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NN Comics - Self Publishing, PR and Crowdfunding; Telling a Story
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th September 2014In the future more and more people will be starting their own businesses, and will have their stories told. However there is one group of people who are making stories their actual business! Since self starting and self publishing are two of our fave things here at Startacus, we just had to catch up with the folk behind local new publishing startup - the NN Comics Team! If you are planning o...
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Quality Thrives – Inspiration and Motivation for Startups and Entrepreneurs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th September 2014We all know how hard it can be to stay motivated, especially when you’ve just started a new business venture, especially if any spanners happen to land in the works, or even if you just have to change the whole idea! It’s hard work, and it never seems worth it. But for some, the goal of helping other entrepreneurs is the paramount point of business, - take for instance one of the start...
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Road Warriors 360; Crowdfunding your way back from a worst case scenario
by: Startacus Admin ~ 28th August 2014So, imagine you’re a fresh new startup founder, you’re working hard to try and make sure your idea gets the attention, support and input that it needs to be a success only to have investments and supporters pull out. Now imagine, everything, EVERYTHING – even your van (which you’re now forced to live and work out of), gets taken away. Sounds like the worst case scenario for...
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Self Starter drums up interest in unique 'drumkit in a box' instrument
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th August 2014Self Starter drums up interest in unique 'drumkit in a box' instrument
We're going all Norn Iron on ya today. First up, we highlighted news that the NI based Propel programme was open for innovative startups and now here's another NI startup story for your reading pleasure...
A young self starter, Startacus member, inventor and musician from NI, Stephen Henderson is currently raising capital via...
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Startup of the Week - Fabrily
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th August 2014If you’ve ever had to fundraise you’ll know that coming up with effective ways to do so can be a tad difficult at times, therefore it’s always great to hear about ways of making the entire fundraising process easier.
Our latest Startup of the Week is on a mission to do just that.
Fabrily is an innovative service which helps people fundraise through the sales of custom t-shirts....
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'TIYO' A new device to help you escape awkward social situations
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th July 2014Monetising social awkwardness seems all the rage it appears.
Last week we highlighted the growing popularity of My Invisible Girlfriend / Boyfriend and only yesterday we spotted news of a crowdfunding project that again picked up on the social awkwardness that can come about through dating, being in a boring meeting, or simply being in the midst of an embarrassing conversation.
TIYO (THIS-IS-YOU...
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Asking family and friends to invest in your startup - The Basics
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th July 2014Unless your friends and family happen to be ultra rich super billionaires with bottomless savings accounts, then broaching the subject of them investing in your startup has the potential to be a difficult, awkward and rather highly pressured undertaking. Some of you will no doubt already be cringing in horror at the mere suggestion of such an ill-advised coupling of business life and personal...
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Fillm - the crowdfunding and discovery platform for independent film
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th March 2014Daniel Diaz, new Startacus member and early stage entrepreneur, tells Startacus his exciting plans to develop and launch Fillm, a crowdfunding and discovery platform for independent film...Incidentally if you are going to launch your own crowdfunding campaign, you should check out our free crowdfunding support package!"I have spent the past year working for a leading Digital PR and Commu...
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Heard about the Happy Pig?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th February 2014Heard about the Happy Pig?
Here at Startacus we love to share news stories on startup collaboration, social good, community impact and barter based business models. Take all of the above and add in a pinch of Crowdfunding and you’ve got a story that’s certainly worth sharing!
So have you heard about the Happy Pig? A hopefully soon to be realised crowdfunding project that will fund a ...
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Startup of the Week - Crowdsurfer
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th January 2014If you’ve been considering using the power of the ‘crowd’ to help finance your business, you’ll have perhaps been a tad confused at the sheer amount of places and platforms that you could potentially use.However, thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, identifying which crowd or peer-to-peer finance option would be best for you and your business has become a whole lot eas...
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