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Getting setup in a digital world of business is horrifyingly daunting. There are big scary words, a complex and convoluted system of hosting and a cornucopia of billing practices and charges flying around; and that’s just to get your domain name sorted! The amount of work that goes into creating an online platform is staggering, and as a startup or startup team, we figured it’d be bes...
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Vitamin are offering a very special deal to Startacus members - Custom Website and 12 months Subscription for £1,000!On Monday we announced the winner of our £5k Website Package care of Jump Marketing and their new Website & E-Commerce Solution Vitamin. The lucky team over at ‘Sweet Hangovers’ are now going to avail of the £5,000 Vitamin website package, includin...
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To celebrate the launch of their new website & e-commerce solution for startups, we have teamed up with the folks at Jump Marketing to give one lucky Startacus member a tailor made website package (with or without e-commerce) worth up to £5000, absolutely free.  A fantastic way to boost your online presence! To set the scene of this magnificent prize, we had a chat with Mat Norbury...
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In the great city of Manchester an innovative new online outsourcing platform, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise seed funding through equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.  The aptly named EngLancer allows you to outsource engineering tasks including design, drawing and modelling in a handy and cost effective way. Comparisons are already being drawn between the new service and existing...
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It’s Startup Dublin month, and of course as has been the case with all of our startup months thus far (Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield) we have been hunting out the creatives, self starters, innovators and entrepreneurs who call the city home and who make it the fab startup place that it is… folks like Ed Fidgeon-Kavanagh. He is the founder of a business called Clear...
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If 3D printing is your thing, then our latest Startup of the Week will be right up your proverbial street. My Mini Factory is a new online platform where anyone can download, upload or request 3D printable objects for free. Here’s how it works: The platform is in essence an online library filled with a plethora of 3D printable files which can be utilised to create an extensive range of 3D...
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So, you've had your business idea eureka moment, undertaken appropriate market research, worked out your business model (or at least a business model) and you feel you're ready to take on the world (or even your local market) with your fab new business / startup. But what of your business brand - pretty essential, but often an afterthought for many a first-time small business, freelancer or start...
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Designers take note - the D&AD Awards are back and they’re looking for creative folk just like you. Since the early 1960’s the awards have helped to inspire a community of creative thinkers by celebrating and stimulating the finest in design and advertising. The awards are aimed at showcasing and celebrating commercial creativity in the design world and are recognised globally a...
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If fashion is your thing, then the EcoChic Design Award is a comp that would be well worth a look.Here’s the lowdown on all the basics that you’d need to know: The focus of the competition is sustainable fashion design - entrants are being challenged to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste whilst at the same time ensuring that the design brief is adhered to - a brief ...
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If design is your thing, our latest Startup of the Week is one that ought to be on your radar.FabAllThings is an online platform for both design lovers and makers alike.Its premise is quite simple.Firstly a Design Call is made on a bimonthly basis for a particular product - this month it happens to be Natural Amplifiers; previous months have seen calls for products as diverse as Lasercut Clocks an...
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