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If you want to sell online then you should take a look at some of these basic tips...Although the internet may have had a detrimental impact on traditional retail, it has also been responsible for the creation and growth of online retail and thereby has helped lots of businesses find a much more cost effective and economical route to market. For startups in particular, online selling not only is t...
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Young Self Starters at the ready - TestTown is an innovation challenge for 16-25 year olds from across the UK to come up with original and innovative uses for Britain's town centres... Town Centres and High Streets have taken a battering over the last few years. Apart from the odd leafy suburb, there aren’t too many UK high streets that haven’t felt the effects of both the ongoing rec...
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Marketing can seem to be very overwhelming at first glance, there is so much to do, where do you start? Creative thinker, Arts Manager & Marketing Consultant Jen Farrant outlines her tips for beginners..."If you are an entrepreneur then you may be the person who is doing everything at the moment, including marketing. Well I would argue that the first place to start would be to take a big step...
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Usually when we are researching Startups for this feature, we tend to choose businesses that have developed new products or platforms or innovative services. This week however, it’s slightly different. Our Startup of the Week is more of a community - a movement, if you like. And we just love it!Give Mondays is an anonymous community of givers who start the week with a random act of kindness ...
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City Unrulyversity You’ve probably heard of pop up shops, restaurants and even pubs, but what about a University? Well if you're a wannabe entrepreneur and based in and around London, City Unrulyversity may just for you... Brought to Tech City by Unruly, a Global leader in Social Video Advertising, City Unrulyversity is a free pop-up University with an aspiration to “inform, inspire ...
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It’s all very well having that great idea that you think could become the next big thing. However, sometimes having the cold hard cash to help make it happen is what’s needed more than anything. We all know that funding for startups isn’t always the easiest to come by these days, therefore any initiatives or projects that do their bit to help ought to be welcomed with open arms!O...
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Fancy winning £25 Amazon Vouchers for you & £25 Amazon Vouchers for your friend? You better get on it and enter our Recommend a Friend Competition!  From the start it’s been clear that some of you love Startacus almost as much as we do! Any chance we get, we’re telling anyone who’ll listen all about it and if they happen to be interested in self employment, ...
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Do you remember when taking note of something simply entailed jotting it down on a piece of paper or in a simple old notebook? Of course, whilst this may be still the case for some of us, it’s good to know that these days we have other options too, namely thanks to the plethora of excellent note taking apps which exist. Which should you use though? Well, to help you decide, here are our...
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Could you change the world in a weekend? Well, in reality probably not, however if you have an idea that could potentially do just that then a new initiative by Barclays ought to be of interest. Barclays are facilitating two Social Enterprise Weekends later this month, during which tech entrepreneurs and creative designers will be working together in teams to create and develop new and innovative...
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Tradeschool - Fed up having to pay to learn? If so, perhaps this collaborative learning space that operates on a barter basis may just float your boat. Trade School is an alternative learning space where you pay for a class with a barter item that your teacher proposes, items such as food, supplies, help etc.It’s a bit like a communal crowdsourcing of talent where the teacher after proposi...
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Since we launched our Virtual Workspace just a few weeks ago, we've had all sorts of ideas getting thrashed out there by Startacus members using both public and private boards. We know though that lots more of you would use it, if you had a little more idea about what it's all about. So, we thought we would reveal a few sneaky pics of what it looks like, what you can do there and how you can use ...
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Making Intellectual Property sexy! Startacus chats with Maxine Horn, Founder of Creative Barcode, a digital IP App... Intellectual Property may not be an easy subject to understand initially but it's one that you really ought to spend some time learning about. After all, Intellectual Property (IP) can make or break what you can do with that big idea that you have or thought that you owned! With t...
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