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A fresh new startup has emerged on the Belfast startup scene. Get Invited is a next generation online ticketing and event registration service that not only helps event organisers increase ticket sales, but provides insight into their customers and their feedback about their event. They’re a team of passionate designers and developers who organise events themselves so they know what matters...
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Based in and around London and wish you could get some cost effective office space for your startup? Well with this fab deal with Club Workspace, your wish may have just been granted... There are a few things that pretty much every startup, freelancer, entrepreneur, self starter needs when starting a business. Web Hosting - tick    A working laptop - tick    A business bank ...
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Do you fancy taking a punt with opening your own pub? Last week we took a look at some of the basic information you will need to know before you embark upon your exciting new journey as a publican.  In true Startacus style we got the nitty-gritty, complicated, mind-scrambling stuff out of the way early - things like; the difference between a leasehold and a free pub, how much each is likely ...
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We all have that moment in our lives that we know we have a great idea. So we start working on it, maybe put a few hundred bucks in and then let it die. The list of excuses goes on: “I didn’t have time”, “I didn’t have the money”, “I didn’t have the support I needed”. I was one of those people. I let many ideas die on the table because I self-s...
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Heard of the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies? One of our favourite TV scientists once wisely observed - ‘what’s life without whimsy’? (It was Sheldon Cooper for those of you less geekified than ourselves). His mantra is one that we prescribe to wholeheartedly...sometimes ‘for fun’ is the best reason to do anything!   Hoxton Street Monster Supplies in London is a...
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Alex Rose, Startacus member and Marketing Manager of new startup Who can Fix My Car recently joined the car servicing and repairs platform having previously worked as the automotive industry manager for Google. Going from Google to Who can Fix my Car, seemed an interesting journey, so we asked Alex to self interview on Startacus to tell us all about whocanfixmycar.com... What is www.whocanfixmyc...
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Welcome to the Startacus Technology News Roundup. This is your guide to all the business technology news worth sharing and caring about - courtesy of marketing and technology blogger Justin Firth. UK Changing Tech Habits Revealed Based on a detailed survey of 2000 UK individuals, the new Deloitte’s media habits report gives key insights into changing media consumption. According to the rep...
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If you are anything like us the odd fashion faux pas (or ‘wardrobe malfunction’ as the cool kids are calling it these days) is a sad but inevitable part of your existence.  In 2013 a faint glimmer of hope came to our fashion Horizon courtesy of Cally Russell and his brilliant shopping App Mallzee. We were mighty impressed with this innovative and genuinely useful offering and it ...
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We all remember the first time: your eyes meet across a crowded room and before long you’re talking passionately. Never mind that it’s at a networking event and you’re getting excited about the advantages of open source versus Microsoft. This is a special moment: you’ve just found your business soul mate. Boy, it’s difficult being by yourself sometimes, especially wh...
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Like most folks, here at Startacus we are rather fond of cars... "fond" being the crucial word. We are not experts on the inner intricacies of the combustion engine, nor do we have any desire to be. But leave us in something of a sticky wicket when it comes to choosing a set of shiny new wheels... how can we make an informed decision when 80 % of the information on automobile geared sites consists...
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If you search online for David Kirk you will find that he has been an active commentator of the NI Startup scene and the powers that be within that ecosystem. Based over in California and with a history of Tech Startups and investments under his belt, David thought it was a good time to look back a little and see how the Belfast and more generally NI startup scene has developed in the last decade....
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Win a free ticket to TableCrowd and Startacus' Dinner for Entrepreneurs First came Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets to visit the Chocolate Factory, and now, something almost just as sweet. In case you haven’t already heard, on May 29th we’re co-hosting a dinner in Clerkenwell, Shoreditch together with the fab Tablecrowd crew. The evening will see a whole host of entrepreneurs and s...
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