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We all know that starting a business is likely to be an extremely challenging process and there is never any guarantee of success no matter how brilliant your ideas might be or how dedicated you are to realising your ambitions. The truth is that the startup process is tough and unforgiving, so the more you can do to tilt the odds of achieving success and sustainability in your favour, the better....
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Startacus Self-Starter of the Year 2015 runner up and founder of copywriting agency Making You Content, Kelly Gilmour-Grassam, takes a look at the benefits of outsourcing your content creation instead of tackling it in-house. You’ve heard it all before – content is king. By creating relevant, valuable content on a regular basis, you have a unique opportunity to rise above the com...
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Whose business idea was it? Hot on the heels of his previous articles on legal and personnel issues such as Who makes the decisions in your company? and if Your Co-founder Left, Who Would Own Your Business? legal eagle Thomas Taylor returns with another pressing and often discussed issue. This time the ‘idea’ part of starting a business gets the legal treatment...after all, whos...
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Armed with an excellent idea and the drive to bring it to life, there’s one key element missing in getting started with a small business – funding. After all, it’s not exactly easy to just pull money out of fresh air – especially when the sum required is rather on the high side. The good news however is that sourcing funds for small business ventures and startups doesn&rsq...
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James Lewis is the Head of Product at DigitalBridge in Manchester, UK. James also helps to organise Leanconf, Europe's largest Lean Startup conference. Here, James shares some epic thoughts and wisdom on what exactly a Lean Startup is.... Lean Startup is a term that is often talked about in the world of startups and technology but is not necessarily always fully understoo...
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Recently Thomas Taylor a director at Legal Document provider Net Lawman has written some fab posts for Startacus on the legal issues that face many a small business and startup. This week Thomas returns with a handy advice post on getting the best legal support for your business without breaking the bank... "Start-ups often go without legal support in the early days and can r...
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The folk at Starting Point Website Plan offer an ‘out of the box’ website service that lets you select a template website from a collection of unique and professional designs. Since they've been behind a recent Startacus b2b giveaway competition and they're currently offering a fab £100 discount offer to anyone looking to avail of their template website service, we thought ...
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Recently Thomas Taylor a director at Legal Document provider Net Lawman has written some fab posts for Startacus on the legal issues that face many a small business and startup. And leading nicely on from his recent articles on why forming a company shouldn’t be a priority when starting a business and If your Co-founder Left, Who Would Own Your Business Thomas returns with an issue which is...
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How to get your business ready for action! As you march off into the unchartered territory of self-employment no one would blame you for being a tad overwhelmed by the whole thing. Uncertain times lie ahead, and your mind is no doubt filled with all the things that could potentially go wrong. Whilst a certain amount of caution can be a useful thing in the world of business, too much can hav...
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Over the last few weeks Thomas Taylor a director at Legal Document provider Net Lawman has written some fab posts for Startacus. Last week Thomas highlighted why you should actually care about your website privacy notice and this week Thomas returns, to focus on the importance of having a good set of terms & conditions on a website. Over to Thomas to explain all.....
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Free Design & Visual Tools for Entrepreneurs If you’re feeling creative and are keen to tackle some of your business design tasks yourself, you don’t need to splash loads of cash to get the online tools for the job.  There are many great free tools available that will let you express your creativity and produce professional looking work.   Here are some free design...
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Over the last few weeks Thomas Taylor a director at Legal Document provider Net Lawman has written some fab posts for Startacus. First up came why forming a company shouldn’t be a priority when starting a business and then last week Thomas returned with an equally burning dilemma - If your Co-founder Left, Who Would Own Your Business? This week Thomas returns, t...
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