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We’ve all been there.Ordered something online, patiently waited for it to arrive and then we miss the delivery. We open the front door and rather than our coveted item lying waiting in the hallway, we find a card from the postman or courier explaining where said item now is.  Of course whilst we might be lucky and find a friendly neighbour has accepted the delivery on our behalf, it&rsq...
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NACUE’s Student Enterprise Conference is back for its seventh year, and after a 6-year siesta from London returns to the capital for the two-day event at the University College, London. Here at Startacus, we dig the folk at NACUE because of their grassroots beginnings in helping wantrepreneurs students get started on their startup journeys. In our humble opinion, NACUE is the UK’s le...
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Let’s face it - no matter what type of business you may have, providing excellent customer service and client satisfaction is an absolute must. After all, your brand, your reputation and everything else besides relies on it! However, try as you might, there may be the (hopefully) odd occasion when you have to let a customer down or when your product or service just does not meet the sta...
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Marketing and Graphic Novels. We Chat to Revolve Comics. Danny McLaughlin, a member of the Startacus community, has just launched a new comic book publishing house Revolve Comics, that produces graphic novels and comics as an innovative and engaging form of content marketing. It’s a fascinating area of marketing with a huge amount of potential, so we caught up with Danny to learn mor...
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Win a Ticket to the everywoman Forum: Advancing Women in Technology worth £400. After phenomenal success over the past year, the 2016 everywoman Forum: Advancing Women in Technology will take place in London on Tuesday 23rd February, when attendees will hear from international leaders at the forefront of multi-million pound businesses as well as a wide range of career development speciali...
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KRPT Week is a celebration of the future of advertising from the next generation's perspective. It’s Day 3 and we’re delighted to be giving KRPT a window to reach the wider Startup community. On Monday they highlighted 5 great examples of advertising industry in startup culture and yesterday they considered the impact of startups in youth culture. Today they consider how brands are co...
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What are the risks of drone technology? Few technologies inspire as much simultaneous excitement and caution as drones. The prospect of having your own highly agile and affordable flying machine, not to mention one with such a sci-fi sounding name as ‘drone’, is simply too much temptation for many of us to resist. But through name or nature, others sound a wary note of unseen da...
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Data Startup Accelerator Programme Is your startup working in the fields of client relationship management (CRM), data management & visualisation, or compliance and governance?   If so, this brand new no-equity accelerator programme in London is well worth a look. Winton Labs Winton Labs is an exciting new collaboration between innovation consultant and tech investor L Marks a...
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KRPT Week is a celebration of the future of advertising according to the next generation; within this generation are numerous different “tribes” and startups many of whom could be labelled as the “DIY Generation”. The examples of brands and agencies showing a real passion and dedication towards supporting startup culture is growing as they realise the alternative is most li...
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If you’re a parent and you’d like your child to be able to explore the internet in a safe, controlled and yet fun way, then our latest startup of the week ought to be right up your street. Azoomee is an innovative new platform which is aiming to be a place “where children can be children online”. The platform which is aimed at primary school children will feature heaps of...
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WaterAid Springs Donation Innovation on Swimmers Historically, innovations within the charity fundraising sector have been few and far between, and whilst the traditional donation box remains as popular as ever, some charities are pioneering more creative and engaging approaches to coaxing cash from the public. WaterAid has found a way to intercept potential donors, at a time when they will...
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Starting Point Website Discount The good folk at Starting Point Website Plan have recently given away a 12 month website package to a lucky member of our audience, and now they return with a great discount for everyone else! Starting Point offer an ‘out of the box’ website service that lets you select a template from their collection of unique and professional designs that is be...
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