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As you know July is our Glasgow 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! What we have been hearing in particular from all the lovely people we have featured so far is that within Glasgow itself, and indeed Scotland generally, there is an incredibly rich, di...
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Do you remember a few weeks ago Facebook got itself into a spot of bother as details emerged of a mass psychological experiment that they had carried out on hundreds of thousands of unwitting users? Basically they manipulated the news feed content that people were exposed to in order to gauge whether or not the level of positivity / negativity which people experience had any effect on the kinds o...
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A few weeks ago we started a fab new promotion with general leg-ends General Assembly offering Startacus members 3 months free access to their online learning platform, Front Row...Oh how time flies! Delighted that the good folk of GA would offer our members such a fab perk, we thought it wise to also interview one of the leading lights in the General Assembly team, New Yorker Matt Cynamon, Regio...
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Advertising your startup or your business venture can be a costly affair. Likewise showcasing your startup and telling the whole world about your big (or small) idea, project or startup can be tough going, especially when for the time being you are a small fish in a rather large startup pond. Helping with these issues has always been a key goal of us here at Startacus - offering a space and a pla...
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Small Business Saturday, which will take place this year on December 6th, encourages consumers to “shop local” and support their local communities, as well as giving small businesses a fab opportunity for visibility and promotion.  Last year's Small Business Saturday was a great success and this year promises to build on that success. It may still seem a long way away, but the sea...
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The rise of social networks has seen us all engaging with people in a whole new way - those people generally being friends, family or even colleagues. Whilst we’re busy doing that though we’re often missing out on engaging with the people right beside us - our neighbours. Not all of us are active in our local communities are we? Well..thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, that cou...
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In the current era, women experience better equality to men than ever before. Many jobs that were once deemed suitable only for men are now available to women if they so choose, as they can now become mechanics, plumbers and electricians. There are so many different career options out there for women and these should be explored in order to find something professionally fulfilling and to meet the ...
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Its shaping up to be a cracking week for the city of Glasgow! Alongside what is promising to be the most memorable Commonwealth Games opening ceremonies in many a year, taking place later today (23/07/14) yesterday the chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne made an announcement which is sure to put a smile on many a little entrepreneurial face. £24m in new funding will be made available...
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Heard of Bitcoin but not really too sure if the penny has dropped with regards to what it’s really all about? Yep - us too. So we thought what better place to start than by speaking to Bittylicious, a UK based marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of Bitcoins together. Looking to find out more about the Bitcoin scene, and whether this is a ‘fad’ or if you’d bank on ...
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As you know July is our Glasgow 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, we've been in touch with a lovely lady named Sarah Johnston, founder of furniture upcycling business Tatty Rose and all-round self starter! She tells us all about her startup journey...
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Here at Startacus there’s nothing we like more than a nice bit of data… we’re kidding obviously, but what we do rather like is when interesting data is laid out in an visually pleasing and easy to follow way. Twitter's own new and improved analytics tools are a nice example of this, and a marked improvement on their last offering which wasn’t very ‘inspiring’ ...
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We announced our most recent Self Starter of the Week yesterday and it’s fab to see the list of self starters, idea makers and startups that have made our Hall of Fame for 2014 so far. Being a Self Starter of the Week gives you the chance to be awarded the Startacus Annual Self Starter of the Year - which leads us nicely onto our most recent Startacus themed good news story. Last year&rsqu...
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