Culture

Do you ever come across an idea that is simply so brilliant that you wish you had (and can't believe that you didn’t) come up with it first? This is precisely how we feel about TheTake.com and we reckon that you will too. TheTake.com has a very straightfoward premise - it lets you ‘discover products and places from your favouite movies’. To illustrate, let’s imagine you...
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At Startacus we're always looking for the next great solution to improve on an existing product or service and we think we might have found just that with ICEcoder, a browser based code editor that's aiming to revolutionize website development. We were chuffed when Founder (and Startacus member) Matt Pass showcased his big idea in our Collaboration area and equally delighted when he agreed to ans...
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If you’re involved in some form of social innovation, then the recently launched NT100 is probably well worth a look. Now in its second year, this initiative launched by The Nominet Trust aims to give recognition to the top 100 people and places who are using digital technology to make the world a better place. Whether you’re using the web, mobile, big data or physical computing, if ...
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In June we spent a whole month celebrating the startup culture of Bristol, showcasing the people, places, startups and events which make it one of the country's most exciting self starter cities.  We enjoyed it so much, that we have decided to return to have a chat with a company that grew out of the city to become one of its most successful technology exports. Mubaloo (asside from having a g...
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As you have probably noticed we have had rather a lot of Glasgow themed stuff floating around Startacus this past couple of weeks - this is because July is our Glasgow startup month- a whole 4 weeks during which we are taking an extra close look at Scotland’s largest city and the startups, people, places and events that make it the great self starter city that it is. As if this weren't exci...
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Whilst most of us are pretty comfortable with buying and selling online these days, it’d be fair to say that we probably still have our grumbles about different aspects of the entire buying and selling process. Thanks to our latest Startup of the Week however, those grumbles could become few and far between. Depop is a mobile app available for both iOS and Android which puts a little fun ba...
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Monetising social awkwardness seems all the rage it appears. Last week we highlighted the growing popularity of My Invisible Girlfriend / Boyfriend and only yesterday we spotted news of a crowdfunding project that again picked up on the social awkwardness that can come about through dating, being in a boring meeting, or simply being in the midst of an embarrassing conversation. TIYO (THIS-IS-YOU...
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To state the obvious, here at Startacus we love innovation...you don't have to be a mind reader to see that and if there's one particular area of advancement we like to keep a particularly eagle-like glare on, it's that of mobile technology. We don't pretend to be experts - in fact the ins and outs of such things often goes right over our heads, however you have to admit, this particular innovatio...
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Have you ever had difficulties finding local entrepreneurs and professionals while traveling? Do you want to have better access to the local startup scene, the authentic business environment and valuable people when you are on the go? A group of entrepreneurs from Denmark reckons they are on the road to startup success with Startuptravels, a network where you can meet and connect with l...
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As a general rule, here at Startacus, we only feature good ideas (and more often than not only GREAT ideas) which is why the title of this piece may have struck you as somewhat odd. Bad Idea, is a Social enterprise based in Glasgow, that tasks itself with encouraging the personal development of the city's young folk through a range of enterprise centred activities. Naturally, this is something th...
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That's right you lovely Mancunians, we are very pleased to announced that Manchester has been selected as the August Startup city in our series of month long features of some of the UK and Ireland's most burgeoning startup hubs!   Throughout August we will be putting the startup scene of Manchester well and truly under our proverbial microscope as we take a good long look at everything fro...
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We’re all pretty aware these days of the fact that we leave a digital footprint whenever we access digital or online services. Of course it’s generally the case that we never actually benefit from the data that we leave behind. Thanks to our latest Startup of the Week however that is all about to change. Powr of You is an innovative new analytics platform which collates users&rsq...
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