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Over the years we’ve interviewed hundreds of startup founders about their entrepreneurial journey, but none quite like this. Barry is the founder of Naughty B, a new Ladies fancy dress, lingerie and adult toy retailer; he is also a husband and father with a full time job in the RAF. We caught up with him to find out more about this combination of industries, his e-commerce journe...
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It’s Sheffield Startup Month here at Startacus, a great opportunity to showcase the city as the hotbed of entrepreneurial talent that it is. We have been especially impressed with the number and variety of creative Startups which are sprouting up and spreading their creative ways all over the city… like a wonderful rainbow of creativity. It seems we are not the only ones who have no...
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Our month long look at Belfast as a startup city is slowly drawing to a close - and what a month it has been. We have had a huge range of opinions from both within the city and much further afield, some positively glowing with praise and others cutting in their criticisms. To begin the winding down of the month we thought it would be interesting to get the opinions of someone who has lots of expe...
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We are very excited that May is our Startup Cities… Belfast month! a whole 31 days in which we showcase the vibrant and fast evolving startup scene of the Northern Ireland capital. Rebecca Kincade (a lady in the know) and editor of Northern Irish business blog NI Business Now shares her analysis of the city’s surprisingly active startup scene. Belfast: The UK’s best kept start...
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Now for one of those great win/win/win ideas that we're so fond of here at Startacus... and this time its a really good one  Vancouver man David Katz has had a marvelous brainwave which has the potential to sort out a number of concerning issues which are particularly prevalent within less economically developed nations.  He has devised a system designed to remove plastic waste from th...
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Richard Boothman from Ecoskill starts a series of blog posts on Startacus on spotting entrepreneurial opportunities in the green economy. In his 1st post he highlights what you need to know about the opportunities in the green economy.This is a good time to be an entrepreneur. There's a real buzz around new business start-ups and some of the best role models are entrepreneurs. But where are the ho...
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