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You have probably noticed over recent weeks that things seem to have been going a bit rock'n'roll here at Startacus. Not only have we outlined the possible links between startup businesses and rock bands, we've also released a "Soundtrack to your Startup Journey" album and generally had a more 'devil may care' attitude towards proceedings. But all this is nothing compared to what's been going dow...
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In keeping with our recent efforts to dial up the funny factor on Startacus we’ve created a hypothetical record label ‘Startachord’ to create an album which would best describe the rollercoaster journey of starting your own business! The resulting mish-mash mix-tape is the product of hours of lively debate in the Startacus office, which was regrettably coupled with several equall...
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If you’ve started 2014 with a resolution to start doing something good, then we reckon this week’s Startup of The Week is well worth a look.Makerble is ‘the world’s first charity projects subscription service.’This innovative startup has made the whole notion of donating to charity not just easier but also much more transparent. After all, over the last few years, man...
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Startup events in the UK and Ireland in 2014 Last year (2013 being now a near distant memory) we shared with you all a select list of some of the Top Startup and Enterprise events happening in the UK and Ireland. Therefore we thought it only right to return with a new list and surprise surprise this year being 2014, the list focuses on the top events happening over the next 12 months. So how did...
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Creative types - take note - the D&AD Awards are back and looking for entries.The competition which is all about celebrating commercial creativity in the design and advertising arenas is open to both companies and freelancers, wherever they may be. Whether you work in Design, Advertising or Digital, as long as you have produced work which has been commercially released last year ( i.e. betwee...
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#discover: Useful tips for pitching to journalistPre-Christmas the Rormix Startup Diary focused on getting media coverage and to link in nicely, Agi, PR and marketing team member of Rormix return with her latest and last startup diary post with some useful tips for pitching to journalists... "Hey guys,I’m back for my final blog post and I thought I’d share what we ...
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At the start of 2014 we highlighted our link up with global cloud hosting giants Rackspace. The news was pretty simple, but a massively great start to the year...The good folk at Rackspace operate the Rackspace Startup Program which offers selected startups 12 months of free Rackspace Cloud Hosting and Services up to a maximum spend of £1,325 per month. And now, Sta...
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Back in September when we launched our Self Starter of the Week award it was because we recognised that pretty much every early stage startup, entrepreneur, self starter loves to get a pat on the back, a mention and a bit of kudos for their big (or small) idea, project or business. And so we were delighted when Marketest, the leading UK Online Quantitative Market Research company, who work with p...
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Last weeks Self Starter of the week and Startacus member Fiona Timba tells us, amoungst other things, all about her food Startup Packed Munches, how it came to be, how they have managed to get national press coverage and some handy tips for other self starters too. Founders Fiona Timba and Sabrina Hamilton first came up with the idea for Packed Munches in July 2012. They won a ...
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For the past few months The Startacus Technology News Round-up has been keeping your business up-to-date with all that’s new in technology. In this special end-of-year edition we are taking you one step forward with our 10 big development predictions for 2014.  Find out what we think the next year of technology will bring courtesy of technology and marketing blogger Justin Firth. 1.&n...
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It's Startaclaus Day 12 (Dry those eyes)...and today, courtesy of ourselves (the Startacus team that is) we’re giving away a £50 voucher to use at Etsy Here at Startacus, we thought we would do our bit to help the season of goodwill be a little less painful on the pocket and a little more fun into the bargain! So we enlisted the help of Startaclaus - a jolly old fellow with ...
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As 2016 draws to a close, we look back at all the achievements of all the entrepreneurs we've had to good fortune to have been able to work with. Considering it's nearing the holiday season, we here at Startacus felt it was pertinent to point out to our readers, the finest points of one of the greatest Entrepreneurs of all time; Big, Red and Jolly himself - Santa Claus! So Move over Bill Gates and...
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