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  The lowdown on Berlin-based Beazy and its innovative solution that helps teams to plan, produce and deliver creative content and helps businesses to connect with talented content creators. Everything can benefit from creative content. Whether it’s a business trying to simply make its website look nicer or an advert stand out from the rest with a flair of beauty and creativity, or pe...
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The lowdown on London-based Tutti and its digital marketplace that connects event space owners with the creatives wishing to book them. For creatives looking to run any kind of event, be it something small like a photoshoot or something bigger like a music gig, an obvious obstacle is finding the right space. This isn’t always easy, and a lot of time can end up being consumed by simply try...
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Support Local NI, a new tech-for-good platform launches to support and sustain local businesses in Northern Ireland enabling consumers to browse, discover and support independent creators entrepreneurs and families A local entrepreneur based in Holywood, County Down has launched a tech-for-good project called ‘Support Local NI’, a free to use website that will help support and sus...
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There are hundreds of different outsourced solutions that start-ups can choose to save themselves time and money, and even more providers on the market. As such, you need to make sure that you choose the right service provider that will offer you the support that you desire. When it comes to choosing a creative expert, be it a designer, copywriter or photographer, it can be tough to find the ind...
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The Liverpool startup, Oh This Way, that's providing alternative education and training for creative people, bridging the gap between education and industry.  Older generations like to complain that the young are lazy and brought up wrong, and that this generation and then this generation will be the cause of the world ceasing to spin. But then along come people like Robyn Dooley to pro...
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Let’s face it. No matter what type of company you start, chances are you will need to avail of the services of a creative at some point. You might need a Graphic Designer to create your logo or a Photographer to take some pics for your website. Either way, it generally can be a bit of a chore to find the right person for the job at hand. However, that need no longer be the case, thanks to ou...
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Our friends at School for Creative Startups are on the hunt for their next cohort of fab and talented creative entrepreneurs. So if you've got a creative skill or idea, but the business part gives you the heebie jeebies, then this call out might just be for you. Let’s start with a little explanation. The  aforementioned "fab and talented creative entrepreneurs" is gathered from our ow...
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Calling all movers and shakers in the Creative Industries - the h.Club 100 wants to hear from you!In case you’re not aware, the hClub 100 is an annual UK wide search for the most innovative and inspirational people working in the creative industries over the last 12 months.The comp aims to give some real recognition to those entrepreneurs and self starters who are going above and beyond - th...
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Here at Startacus, we like interesting mashups between startups and big businesses - especially when it is the individual, the self starter that benefits. In fact, check out our own recent £1k link up with Marketest for our self starter award (*self promotion done) or our feature on the £50k e-commerce startup comp that Shopify are currently running as good examples. So when we heard ...
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Think that intensive accelerator type programmes are only for startups and businesses in the tech and digital sectors? Well, here’s one that’s very different. Hothouseis aimed solely at the creatives - the craft makers. Interested? Here’s what you need to know. What is it?Hothouse is part of the Crafts Council’s Professional Development Programme for makers and consists of...
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