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CultureTECH Update 9th-15th September 2013 It’s that time of year again, Derry's own week-long festival of digital technology, media, music, art and other geeky stuff. Click here to check out our feature on last year’s CultureTECH event and see what you missed or read on to see what there is to look forward to. For those of you who don't know... CultureTECH is an annual festival whi...
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Whether you’re a developer or a gamer or simply someone who’s really into tech, we reckon the upcoming Campus Party would be right up your street.The event which is being held in London for the first time is an annual week long 24 hours-a-day festival where thousands of hackers, developers and technophiles, otherwise known as “Campuseros” get together and embrace all things...
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When Startacus got tweeted (is that the right terminology?) the other day asking to give a shout out about an App themed competition that is closing asap for entries, we thought we could do better than just tweet about it - hence this rather speedy news post to tell all… With a tagline of ‘Innoapps: Get empowered to App the World around you’, you can guess this is a competition...
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Yes, we know that it’s still only August, but like it or not, winter evenings and Christmas are really not that far away! In fact, the days of mulled wine and mince pies will be here before we know it!And if you’re a designer-maker, it would certainly be worth your while to start making some plans about Christmas now!Why? Well, mainly because those fab folks at Handmade in Britain are ...
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Earlier in the week we featured the Oxygen Accelerator (closing date fast approaching!) and now we have a little something for all those budding premium spirit brands out there. The Distill Ventures Accelerator is the world’s first such programme specifically designed to assist new and growing premium spirit brands. It sounds like a great opportunity and here's a few of the basics. Born fro...
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If you’re a web tech startup and you’ve got big ambitions about where you want your business to go, then you’d do well to take a look at the Oxygen Accelerator. Especially since there’s just over a week left to apply! Here’s a few of the basics: The Oxygen Accelerator is a 13 week programme during which 10 successful applicants will see their business ideas bein...
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Startup Experts - we want you!! Stop. Collaborate and Listen. Startacus is starting to generate some serious traffic and that’s fab. One of our main goals is to not only to have our finger on the pulse of what’s happening out there in ‘world startup’ - but to also be that pulse - we want to know about all the ‘what’s happenings’ of the startup and entrep...
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Want to run your own Startup Community? If the answer’s “YES” you might be in luck as the YES Network are on the hunt! At Startacus we also recognize that apart from our own rockin’ platform there are a few other self starters out there doing top notch things for the startup and entrepreneurial scene. No favouritism here - we want everyone to know about the top places and ...
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Back at the end of May, we announced the launch of our crowdfunding portal in partnership with leading UK crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. Our aim was to provide a dedicated crowdfunding portal for both new startups and established businesses. And as of last week, we were chuffed to hear that Crowdcube has become the first equity crowdfunding platform in the world to raise more than £10m fo...
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Scottish based businesses take note - the Herald Scottish Digital Business Awards are open for entries and you’d do well to apply - that is of course, if you’re a business that has fully embraced digital technology and the internet and what it can bring.The awards which are now in their fifth year aim to recognise innovative and creative work being carried out within the digital arena ...
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It’s our 1st birthday today, and boy are we having a super fine day. Startacus came about because we realised that although there are lots of great ideas out there, being dreamt up every day by people just like you, when it actually comes to doing anything with those ideas, it can be a whole different story. Finding the information, the support, the people and the places that can help can b...
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Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Exchange has come a long way since it started in 1995, and can now boast a membership of some 400 entrepreneurs who between them head up companies with a collective turnover of over £14 billion. So, when it comes to business and all things enterprise related, these guys know what’s what.Their original intention when starting out was to create a platform...
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