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Looking for £1 Million for your Startup?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th June 2013Forgive the tabloid style headline to this article - but it is a rather noteworthy statement after all - and we ain't telling porkies either! Interested in finding out more? Then read on!
The Million Pound Startup competition is back. Last year Digital Shoreditch, raised the Startup Competition bar, with their aim to create a £100 million company, based in London. Last year’s competit...
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Turkish Protesters Crowdfund over $100k for an Ad in the New York Times
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th June 2013With political protest in Turkey building daily - and with at the time of writing, the storming of Taksim Square by Turkish Riot police in full operation - it is interesting to see that crowdfunding has played an important part in the political protest that has engulfed the Turkish Nation.
With a tag line “Activists - We hear you. Protesters - We are you. You have power. You can speak your ...
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Networking - Getting back out there
by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th June 2013In part 1 of Vincent Haywood's Startup Diary Vincent started with a a call to action to all wannabe entrepreneurs. And so Vincent returns for Part 2 and this time Vincent talks up Networking and practicing what you preach. Over to Vincent to explain:
"I wrote a post about Networking on my blog a few months back. I wrote about how excited I was in meeting so many people from various pit...
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Spotting entrepreneurial opportunities in the Green economy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013Richard Boothman from Ecoskill starts a series of blog posts on Startacus on spotting entrepreneurial opportunities in the green economy. In his 1st post he highlights what you need to know about the opportunities in the green economy.This is a good time to be an entrepreneur. There's a real buzz around new business start-ups and some of the best role models are entrepreneurs. But where are the ho...
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Tips on dealing with Customer Complaints as a new Business (part 2)
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013Last week we featured Part 1 of dealing with Customer Complaints as a new Business - and bingo (yep you guessed it) this week we are back with part 2. In Part 1 of Tips on dealing with Customer Complaints as a new Business (and we would suggest you read it) we focused on planning for problems, not ignoring the problem, staying calm and learning to understand that maybe, just maybe, customers may h...
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20 awards of £500 to give away - check this creative based comp out
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013We have featured IdeasTap a few times on Startacus. Competitions and awards really do seem to float the boat over at IdeasTap HQ and previously we have highlighted competitions such as the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund, Uni Fee Fund and the Ideas Fund Innovators’ awards so we thought it was wise to highlight the updated Ideas Fund Innovators’ Awards.
With a closing date of 5pm on 5t...
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Camp Nothing
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013A little while ago we ran a feature on the frankly quite awesome Good for Nothing initiative which is all about ‘smart folk collaborating and experimenting to solve stuff that matters.’Since then more and more people have been getting involved with the result that Good for Nothing chapters are popping up all over the place. And the good news is that lots more are on their way since the...
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The Startup Blog - Week 2
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013Lauren is starting her own business (here's a handy link to The Startup Blog - Week 1) and on a weekly basis sharing a little of her journey on Startacus. This week she has been thinking about building a management team & getting quotes from suppliers for her prototype.Week 2 diary
"This week, I’ve been thinking about building a management team and getting quotes from sup...
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The Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th June 2013If you’re part of a Social Enterprise that’s been in operation and trading for at least the last two years, the recently launched Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards should certainly be worth a look.The Awards aim to help existing social enterprises to grow and develop by providing financial funding as well as business support. The entire prize fund for the awards is a prett...
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Learning How to Pitch
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th June 2013Last week, Your New Crew Founder Gemma wrote her first guest post for Startacus on her lessons learned on her startup journey. Ths week Gemma is back with a new article for Startacus on the art of pitching competitions..."Life’s a pitch – Perfect the most valuable tool you have as a startup founder!"I have learned and am still learning a lot as I near the launch of my startup Your New ...
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Test Town - the finalists compete
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th June 2013Back in February we wrote an article on Test Town - the innovation challenge for 16-30 year olds from across the UK which asked them to come up with original and innovative uses for Britain's town centres...
Test Town was an exciting new Carnegie UK project, and the 70 submitted ideas were put forward to a panel of ‘experts’ who shortlisted down to 12 finalists.
Those 12 final...
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Direct Sitters - Startacus interviews Founder Marcus Simpson
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th June 2013Direct Sitters is such a simple idea, and in hindsight one we wished we had thought of first! Direct Sitters provide quality CRB checked, fully insured, vetted and trustworthy house sitters to wait for engineers, repairmen and home deliveries, saving you the hassle - simple!
Even more simple and impressive is the pretty low loan of £2700 that Marcus Simpson, then in his early 20’s gai...
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