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Reading between the lines from recent online news media coverage, it's fair to say that it was widely reported that Emmanuel Macron won the French election with a political party which acted much like a startup. More so, it may have been the brand message that was positively pushed by Macron’s political party En Marche as part of their political campaign which won big last Sunday evening. ...
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If you’ve ever had to organise an event, you’ll know only too well how challenging and time consuming the entire process can be. Whether it’s organising a caterer or hiring a marquee - finding the right resources for your event can take a lot of the fun out of the planning! Our latest Startup of the Week have recognised just that and have sought to remedy it. Add to Event is an...
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Startup Graveyard digs up failed startups so you can hopefully avoid the same mistakes they made...We stumpled upon Startup Graveyard a few days ago, and thought it wise to share. It seems that the sites makers (We're not too sure who they are at the moment) have created Startup Graveyard as a resource for entrepreneurs to avoid making the same GRAVE mistakes that other, now failed start...
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A few weeks ago we promised to focus some of our editorial around the imminent UK General Election - whilst of course ensuring that it was relevant for startups, sme’s and entrepreneurs. So far, we’ve highlighted PostBug - the  ‘online-to-postage’ website allowing groups of people with common interests to send similar postcards or letters to public figures, such as pol...
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With Mountains Work’s flagship programme starting at the end of the month in Lake Tahoe, California, we thought it was a good time to spotlight this grassroots (mountainside?) movement. The goal of Mountains Work? To attract businesses, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and remote workers to mountain, beach, and resort towns around the world.  Mountains Work are weeklong programmes wher...
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If you’re a savvy shopper, chances are that when you purchase something online, you generally try to find a promo code to give you that extra bit of discount at the checkout. Whilst this can sometimes be pretty easy to do, often the opposite is true, with out of date and invalid codes galore. If that sounds familiar, we reckon you’re going to love our latest Startup of the Week. Pou...
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Online investment platforms like eToro are all well and good, but they require a degree of knowledge. If you don’t understand investment or any of the markets there are to invest in, you are most likely to end up losing money, or at least minimizing your investment’s potential. So what about people who want to start investing but don’t know enough for in-depth platforms? As you m...
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“Tell us the foods you can’t eat, and we’ll show you dishes you can eat” is a simple but effective promise from new startup TreatOut, a dish discovery app that is set to make it easy for anyone with food allergies and food intolerances to eat out. Hungry to find out more? Then read on... Currently at soft launch stage, we are liking the sound of TreatOut a dish discovery a...
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Many of us won’t know the name Zhang Yimou off the top of our heads, but most of us will probably recognise some of the titles he is best known for directing: House of Flying Daggers, Hero, the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony… Zhang is something of a visionary, and he has brought this across to the co-founding of his new venture, SoReal. Situated in Beijing, just two blocks fr...
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If you've ever considered turning your passion for food and cooking into a business, chances are the initial startup costs may be somewhat prohibitive. Your own kitchen may suit fine initially but when it comes to batch or bulk cooking, nothing compares to a commercial setup. Help is now at hand though thanks to our latest startup of the week. Kitchup is an online marketplace to list and hire k...
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There’s a fair bit of stuff going on at Echobox - so forgive us if we try to summarise. Firstly, Echobox uses AI to intelligently automate content distribution on social media for media companies and publishers - taking over the logistics and legwork of social media management. Basically, it is an AI tool and it takes on the role of your social media assistant. They've even given it a name...
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We have briefly touched upon safety technology in our recent article about wearable technology, but it goes without saying that safety is pretty important, and it deserves a closer look. Sadly, the world isn’t perhaps getting much safer, so effective and simple to use technology that works towards that goal is always welcome. Here are 7 SafeTech startups putting personal safety first. Revol...
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