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It’s that time of year again folks! Time to get your entries in for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Now in their third year, the awards are fast becoming one of the primary benchmarks for real entrepreneurial success in Britain. What we love about these awards is the fact that they are so inclusive - there are awards across all sectors and size of businesses, so there is bound to b...
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Few tech topics are hotter at the moment than that of ‘mobile’, and for businesses hoping to keep abreast of all the latest developments and reap the benefits for their enterprise, now is the time to take action. This is of course much easier said than done, as emerging technologies pose great challenges for the forward thinking business, as well as offering enormous potential benefit...
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Courtesy of the lovely folks Apps World, we’ve got 1 Gold Pass to Enterprise Apps World worth £895 to give away!!Earlier today we brought you news about the 2nd Enterprise Apps World, a really exciting London event for IT decision makers, managers, architects and developers, which will help demystify the benefits, processes, solutions, and intricacies of seizing mobile techno...
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Following the overwhelming success of last year’s conference, Apps World North America 2015 is set to become the gold standard in technology conferences, as thousands of people descend on San Francisco for 2 exciting days of technological wonderment.  This May 12th and 13th the Moscone Center will be crammed with hundreds of exhibitors, global giant keynote speakers as well as disc...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. It’s a mixed bag for SMEs this month, as the 2015 Budget brought with it some interesting developments that show the government could be concentrating more on the needs of freelancers and micro-businesses. Additionally, the Tories managed to sway the small business debate, hosted ...
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Win a ticket to TMRW @ IP EXPO Manchester 2015 (we've two tickets to give away!!) If you follow Startacus on a regular basis you'll know there's nothing we like more than celebrating a good ol' startup or business themed event / conference giveaway. This week we are back with a “big bang” and a fab opportunity to win a ticket to TMRW - a one-day event on Wednesday 20th May 2015 at Ma...
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If you’re a startup or early stage business based in Ireland - North or South, then it’d be well worth your while taking a look at the latest Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition which has just been launched by the good folk at InterTradeIreland. Since its inception, the Seedcorn comp has aimed to help early stage businesses throughout the island of Ireland to become inve...
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It’s that time of year again folks, the Entrepreneur Festival, MADE is back in October and we couldn’t be more excited about it! For those of you who may not remember here’s a little more info on this fantastic annual event... MADE: The Entreprenuer Festival, Sheffield is the UK's premier business event for entrepreneurship.  Now in its 5th year, MADE has educated and inspi...
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A couple of weeks ago, we were very sad to hear the news that IdeasTap is due to close on June 2nd and we’re sure you were too. To say it is the end of an era is certainly an understatement and it is definitely a loss that will be felt by young creatives and entrepreneurs everywhere. Not familiar with IdeasTap? Well, back in 2008, Chairman Peter Dehan, wanted to set up a charity which could...
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Our friends over at Freeagent (who wrote us a valentines day song, see below) have been supporting Startacus the last while with their handy online accounting software. So when we watched their explainer video on why you might want to switch your accounts at the start of the new tax year, we thought it only right to share the love back. Over to Chief Accountant Emily Coltman FCA of FreeAgent to ex...
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Have you ever ridden your bike without a helmet? That was a really foolish thing to do, but you are certainly not alone in that regard. In response there is a crowdfunding campaign about to commence that should make carrying and using a helmet much easier for silly folks like you. ‘Put a lid on it’ is challenging a problem that unfortunately needs very little elaboration; people rid...
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What type of entrepreneur are you? Talk about a loaded question. Loaded, because many of you will now be racking your brains to decide which 'type' you are, whilst others will be rolling their eyes in disapproval at the mere suggestion that 'entrepreneurialism' might be reduced into 4 distinct, mutually exclusive categorisations. Whichever camp you fall into, you will probably concede that the q...
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