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According to the most recent figures released by leading crowd finance data source Crowdsurfer our partners Crowdfunder are now officially the largest crowdfunding platform in the UK having seen more successful campaigns than any other within the last ten month period! Crowdfunding £1M This great news coincides with the announcement that Crowdfunder are embarking on their own crowdfund...
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Know any UK philanthropists, investors, mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs who are supporting the next generation of startup founders? If so nominate them via The Maserati 100 awards. Luxury Italian car manufacturer, Maserati, and the Centre for Entrepreneurs this week launched the second annual Maserati 100 index - a search to find 100 of Britain's most successful philanthropists, investors, m...
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If you need investment, free work space, mentoring, expert workshops, & pitching opportunities, but don’t want to part with any equity or cash, then this opportunity could be for you.   The Propel Programme Northern Ireland’s government investment body Invest NI is on the hunt for high-growth potential startups with an export focus to join their 2015 / 2016 Propel Programme....
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MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival 2015 is almost here! This Thursday one of the country’s most anticipated business events is returning to Sheffield.  MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival 2015 promises to be the most interesting and enlightening to date. Over the past 5 years this top entrepreneurial themed festival has informed and inspired tens-of-thousands of business owners and bud...
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A few weeks ago we gave away 4 gold passes to Apps World worth over £1K each! Such was the level of interest that Apps World have asked us to give away 4 more. Naturally we jumped at the chance!   Apps World This is 7th year that Apps World has been making an appearance on the global technology circuit and the 2015 event is tipped to be even bigger and more technologically enlighteni...
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Entrepreneur and Self Starter Helen Murphy shares her thoughts on the need to change your mindset, stop thinking like an employee, and start thinking like an entrepreneur. Your not an employee any more, you're an Entrepreneur and you should think like one. So, you’ve taken the giant leap (maybe not for mankind but for you) and guess what, you aren’t an employee any more...You have ma...
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BRISTOL-BASED BOOKING SOFTWARE PROVIDERS BOOKING LIVE have recently earned themselves a spot at Web Summit ALPHA's class of 2015 which is taking place on 3rd-5th November. Starting life as a digital agency, Booking Live productised as they noticed a demand in the market for booking software. With their first online booking system designed for a zorbing company, Booking Live have gone on to pr...
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Over the past few weeks we have been reporting on a new global accelerator based in Belfast which has been casting a net around the world to find some innovative and disruptive tech startups.  The aptly named StartPlanet NI has just 10 spaces available, but their first call for startups has received 290 applications from 46 countries… the team certainly have their work cut out for them...
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If you’re a mobile worker or freelancer and have ever had to find a meeting room or source a space for an event, you’ll know only too well how time consuming and challenging a task it can be. The entire process can be quite a chore - the endless online searches, the issues with getting prices and quotes and then of course the selection and choosing of the right venue. Now however, than...
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The current economic climate of the UK is extremely conducive to the creation and growth of new businesses; that's according to the first ever Entrepreneurs Optimism Index report  by Major Law Firm Bircham Dyson Bell.   Their research, which included a survey of 279 entrepreneurs, was intended to provide a quantifiable indication of the overall state of enterprise confidence amongst b...
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Fancy winning an outdoor poster campaign for your startup? Or how about raising some additional funding? Or accessing a whole heap of marketing support? Well, thanks to a recently launched initiative by our friends at Crowdfunder and JCDecaux, the UK’s leading Outdoor Advertising company you could potentially win all three! The two companies have joined forces in a bid to help up to 100 st...
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Regular visitors to Startacus will no doubt know that we love a good b2b or startup themed giveaway and with the feedback we’ve had from you lot, we know you love them too! Generally speaking, we’ve collaborated with brands and hosted these giveaways on the Startacus site and of course via our trusty social media channels of Facebook and Twitter - now however we’re about to...
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