Interview

Our chat with Fran Morelli, the co-founder of VAVA Influence, on the Influencer Market itself and the trends that will impact it during 2022 and the foreseeable! VAVA Influence is an Influencer Marketing Agency – the first of its kind in Northern Ireland - founded in May 2020 by Francesca Morelli and Chloe Henning. VAVA Influence have worked with over 40 clients, over 1000 bloggers, and w...
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Aimear Lynch, founder of My Pet Lamb and one of our Impacting Founders gives us the lowdown on her eco-conscious startup and business journey to date As we draw to the close of our ‘Impacting Founders’ programme which saw Startacus support NI-based female founders, we are meeting and hearing the stories from some of the fantastic founders who participated to learn more about their s...
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Lucy Davidson, Co-Founder of Q Review, a new platform that's on a mission to help customers make smarter decisions with confidence, shares all on their concept, their journey to date and what they hope lies ahead.. So, Lucy, give us your pitch - ­what’s your startup all about?We want to give consumers a voice – it’s as simple as that! An online, free platform and app where...
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Pivoting...Tech matching platform You’ve Got This! share how they changed their business model to adapt to the reality of Covid-19. "Pivoting is a common phrase used in the startup world. Agility is often at the forefront of an entrepreneur’s mind and is vital for success. This resonates more so now. In the face of Covid-19 many businesses are having to cut spending, while finding new...
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Wannabee digital business founders and entrepreneurs rejoice! Launchpad, an innovative, post-graduate incubation and acceleration programme developed by Falmouth University, that aims to create new digital businesses to meet identified market demand in just 12 months, is back on the hunt for their next programme cohort. Aiming to help define the next generation of tech startups, Launchpad is a gr...
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Early-stage startup Pitchbooking is an online marketplace that's aiming to make it easy to find sports facilities in your area. Recently partnering with Oxford City Council - to enable residents to find sports facilities in Oxford, we chatted to the team at this year's Digital DNA, where they were pitching their startup, to find out more about their platform that's offering sports facilities to p...
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CleverBooks is aiming to set the standards in using Augmented Reality for education. With global ambitions, Cleverbooks is creating STEM-related curriculum-based AR solutions that can be used are as supplementary teaching and learning materials for primary education. Aiming to equip kids with necessary 21st century skills, we spoke to Founder Darya Yegorina at this year's Digital DNA to find...
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Selby Cary, CEO of tech startup Casta Spes Technologies, chatted to Startacus about The Mantis - the robotic, remote-control, semi-autonomous, self-stabilising, all-terrain, single-wheel camera platform!    ...
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Ugenie is aiming to allow businesses to efficiently engage & monetise their customer community via an affordable tailored mobile hub, without the large costs of building and maintaining their own app. Aiming to make community engagement simpler by providing business owners with a centralised hub to inform and retain their most valuable clients, we chatted to co-founder and CEO Susan Kabani at...
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Thinking of entering and expanding your business into the US market? We chat to Michael Burke, Partner in the Washington, DC office of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, who possesses vast experience with cross-border transaction in more than 50 international jurisdictions - about doing just that... Michael Burke is a Partner in the Washington, DC office of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and provides practic...
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Early-stage startup CityRadar is a SaaS traveltech platform that aims to track, analyse and increase consumer spend in the hospitality, tourism & travel business sectors. We found out more... Currently in closed beta, CityRadar is a free app that aims to match tourists and locals with activities around different cities, with exclusive upgrades and hidden gems - and at the same time, acting as...
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Dublin-based startup RewardsWide is a team performance and incentive platform for both families & workplaces. We found out more... The RewardsWide app aims to solve a problem to which most everyone can relate. Namely motivating, incentivising and rewarding others to participate, to engage and to learn on a continual basis. Creating human experiences in the areas of rewards, incentives and mot...
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