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What do start-ups need to know about the growth of BYOD? Any business which has just begun or is about to start trading will probably welcome any opportunities to save money. Technology is among the biggest expenses any new business will face, but allowing new employees to use their own devices for work instead of a business laptop or tablet could be much easier and, when watching the pennies, ch...
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We had a brilliant time at the last Friday Night Mashup Tech Meetup in Belfast and so are delighted to tell you that the team have just announced that the next event will be taking place on Friday June 13th at Titanic's Dock & Pumphouse – and of course it’s going to be bigger and better than ever! For those of you who are unfamiliar, Friday Night Mashup is a regular event taki...
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In South West England, a city affectionately known as ‘the largest village in the UK’ is rapidly becoming a hotbed for new startups across the board. With tech hubs likened to Silicon Valley, niche food markets, a fashion culture, and an unrelenting thirst for creativity, Bristol is quite visibly becoming a centre for progress in the South West. But why? What’s so special about ...
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Ex lawyer, Serena Manzoli is a startup person & social media champion at Peppercorn, a place for creating your legal contracts in minutes & in many languages. Here she writes some handy legal tips for Designers... "I recently needed some good branding for my new startup and I contacted a young talented designer. The job was supposed to take a few days and we both agreed on a handshake. Ac...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. May has seen some absolutely fabulous developments for the small business community, as SMEs go from strength to strength across a variety of industries. The growth in the sector has also prompted calls for better financial backing from banks and more support from the government, demons...
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Many big businesses and large corporations have, in recent years, incorporated green initiatives in order to be seen to be doing their bit for the environment and lowering their carbon footprint. While this is great from a PR perspective, how much does being green help the company itself? Consumer choice More and more consumers are becoming environmentally conscious and as a result, this will un...
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As you are probably aware (and if not, where on earth have you been?), June is our Bristol Startup month - a month when we will be dedicating an inordinate amount of space on Startacus.net to the startups, creatives, self-starters, innovators, places and events that make Bristol the startup city that it is. But that’s still a week away from fruition so why all this talk of Bristol? By a mar...
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Our month long look at Belfast as a startup city is slowly drawing to a close - and what a month it has been. We have had a huge range of opinions from both within the city and much further afield, some positively glowing with praise and others cutting in their criticisms. To begin the winding down of the month we thought it would be interesting to get the opinions of someone who has lots of expe...
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Understanding your customer has always been a basic and fundamental goal for any business - whether you’re a startup or not. In fact, in life itself, getting to know other people’s views and opinions is pretty important and some might say essential!Our latest Startup of the Week is on a mission to make that entire process easier - whether you’re an individual, a brand or a blogge...
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As a business startup, this may be the first time you’ve set up an office, you’ve had ideas bubbling away for months and plans have flown full speed into getting everything off the ground and launching your new venture. Working from your desk at home, the garage or the box room worked with pulling your business ideas together but when you step up into launching your business officially...
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A quick question for you… are you interested in learning and development, technology and entrepreneurship? You are! Then Crossover Edinburgh’s Product Forge Hackathon weekend could be just the thing for you, and as an extra treat we’ve managed to nab Startacus members a £10 discount on the £45 weekend ticket price… marvelous! So what is the Product Forge Hack...
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99designs is the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, connecting startups, small businesses, marketing agencies and other organizations with more than 300,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. Since its founding in Melbourne, Australia in 2008, 99designs has hosted more than 250,000 design contests for customers and has paid out in excess of £50 milli...
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