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Ibrahim Farook, Founder of edtech startup Bright Idea Education and Bright Idea Enterprise, chatted to Startacus at Digital DNA 2018 about his passion for making a real difference for people with dyslexia, and his mission to empower the next generation, by digitalising education, using AR and VR. Ibrahim Farook, Founder of Bright Idea Education and Bright Idea Enterprise, is a proud Dys...
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In N. Ireland and curious about building a product that customers will love with a bunch of like-minded, talented people? Read on to find out about Connect Co-founders from Catalyst Inc. Aspiring Northern Ireland based entrepreneurs rejoice! Although it can be a tricky path to even find the starting point of your entrepreneurial journey, Connect is on hand to help you do just that. Connect i...
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Make music on the go with Oddball - The bouncing ball that helps you express yourself by making music on the go.. It is probably fair to say that music is the most popular form of self-expression in the world - both making it and listening to it. Most people are able to listen to music, but not everyone is able to create it. Learning an instrument takes time and dedication, and some people still ...
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Wrisk - The InsurTech startup that's on a mission to make macroinsurance our insurance of choice. Let’s face it - sorting out insurance can be a bit of a nightmare - albeit a necessary one! Whether it’s organising the annual travel policy or trying to get the best renewal quotes for your house contents, it can be a real chore. It tends to be very much price led and most of us have ver...
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SleepScore - The free innovative app that helps you to understand and improve your sleep Deep sleep heals your body; REM sleep heals your mind. Yet, for something that is so important to our physical and mental health, sleep can be elusive. Even when we do sleep, we often wake up feeling as though we didn’t, with no idea why. We don’t have to spend the night tossing and turning and wa...
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Minty - The online collaboration platform for art buyers and illustration professionals... If you’ve ever had to source a creative for a project - be that an illustrator or an animator, chances are it wasn’t that easy a task. You may have had to continually ask around for recommendations or spent an age trawling online in a bid to find the perfect creative for your project. And since ...
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Pukket is aiming to create word of mouth on a large scale, by putting a usable, redeemable value on people’s social media impact when they help to spread word of a brand. Content is king. A brand producing meaningful, engaging, interactable content rather than simply advertising at people finds its message reaching further and being taken on more. However, continually producing content is n...
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Enhance convenience and efficiency by giving your home a brain, care of Manchester-based startup Wondrwall, a smart home intelligence system that learns from your behaviour. Smart homes are catching on more and more these days. Why stand up and walk all the way to the lightswitch when you can turn on the lights from your phone? Why turn down the heating when your smart thermostat can do it for yo...
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The startup that's teaching coding by enabling children to control real life robots remotely... We all know that robots are going to have a huge impact on industry in the future, therefore it’s more important than ever that our children learn all they can now about robotics. Of course, prohibitive costs and indeed location has meant that this is often beyond the reach of many children or in...
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Running smarter thanks to this insole fitness tracker... Running is a good and an increasingly popular way to stay fit and healthy. However it is also a good way to injure yourself. Leg injuries, particularly to the knee, are common with runners; however, these are preventable in most cases. This is one way in which a running coach comes in particularly useful, as well as when it comes to improvi...
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The farming data aggregator that is looking to give hard-working farmers a hand. Lately, we have been writing a fair bit about farming, covering startups like Mothive, Farm From A Box, Small Robot Company, and even agricultural feed startup MiAlgae. The pressure on farmers increases constantly, our need for food outweighing our ability to grow it, and a farm’s future is always uncertain, pa...
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Noveltea - The startup that's building on tradition to create an entirely innovative range of beverages... Let’s face it. Britain will always be a nation of tea lovers although the recent surge in popularity of craft beers and gins may indicate that tea might not always remain the nation’s favourite drink! With artisan breweries and distilleries appearing everywhere, the alco...
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