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Last week Lauren shared some good news with us all (funding!) and what this funding will mean for her big idea...This week she returns and addresses the all important issue of sales, and attracting sales. Over to Lauren to explain all...I’m not a ‘natural’ sales person, so in order to address the sales aspect of my business I started by thinking about my experience with sales up ...
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Ever felt as a startup that there aren't enough hours in the day? Well, Timely PA a recent startup itself has recognised this problem & created a solution - A virtual PA service for Startups. We were intrigued so we thought it best to have a chat with Patrick Collins, Timely PA's Founder ...Tell us about your business - how did you start Timely PA and why specifically the s...
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In the last of her series of guest posts for Startacus Diana Hallare reflects on her journey so far and some handy pointers to keep us all going through the ups and downs of starting your startup...Even though I have not gotten clients yet at the time of writing this, I am still grateful for having tried and optimistic for what can happen next. Last year, I introduced the concept of Cytoleadership...
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Business Meetings: If you’re starting out in business, meetings are one of those things that you’ll just have to get used to. And quickly. There’s no escaping them - from sole traders to fully fledged limited companies, they’ll happen at all stages of your startup journey. Here at Startacus we’ve had our fair share of business meetings and we’ve picked up some p...
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We have in recent weeks written articles on Starting a Warehouse Business and Starting a B&B Business and this weeks its the turn of Starting a Jewellery Business...and, we'll start this post with a little asterisk...here it is* *It's alright saying that you want to start a jewellery business and that's great - however like any creative job, role, or business, we are going to have to ass...
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T-shirts are one of those wardrobe staples that pretty much everyone owns, so it’s more or less a given that if you’re a startup in the t-shirt world you’ll need to be doing something innovative or truly unique if you’re going to stand out. However, it’s not just about having a quirky design or an eye-catching slogan - there has to be something else. And it is that &l...
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Got an idea for an entertainment project that’s original and exciting and creatively brave? Well, the folks over at Wildseed Studios want to know all about it. The recently launched Wildseed Studios is a “next generation entertainment content incubator” which aims to provide up to 50 investments of up to £10,000 each over the next 3 years to self-starters with creativ...
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Richard Boothman from Ecoskill continues his series of posts on the green economy and entrepreneurship. Over to you Richard!In earlier instalments in this series of blog posts, I looked at the green economy and why it's a great sector for the entrepreneur to focus on. This time I'm going to look at the first steps to becoming a green entrepreneur.You're off to a head start as an entrepreneur by fo...
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Lessom is a school with a twist. At this point when the word education is mentioned you probably automatically think of cream walls, pencils and blackboards right? Well, this is where Lessom comes in - they’re hoping to change just that. Lessom is a digital startup which wants to bring education into the 21st century. Its founder Mark McCarney describes it as “A new way to approach edu...
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Getting funding for a business is never easy - you’ve got to put the work in, to convince the funder - be that funder a bank or a business angel - that your business is worth it and that they are going to receive a return on their investment. The thing to remember too is that there are lots of other entrepreneurs out there - lots of other startups - all vying for that same pot of cash. ...
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Joshua Boyd from online accountants Crunch, guest writes for Startacus on the impact (so far!) of Real Time Information... Every so often a big change will come to tax law that involves a massive overhaul of the system for whatever reason. The most recent such change was Real Time Information, or RTI. It was brought in with the new tax year back in April. The change affected any business who oper...
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In part 3 of Vincent Haywood's Startup Diary Vincent Haywood talked about the tough decisions you have to make on how you continue to raise capital for your startup.In this week's Startup Diary Vincent returns after a troublesome few days of obstacles, freak-outs, pivoting, and hopeful solutions... "We hit our first major obstacle this week. Should have realised it earlier, but nop...
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