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The Legal issues of seting up a popup shopOver the past few weeks we have been undertaking the enormous task of compiling as much specific and detailed information about the process of setting up a popup shop as possible. Yesterday we talked about how to select and secure your pop up location and the many things that you need to consider. Today we will be doing valiant battle with the big boys - t...
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A couple of weeks ago we did a piece giving you lots of info on the kind of things you will need to consider before starting up a popup shop. Your response was phenomenal with many people requesting that we dig a little deeper into the logistics and specifics of the whole thing. Well folks, you spoke and we listened, so here it is, the first in our series of popup follow-ups. Today we’ll be ...
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Self Starter of the Week Amy Manuel writes the first of her two part blog on How to be a problem solver when starting and running a business... As I’m moving into the second year of my business, I’ve taken some time to reflect on the past 12 months. Time is precious when you’re starting out and the list is always long.  I’ve tried to do as many things as possible my...
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So, fantastic, you're at the stage where you need to take that step and begin to recruit for your startup. Well that’s great, provided that you know all you need to do to made the right moves, make the right choices and tick the right boxes in running a competent and successful recruitment campaign.After all, while the processes may be similar, recruiting for a startup may differ quite a bit...
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How to Start a Restaurant (Or ‘How to become a restaurantrepreneur’ if you prefer…) Its been a few weeks since we have had a food based post and since we are feeling particularly peckish this afternoon, we thought it an appropriate time to tackle the daunting question of ‘how do you start a restaurant?’    The very sentence will strike fear into the ...
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Part 'call to action' / part mindset' / 'part reality check' - Self Starter Anneka Dalrymple writes about why it's not easy being free..."It’s not easy being free. Ever noticed that when you begin to discuss going it alone, flailing your arms around passionately describing ‘making something of yourself’ all surrounding people begin to glaze over and stare into space? Don’...
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Those of you who are regular visitors to Startacus or indeed our Pinterest account will have noticed that recently we've had a renewed vigour in our musings about the image sharing site (check out our Pinterest Analytics article for info on how it can help your business). It seems our new interest in Pinterest could not have come at a better time as the site’s CEO Ben Silderman has just mad...
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How to start a pop-up shop. It’s amazing that it has taken us this long! With all the championing we do for pop-up shops, pop-up festivals, pop-up bars and pop-up everything else, how we managed to miss out on such an obvious feature as ‘How to Start a Pop-up shop’ is a complete mystery! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept, a pop-up shop is a temporary ret...
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In recent weeks, Startacus has gone a little bit bonkers over the wealth of new apps which are popping up all over the place to help feed the public's ever growing hunger for the merging of visual and social media. If like us you find yourself completely hooked on discovering new and innovative ways to interact and engage visually with people online then check out our recent articles on Pinterest ...
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Breda Doherty, Director of Hubb.it tells us her tale and also argues it's better to "go for it", than look back in regret...Nike created one of the most inspiring marketing slogans of all time in “Just do it”. I love that Startacus brings this just do it ethos to their self-start society. I relate to what Startacus are supporting and the benefits it brings. Once I decide there’s...
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Jo Haigh returns with a blog post on the importance of contracts, litigation and keeping it simple...I hate long and complex agreements. I have neither the patience nor the time to read all the very small print, and even with my glasses on and a magnifying glass I struggle to actually see. As a result I admit I have signed more than one contract that I simply have taken on good faith as being acc...
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How to start a coffee shop Coffee - it’s one of our absolute, top of the pile, couldn't live without, favourite things - in fact, it's fair to say that the Startacus office runs on the stuff. We love it all; the bitter darkness, the intoxicating vapours, the comforting warmth, I could go on and on but the point is if Startacus didn’t run a website we would definitely run a coffee shop!...
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