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Contributed by the Founder of Start Up Academy and signed up Startacus member Safi Anick "Great ideas and powerful implementation plans are just some common forms of amazingness that comes with the label of ‘entrepreneur’. But like acquiring most things in life, starting a new business requires a hefty stack of cold, hard cash. Once upon a time, one would have to await a calling ...
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Nothing quite says ‘wholesome small owner-run enterprise’ like a cupcake business. It’s a business model which has had a major overhaul thanks to the internet, and this has encouraged more and more people to trade in their briefcase for a baking tray,roll up their sleeves and get baking. Aside from the obvious benefits of an unlimited supply of sweet tasty treats to munch on, th...
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Spring clean your way to a better business in 2014! The daylight hours are getting longer which means that now is the time to start thinking about how you can do some much-needed business Spring cleaning. But instead of just papering over the cracks or carrying out some minor cosmetic touch-ups, could this be the year that your Spring clean helps revolutionise the way that you work and add real ...
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Serena Manzoli is an ex lawyer, a startup person and social media at Peppercorn, a place for creating your contracts in minutes and in many languages. Here, she kindly writes some handy tips about Non Disclosure Agreements for startups... A non disclosure agreement aka NDA or confidentiality agreement, is an agremeent where one party or both agree not to disclose information. Right. But...
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Reckon that you could really go places with your very own business? Then it could be the right time to get your dream moving by setting up your very own taxi firm. A few weeks ago we brought you the first in this 2 part series looking at some of the details you’d need to consider when starting your own taxi firm. To recap, here are some of the things that were put under the Startacus micros...
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With the advances in technology, it can often seem as though the labour market is changing more swiftly than it ever has before. In short, in order to keep ahead of the game, workers need to arm themselves with as many skills as possible. Some of these are obvious such as the right training; others are less concrete soft skills like being a good communicator. The ability to improve in these area...
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Like it or not, gone are the days when the only thing that could be connected to the internet (using an ethernet cable we might add) was a PC or , if you happened to be on the very cutting edge of technological advancement… a laptop. We have watched with curiosity (and a healthy dose of suspicion) the ever increasing momentum with which the Web seems to be entangling itself into our lives&...
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Are you looking to start a UK business that has the potential to really go places? Are you ready to get on the move with a new startup venture? Got the drive to be a business success? Then setting up your on taxi firm could well be the right move for you. It’s a business model that has a long and varied history with the first horse-drawn for-hirehackney carriage services appearing in London...
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More people than ever are starting up their own businesses. With thousands of people applying for one job or two job vacancies, creating a business of your own has never been more tempting and, if you do it right, you can reap real rewards for your efforts. Of course, for many, a start-up has to be run whilst working another full or part time job. This alone can cause some people to halt their pl...
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Heard of Onboarding? Onboarding, more commonly known as the employee induction, is a very important process for any startup and here is a very handy guide care of Sophie from TPP Recruiters...Onboarding, which is more commonly known as induction, is the process of getting a new employee up to speed on the various aspects of your company. Whether you are working in charity recruitment or the privat...
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Why care about the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme? Kate Jackson, lawyer, tech entrepreneur & EIS /SEIS expert explains all..."Why should you care about the Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (“SEIS”)? Well, if you’re raising investment from friends and family, ...
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As ever, here at Startacus we’re all about helping you enterprising folks with a big (or small) idea to get up and do something with it! That’s why in recent weeks we’ve been taking a closer look at the ins and outs (and the ups and downs) of starting a part-time business.  So far in our explorations we have done noble battle with all things related to the concept and also ...
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