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MeWe360 to offer up to 10k to a Northern based Creative Entrepreneur Here at Startacus we do love to spread word on competitions that look to support untapped entrepreneurial and creative talent. So if you are a ‘creative’ or ‘arts’ based entrepreneur in the ‘North of England’, read on... MeWe360, a charitable organisation tasked with identifying and nurturing...
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From December (2016) Startacus will be beginning a series of weekly 1-hour Twitter Chats covering major areas of interest to our audience of startups, SMEs, and Entrepreneurs. From Legals, Business Practicals such as accounting and setting up business, Employment & Recruitment, Marketing, Communications, through to Investment and Crowdfunding, we aim to shed light on the key topics that start...
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“Discover and invest in the UK’s best female-led businesses” The gender pay gap has been well documented in the media for years and has been at the centre of much attention, discussion, and debate.   Something that we hear a lot less about is the gender funding gap, which is the sizeable disparity between the levels of funding awarded to male and female business founders. ...
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=As media partners of the UK’s premier entrepreneurship festival MADE 2016, we have found ourselves in a rather nice position: the position of being able to give away 5 tickets to you folk! We’ll get onto the giveaway in a moment, but first here’s a bit more information about what attendees can expect to encounter at MADE 2016. The Ticket Giveaway- How to EnterIf you&...
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Previously, we wrote about how to make your business newsletter stand out. Newsletters can be valuable tools in driving traffic to your site and, ultimately, gaining more customers. With this in mind, we thought we would revisit the subject and provide some more tips on how to get the most out of your business related newsletter. The basics First off, there is no perfect template for a newslette...
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Our friends at Tech North are on the hunt to discover the most promising early-stage tech companies operating in the North of England(Applications close on October 9th!) The poetically named Northern Stars Pitch Competition is travelling the length and breadth of Northern England to find innovative and potentially disruptive startups to go head-to-head with their peers and win an impressive bundl...
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Book your ticket now! Some great news for Startups in the Manchester area who are looking for an awesome growth opportunity right on their doorstep. The teams from CISCO and Manchester Science Partnerships have teamed up to create Mi-IDEA, a post-accelerator designed to foster and nurture digital innovation in the North West of England. The establishment of the Mi-IDEA centre follows on from th...
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Professional service providerDeloitte have teamed up with global training initiative The Startup Leadership Program, to provide support to startup CEOs in the North of England. Having supported global training initiative the Startup Leadership Program (SLP) for the past three years from their office in London, Deloitte's Manchester branch plans to mirror this activity. Startup Leadership Pro...
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If you are an entrepreneur with a tech or digital innovation that could impact the housing sector, then this new opportunity could be for you! HouseMark Evolve Leading provider of Social Housing Data HouseMark, have teamed up with our colleagues at Innovation Specialists LMarks, and 13 leading UK housing providers to create HouseMark Evolve - an accelerator programme designed to help tech and di...
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How would you like to join an elite group of forward-thinking Startups that have the potential to be the change leaders of tomorrow?  Well, this is your chance, thanks to our pals over at Radix, who have come up with a unique way to provide support to high-potential startups. Startacus likes the sound of that! The Startup League The Startup League is an initiative created by Radix, a ne...
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Every year,Apps World delivers a series of mobile app industry, multi-platform events- the only conference which focuses entirely on apps from conception, investment, and startups all the way to design, development, and marketing. For startups, this will be a particularly valuable year to be involved as there will be a dedicated startup zone, called Project Kairos. This is an exclusive area for ...
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If you are into design & development, want to learn more about your craft, and connect with interesting like-minded people, then perhaps the Designers Fiesta would be worth a visit. Now in its seventh year, the Designers Fiesta 2016, created by new media training provider Academy Class, will take place on September 16th at the Hackney Picture House and will bring together a whole host o...
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