume that you aren’t going to move directly into a dedicated office (unless of course you are, in which case, great!) but the vast majority of people starting new businesses have more humble beginnings than that. There are probably a few op...
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