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It’s Sheffield Startup Month here at Startacus during which we are taking a good long look at some of the start-ups, events, meetups and general goings on which make this city the fab self starter place that it is.  One of the most exciting things in the Sheffield entrepreneurial calendar is the annual MADE festival (the UK’s leading entrepreneurial event) and this year it’...
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In the information age, getting your creative works into the public forum is not difficult, from Youtube to Soundcloud. But, how can you manage your work? Licensing? Getting stolen from? Well, our collaborator ‘Looplay’, aims to change that. So, in a nutshell, tell us; what is ‘Looplay’? “Looplay is an independent music discovery platform where artists can trade...
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Our Manchester startup month is now well and truly under way and one thing is becoming abundantly clear- the people of Manchester and indeed the North West as a whole are fiercely proud of their individuality, creativity, drive and general Self Starter spirit (which just happen to be all of the things we love here at Startacus). Northern Soho is one rather fab demonstration of this. It is a Nort...
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We recently met Natalia Komis Founder of iamsociable and iamadventures at the School for Startups Makegood Festival in London.  Seeing our affinity with iamstartacus and our own 'iam' brand we thought it only right to find out from Natalia more about her business ventures, and a great place to start our mini series of features on some of the fab startups we met at the event. What ma...
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Heard of the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies? One of our favourite TV scientists once wisely observed - ‘what’s life without whimsy’? (It was Sheldon Cooper for those of you less geekified than ourselves). His mantra is one that we prescribe to wholeheartedly...sometimes ‘for fun’ is the best reason to do anything!   Hoxton Street Monster Supplies in London is a...
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Now for an article that has been several weeks in the making…not because of stringent research practices or particularly comprehensive literary diligence…but rather because we simply couldn’t seem to get it going… Well, I say “we”, when really I mean “one of my colleagues” who in an ironic twist couldn’t find the inspiration to complete the...
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Calling all independent creative start ups – this one is for you. School for Startups launches the Makegood Festival – a spectacular showcase of culture, creativity and entrepreneurship. At this super cool event for the ‘creative’ entrepreneur and startup, there are perhaps less of the suits and more of the style… Started by serial entrepreneur Doug Richard in 2008,...
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No matter how innately creative you may be, there are times when those creative juices need a little inspiration to get flowing freely again.The good news is that getting that inspiration has just got a whole lot easier thanks to our latest Startup of the Week.Twibfy is an innovative platform and app where you can discover, share, submit and organize visual content that inspires you.Aimed at all s...
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Oh we do love a spot of creative technological innovation here at Startacus…shock horror…so we are rather pleased that REACT (that’s Research & Enterprise in Arts and Creative Technology) have just announced the 6 teams which are going to be taking part in their Creative Sandbox over the coming 3 months. For those of you who aren't yet familiar, Objects Sandbox is an initi...
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Calling all Northern Ireland based innovators! Time to get your thinking caps on as the INVENT 2014 Awards are now open. This is your chance to get your hands on a shared prize fund of a £33,000!! INVENT 2014 provides the opportunity to showcase the most exciting prototypes for technologies in Northern Ireland. 24 teams will be taken through a programme of workshops and mentorship to pitch ...
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