Culture

Our Bristol Startup month is slowly drawing to a close (my how the time flies) and over the course of the past four weeks one thing that we have been hearing repeatedly (aside from how amazing Bristolians are) is that if you are a startup in Bristol there is only one place to be ... Engine Shed.  Now, we know what you’re thinking…‘what a bloomin’ brilliant name’...
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The People Stories create beautiful books that share visual insights for turning passion into profession. Facts and figures do not motivate a creative mind like the power of an emotive story. Roz Ware, Director shares with us her story and the lessons she has learned. Over to Roz to explain all... The People Stories: So, designed to overcome text-heavy entrepreneurial advice, we delve into the m...
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Want to catch up on the latest in technology news? We’ve done all the hard reading so you don’t have to. The Startacus Tech News Update delivers all the big technology stories for UK businesses in handy bite-sized chunks.  Digital Hasn’t Killed Print Advertising . . . Yet. Printed flyers and adverts are still a key stimulus in driving customers to a website according to a ...
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Startacus are chuffed to announce that Startacus members can obtain 3 months free access to General Assembly's online learning platform, Front Row...We know though that sometimes it’s not always that easy to take an idea and turn it into something real. That’s the very reason as to why we created Startacus - the self start society - it’s where creatives, dreamers, self starters a...
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Mark Paney is the Marketing Director and Co-Founder of Simpleweb, a passionate web and mobile product development company based in Bristol. Here he shares all his knowledge and experience to pass on the key places, meetups, startups and events synonymous with the startup scene in Bristol."When I was first starting out, the startup scene in Bristol was virtually non-existent. The onl...
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Back at the start of 2014 we announced our linkup with global cloud hosting provider Rackspace. Yep - the same Rackspace who have been delivering hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world since 1988. And the same Rackspace who run the Rackspace Startup Program which offers selected startups 12 months of free Rackspace Cloud Hosting and Services up to a maximum spe...
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It’s always easy to get caught up in the very serious nature of trying to start and then successfully run a startup or business. So sometimes, here at Startacus we like to lighten things up a tad. How? Well by sharing with you all some of the tenuous links which we have identified between self starters, startups, entrepreneurs, call them what you like -  and things which can affect the ...
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Kent based Industrial Designer, Russ Carley, recently showed his concept design for a disaster relief shelter, Bodopods, at the Makegood festival of culture, creativity & entrepreneurship as part of his School for Creative Startups course.  That S4CS event was filled with all sorts of interesting people doing all sorts of interesting things - people like Natalia Komis who recently did a ...
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Throughout our Bristol startup month we have been hearing one statement repeated over and over again… Bristol has a thriving tech startup scene, and through our explorations we have found plenty of evidence in support of that! The city seems to be a booming hub of techno activity with innovative new companies springing up all over the place! One such startup is neighbourly, a social networ...
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If fashion is your thing, then the EcoChic Design Award is a comp that would be well worth a look.Here’s the lowdown on all the basics that you’d need to know: The focus of the competition is sustainable fashion design - entrants are being challenged to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste whilst at the same time ensuring that the design brief is adhered to - a brief ...
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Whilst admittedly many of us get our news fix and do more and more reading these days online, that doesn’t necessarily mean that print is dead. It still has its place and particularly when there’s a little innovation involved - and innovation in print is exactly what our latest Startup of the Week has at its core. PaperLater is a new online service which lets you save all those online...
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Its hard to believe that we are over halfway through our Startup Bristol month, but its true! Incase you're wondering what the tommyrot we are talking about, Bristol startup month is a month-long feature in which we are showcasing the startups, exciting events, creative stirrings and general quirky goings on of the capital of the south west. You might remember that just last week we announced tha...
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