Features

Phonebloks- A phone worth keeping? Phones are disposable right?... Think about it - we spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds on the latest and greatest mobile marvel from one of the tech giants only to find a year later that that little box, which promised so much is suddenly not good enough any more. There are plenty of companies which try to make the most of this sad state of affairs, for exam...
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They (whoever they are) often say that these days the world is a pretty small place. The internet has certainly helped bring us much closer to people in all corners of the world and that surely can only be a good thing. Well, for our latest Startup of the Week, linking people with other people is at the very core of what they’re trying to do. Map of Needs is a new platform which allows peop...
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Regus Connect is on a mission to create a hybrid / ecosystem of startups / coworkers / freelancers and interns. Call it  “Co-working the ‘next generation’...” Working in a co-working space, as opposed to working from home, can certainly bring lots of benefits and of course the odd gripe and moan too. In fact, we’ve actually highlighted a few of the advantages of...
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Whether you’ve already embraced it or not, there can be no denying it - 3D printing is here to stay. In terms of tech advances and developments it’s way up there and we’re probably not even fully aware as yet of just how much of an impact it’s going to have for many of us. From independent jewellery makers and designers through to medical professionals - we’ll all be ...
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If you’re an artist or into collecting art, you’ll know only too well the frustrations that are associated with buying or selling art in the traditional way - whether it’s the pretty hefty commission fees that auction houses charge or the fact that some of the better known online auction options don’t necessarily cater for the right market. Well, our latest Startup of ...
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Startacus takes a look at Small Business Saturday... While December may seem for some of us a little way off still, we thought it only right to at least bang the drum about this well meaning and potentially very profitable initiative - the initiative as the title may suggest, being Small Business Saturday which happens on the 7th December. So what's Small Business Saturday about when it’s...
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What is Startacus, the Self Start Society? Well, it’s a place for the creatives, the dreamers, the innovators, the doers and the thinkers. It’s a place for ideas... We know that there are great ideas out there - being dreamt up every day by people just like you. We know too that when it comes to doing anything with those ideas, it can be a whole different story. Finding the info, t...
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If you’re a writer these days you’ll know only too well that to create a successful product it’s not simply a matter of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Writing the content is just the beginning - there’s the whole matter of editing, publishing and of course marketing and promotion to be considered too.Our latest Startup of the Week is a business which is aiming...
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Don’t Pitch Me Bro! With a tagline of “Get the feedback your product deserves, not the feedback your pitch earns” we thought this pitching / networking event in London deserved a look... A great idea doesn’t necessarily mean a great (and profitable) business. Nor does pitching your said fab idea to your friends and family, who in X-Factor like tradition are likely to ...
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Let’s face it. Most of us would get nowhere without our to-do lists to keep us right. Sometimes though we end up spending more time adding tasks to the list than we actually do completing them.The result?A seemingly never-ending to-do list and an increasingly demotivated brain! Well, that could all be a thing of the past thanks to our latest Startup of the Week.Postpone is a to-do list web ...
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Feature: Hack the BarbicanAt Startacus we love it when ambitious and innovative folk get together to create something new and exciting! Last week we featured the Stendhal Festival of Music and Art and so inspired were we that we set off in search of other equally original arts events and found something very interesting indeed which is taking place for the whole of August at The Barbican in London...
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Stendhal Festival of Music and Art- From Field to festival! As you have probably guessed by now here at Startacus we get quite excited to hear about innovative or unusual start-ups... that’s pretty much a given. But when we come across something as innovative and unusual as a start-up music and arts festival on a country farm in County Derry, our little brains go into overdrive!   &nbs...
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