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Becoming a Self Publisher... Ross Harrison is a writer and self-publisher of science fantasy who has been an avid writer since childhood. We chatted with Ross about how he took his hobby for writing and turned it into a career, how he fights writers block, and what tips he has for other aspiring writers on how to make money from writing - that after all can be a tough nut to crack... So Ross, go...
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Last week Diana Hallare, founder of Stateside startup The Daughterhood Coach continued her series of blog posts for Startacus on 3 Things Worth Doing Again for Your Startup and this week Diana returns and highlights some handy tips on mindset and boosting Self-Confidence when delivering a business or elevator pitch.Over to Diana... "Self-confidence is a key to delivering an ef...
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As we all know, more and more people are getting into crafts, making anything from knitted cakes and treats, to making actual cakes and treats! However finding local workshops, clubs and likeminded people can be a craft in itself, which is why our latest Startup Of The Week is so very good.Craft Candy is a new way of connecting you to local craft events currently in London, but promises to ad...
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Fancy promoting your startup at Europe’s biggest tech conference?Well you can, if you enter PITCH, which is a comp being held at the upcoming Web Summit in Dublin. It’s expected that hundreds of startups will be battling it out to pitch on the main stage and win the coveted accolade of being deemed 2013’s Best Startup.When you consider that there are expected to be over 7000 atte...
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In part 2 of Vincent Haywood's Startup Diary Vincent talked up Networking and practicing what you preach. This week he returns with his Diary Post "In Between the Delays" and talks about the tough decisions you have to make on how you continue to raise capital for your startup."We went live with our blog this week. In short it’s all to do with our SEO strategy. The current sit...
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If you’re a regular visitor to Startacus (and if you’re not why not!), you’ll know that we are a tad fond of the old popup phenomenon. Whether it’s a pop cinema, shop or restaurant - we love ‘em all and we try and do our bit to give them a little publicity and promo when we can.The popup that we’re featuring today though is very different - it’s an entire ...
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‘Kickstarter with a conscience’ is the press release tagline for the new crowdfunding platform ‘We are The Million’ (love the name) aiming to boost small business concerns in South London. Launched last week, We Are The Million, is a new crowdfunding platform that aims to boost small businesses in South London by helping them raise much needed funds to grow and create new ...
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From idea to largest Music Website in the UK in two years....'sounds' good eh? Check this for inspiration. We interviewed the Founder of Gigs and Festivals Simon Robinson about 20 months ago for our sister blog site theemployable.com just few months after he had set up. Now Gigs and Festivals is the largest music website in the UK beating both NME's and MTV's online sites. But let's rewind. This...
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Are you a recent UK Graduate Designer wanting to “Start, Run or Grow your own Design or Craft business”? If so, this free one-off event, could give you the foundations you need to draw together your big idea...Free and worthwhile stuff is always good we think (free and worthwhile being the clincher)! So when we heard about The Design Trust Start Up Day at New Designers, London (a 2 wee...
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If you’re thinking of starting a business, the best advice generally comes from someone who’s been there and done just that. In this case that ‘someone’ is Phil Rees, founder of DigitalCloudArt , an innovative platform for artists to sell their work around the globe. In this guest post, Phil shares some basic practical tips and words of wisdom that we reckon any wannabe sta...
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Last week Diana Hallare, founder of Stateside startup The Daughterhood Coach started a series of blog posts for Startacus on the importance of telling your life story as part of your startup tale. This week she returns with a post on 3 Things Worth Doing Again for Your Startup, so over to Diana to explain all..."The week has been busy to move my startup, The Daughterhood Coach, forward but th...
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If you’ve created a website for your business or your business actually is a website, you’ll be only too aware that there are countless things to consider to ensure that your site gets noticed amongst the plethora of other sites out there. From site design through to SEO it can seem like a minefield even if you are an experienced web developer. It’s not made any easier ...
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