Interview

Earlier this week we highlighted that The Environment Now, a UK programme that funds unique digital ideas that aim to tackle environmental issues, was again open for applications. With the programme now running for over a year, (offering people aged 17-24 the opportunity to apply for a grant of £10K to benefit the environment), The Environment Now has a strong and growing cohort of young ent...
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Social event organiser app Loose Ends aims to be a new social networking type app with a real difference: it wants to enable its users to socialise - and in real life too... According to Loose Ends, making the first move when it comes to organising a friendly get together can be a little bit daunting these days. LSE graduate, Daniel Lewis, first conceived the Loose Ends concept back in 2008 when ...
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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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Last October we (Startacus that is) shared our love for RideLink a “peer-to-peer car rental marketplace” in our much coveted weekly startup of the week feature. RideLink seemed to be yet another great example of the potential of the shared economy - people using RideLink could rent their car to other people - simples. With over half a year done and dusted, we thought it only right to ...
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SaaS Startup TrekkSoft provides online booking software to the tours & activities industry, and all from a Swiss Mountain Resort. We found out more...Swiss SaaS startup Trekksoft are an inspiration to any new startup not based in the big smoke or a capital city. If you think that you need to be based in a big startup ecosystem to necessarily succeed, think again.  Based in the heart of t...
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A key area that many a startup and small business struggle at, is finding the time to search for public sector and government tendering opportunities. If you do then find the time to search for those opportunities, it can then be a minefield to find the right opportunities for your actual business. And, after all that (phew) and you’ve found that said ‘opportunity’, having the p...
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We’ve been following the progress of Linkilaw for some time. To anyone that hasn't heard - Linkilaw is aiming to be the online legal platform for startups - offering startups smart legal work, at an affordable price. Admittedly, we’ve not seen many a more active team in getting their startup related content and articles shared and published by startup and tech sites - they've had arti...
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GHOGY is an online personal training service that provides interactive personalised fitness plans via instructional videos and customisable meal plans.The startup venture set up by entrepreneur Samuel Abbott and Personal Trainer David Hogan went live at the start of 2017, so we thought wise to find out more about this subscription service and how it plans to create a healthy turnover (sorry). Over...
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Skwish is a start-up project management tool for freelancers; currently on their first round of crowdfunding with invesdor. Millie Burke, Founder and CMO of Skiwsh; explains what Skwish is and how helps freelancers and start-ups focus more on their work and less on the administrative side of their business.  Can you describe Skwish? Skwish is a fast growing platform for freelancers, s...
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Serial entrepreneur and self-starter James Eder is back with new App Causr that aims to connect you to the people & the opportunities that you may have otherwise missed... In 2005 James Eder and his brother Mike launched studentbeans.com a platform that over only a couple of years scaled across the UK to reach millions of students, becoming arguably the nation’s top and largest website ...
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We recently reported on the news that the AIB Start-up Academy Summit was returning to Belfast. With this event in mind we chatted with Des Moore, Head of First Trust Bank to find out more about the Belfast event, the AIB Start-up Academy more generally, and his observations of Northern Ireland’s startup and entrepreneurial scene. Hi there Des, tell us more about the AIB Start-up Academy an...
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Bodalgo is a two-sided marketplace startup from Germany. Their marketplace aims to connect clients to the perfect voice over talent and for voice talents to find the perfect jobs. We spoke to Founder Armin Hierstetter to find out more about Bodalgo, how they aim to beat their competitor, scale globally, and his impression of the UK Tech Startup scene post BREXIT... Hi there Armin / Bodalgo, tell ...
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