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If you’ve ever had to fundraise you’ll know that coming up with effective ways to do so can be a tad difficult at times, therefore it’s always great to hear about ways of making the entire fundraising process easier. Our latest Startup of the Week is on a mission to do just that. Fabrily is an innovative service which helps people fundraise through the sales of custom t-shirts....
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We think it’d be fair to say that here at Startacus we heart self starters. Lots.So when we hear about initiatives and comps that aim to help self starters in any way, well quite frankly we’re all ears. One such initiative is the recently launched 15 for 2015 competition. Backed by PCG, the not for profit freelancer organisation, the comp aims to give the UK’s independent and en...
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6 Reasons why Manchester is Top 5 Startup City... As you may know July is our Manchester startup month - an entire month when we take a good hard look at this marvellous city and all the people, places and events that make it the great startup place that it is. To this end, and to kick things off, we've been in touch with Col Skinner, founder of independent digital consultancy Profoundry and all...
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From abandoned park shelter to pop up cafe - Startacus takes a look at the Kiosk Cafe...Here at Startacus we do love highlighting a nice pop-up story - adds a little inspiration to the day - don’t you agree? So this week we thought it would be nice to highlight the development of an abandoned park shelter in Bethnal Green, London that has become known as The Kiosk Cafe. Of course, as with ...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting.SMEs and freelancers have been given government backing this month, as the rising number of self-employed continues to spark discussion in parliament. On the flip-side, late payments have been found to seriously affect SME success rates, with 60% of small businesses experiencing tardy pay...
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An App Store for Agriculture - An interview with Startup Sixty-5 A few weeks ago we interviewed the guys behind Northern Ireland Start-up Receet, acustomer engagement product which gathers detailed retail insights into customer behaviour at independent businesses, and at the same time rewards said customers for sharing that insight. This week along comes another innovative Northern Ireland busin...
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Kath Preston is the Programme Manager of Oxygen Accelerator, a fab 3 month programme for early stage startups that runs in London and Birmingham - but more on all that later... Choosing the support and investment of a startup accelerator to propel your business can be a major and life changing decision - after all, your startup can suck the life and air out of you on occasion when you go it alone...
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There comes a point in every week where the futility of maintaining reason, logic and purpose becomes abundantly apparent...at Startacus we call this point ‘Friday’. So today to celebrate the waning of the week in ‘style’ we shall now tackle, what I'm sure you’ll agree is one of the most pressing issues for the modern startup, ‘If you (as a startup founder) we...
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Summer’s finally here and if you’re a parent you’ll no doubt be already trying to plan how to keep the kids entertained before the normality of school or nursery returns once more. Finding new and interesting things to do as a family can be a real issue at times and of course as your children grow older, their likes change too, meaning that you’re continually on the looko...
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If your business has got off the ground thanks to the financial support of a Startup Loan, then listen up because this recently launched comp is well worth a look. The Big Start Up Loans competition aims to award self starters from all across the UK with a range of fab prizes all in return for a little feedback and insight into their startup businesses. To win the accolade of Startup of the Year...
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Here at Startacus the little eccentricities and general quirkiness that comes hand-in-hand with our super connected digital world gives us no end of amusement and at times verges over into confusion. This happened of course with the emergence of online dating. ‘What a strange idea’ we thought to ourselves as details of various social network-type platforms appeared, all but promising ...
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Recurring subscription business models are most definitely on the up. Aiming to be a cut above the rest is startup Cornerstone, a men's shaving brand that will deliver you shaving products at regular periods via the post. Imagine graze.com but for shaving. The razor sharp Oliver Bridge (apologies in advance - tenuous links may continue) is at the age of 25, making Cornerstone his third venture, ...
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