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Phlo - the digital pharmacy that delivers to you
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th February 2023
The lowdown on Phlo, the Glasgow-based startup that's on a mission to provide patients with faster, easier and more convenient access to their medication.
Like many sectors, pharmacies have been experiencing problems with workforce shortages, operating costs, rising prices, and by 2024, it’s predicted that as many as 30,000 highstreet pharmacies will be closed down. This is bad for two o...
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Revive - the startup striving to create a waste free world
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th January 2023
Sustainable and innovative - Revive is a Glasgow-based greentech startup that has created a palm oil alternative from used coffee grounds.
Palm oil is a versatile oil that is used in numerous everyday products, from shampoo to chocolate. It is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world. However, its production is one of the biggest factors in deforestation and carbon emissions; its ...
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Present Pal - the innovative presentation support app
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th June 2021
Hate doing presentations? This app from innovative edtech startup Present Pal will help - whether you're at work, university or school...
Stage fright is something most of us will experience at some point, whether it is literally taking to the stage, standing in front of your class to talk about that book you definitely read, or even simply taking the spotlight for a Zoom presentation to collea...
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MyCustomerLens - the Continuous Feedback platform
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th May 2019Glasgow-based startup MyCustomerLens wants to help you reach & retain more customers by making faster & more informed decisions.
Getting customers is hard. Keeping customers is hard. Business is hard.
Customer loyalty can be hard to predict. Will customers go for quality over price or hunt down the best bargain? Will they stay with a company that has provided a good service/product or sh...
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wheelAIR - innovation for wheelchair users
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th March 2019Innovation for wheelchair users thanks to Glasgow based startup wheelAIR
There are many variables that can make using a wheelchair uncomfortable. Overheating is one such issue. Some of us may have needed to use a wheelchair temporarily during hospital visits, in which case we got just a taste of what it might be like to sit in one all day. Of course, hospital wheelchairs aren’t represe...
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Startup Support In...Glasgow
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th August 2018Away from the established startup hubs like London, the support for setting up a business isn’t always so clear. It’s not a lack of support, just a quieter ecosystem that takes a little more work to unearth. We want to help with this by highlighting what some cities, which might not spring immediately to mind at the mention of ‘startups’, have to offer.
Hot on the heels of...
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Giving Businesses a Bird.i View
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th December 2017Google Maps is good for getting directions and checking how long it will take you to get to the cinema to see Star Wars, but it isn’t updated often enough to be useful for business. When looking up your childhood home in Google Street View, you may notice that the images are from years ago; the satellite imagery isn’t much better. Usually, it is updated every 2 to 4 weeks, but images c...
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Google Apps for Business specialist Colin Bryce Chats
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th August 2014Last month here at Startacus we focused on Glasgow Startups and Glasgow as a Startup City.
But our focus on the people, places and spaces around Glasgow (and all our other startup cities) doesn’t stop at the end of a given month, so when we had the chance to chat to Colin Bryce from Cobry, specialists in Google Apps for Business, who work with businesses to migrate, manage, and prosper in &...
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Scotland's Cultural Enterprise Office share their incredible expertise
by: Startacus Admin ~ 29th July 2014As you know July is our Glasgow startup month - an entire month when we take a good hard look at this marvellous city and all the people, places and events that make it the great startup place that it is!
What we have been hearing in particular from all the lovely people we have featured so far is that within Glasgow itself, and indeed Scotland generally, there is an incredibly rich, di...
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Pre-games boost for Glasgow technology sector
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd July 2014Its shaping up to be a cracking week for the city of Glasgow! Alongside what is promising to be the most memorable Commonwealth Games opening ceremonies in many a year, taking place later today (23/07/14) yesterday the chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne made an announcement which is sure to put a smile on many a little entrepreneurial face.
£24m in new funding will be made available...
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