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Business Insurance - special offer
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd November 2013Last week we featured our new special offer with online Accountants Crunch, and the week before we started our 100 free mini business cards promotion with Moo. So this week we thought with Accountancy and Business Cards deals done, we would move on to the formidable subject that is business insurance.
This week’s Startacus member benefit comes via those kind ol’ folk at Simply Busines...
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The Summit - formerly known as The Web Summit review
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st November 2013So, let’s start with a caveat - this ain't a detailed review of the speakers and the talkers, the financial wins, and the events - you will hear enough about them from all the other press at ‘The Summit’. This is an alternative look at The Summit (the artist formerly known as Dublin Web Summit), where we’re picking out our fave 4 things at the event - things that might not ...
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Money Saving on Accountancy Services
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th October 2013We've always been rather impressed with Crunch Accountancy - not only for their online accountancy services, but also for their support of Startacus - from our chit-chats with the Crunch team, our interview with MD Darren Fell, to their tips post on finance and accounting issues such as Real Time Information.
You can imagine then that we were pretty chuffed when they contacted us to say they wou...
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StartupBus Africa
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th October 2013Back again this November, StartupBus, the annual entrepreneurial road trip, is taking flight and this year taking their bus journey to Africa - we took a gander for good measure....
The idea behind StartupBus is surprisingly simple - a bunch of self starters or 'buspreneurs' as the StartupBus guys have described them, set about conceiving, building and launching a startup, yep as you may have gue...
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Technology News Round-Up
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th October 2013Keeping up with technology is now a full time job. So to keep you one step ahead of the curve, we're delighted to introduce our Technology News Round-up. Courtesy of marketing and technology blogger Justin Firth, we'll be bringing you all the big technological news, ideas and developments affecting UK businesses and startups.
Tablet Computer Sales Set To Fly
Technology researchers IDC have alrea...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd October 2013Since this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week has a core aim of making ideas business realities, and this is a core goal of Startacus - The Self Start Society, we thought we'd better give you the heads up on this annual global event...
Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest campaign to promote...yep you guessed it, entrepreneurship. Bear in mind it’s an annual happening...
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The Centre for Entrepreneurs launches
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd October 2013We might be still in the midst of pretty challenging economic times, but that hasn’t hampered more and more self starters emerging and trying to make their mark on the world by developing their ideas into tangible businesses. And that has been music to our ears here at Startacus. As you’ll know only too well if you’re a regular visitor to the self start society, we’re big a...
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Member Deals and Discounts!
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th October 2013We are currently reviewing all member deals to begin afresh in 2018 and therefore all deals until further notice are on hold. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Creative Wanted for £1k Concept Cupboard & Ticketmaster Project
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2013Here at Startacus, we like interesting mashups between startups and big businesses - especially when it is the individual, the self starter that benefits. In fact, check out our own recent £1k link up with Marketest for our self starter award (*self promotion done) or our feature on the £50k e-commerce startup comp that Shopify are currently running as good examples.
So when we heard ...
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Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition – 'Changing the world, one business at a time'
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2013Are you a university level student with a great sustainable business idea that could provide a solution to some of the world’s greatest challenges?
Here at Startacus we are no stranger to entrepreneur/startup competitions, in fact they are one of our favourite things to write about! We are also keenly interested to hear about social enterprises and projects which are setting themselves the ...
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Claim 100 free mini business cards!
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The Irish Times Innovation Awards
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th October 2013Based on the island of Ireland and an Innovator, an entrepreneur or a scientist? This comp from the the Irish Times and InterTrade Ireland is well worth a look.
The Irish Times Innovation Awards have over the last few years been showcasing innovation excellence and this year is no different. Entries are wanted from companies large and small, individuals and organisations alike who can demonstrate...
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