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Irish students and graduates with a passion for Tech & Entrepreneurship, read on! This U.S. VC firm is on the hunt! Leading international venture capital firm Polaris Partners are on the hunt for a student / graduate from Ireland for a ten week PAID summer internship in Boston. Yes, we repeat, PAID. With offices in Boston, San Francisco, and Dublin, this is the first year that Polaris i...
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Stephen Canning is Management Consultant, a councillor at Essex County Council and a Startacus member with some insight to share.  In this post written exclusively for Startacus, he describes how to find the motivation to start your own business.Finding the Motivation to Start Your Own Business They say that the most difficult thing is knowing your true calling, yet many people do actuall...
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With the tide of culinary and baking-related ambitiousness seen over the past few months now finally beginning to recede, scientists have turned their attention to what appears to be an imminent spike in the nation's level of entrepreneurial expertise. Over the coming weeks it is predicted that the levels of confidence in one's own enterprise prowess will reach their highest ever figure as 18 &ls...
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Russell Dalgleish from WeAreTheFuture writes about challenging misconceptions about business in the middle east following their Abu Dhabi Summit It’s impossible to travel to somewhere unfamiliar such as Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, without conceiving various thoughts as to what to expect. If you've not been there yourself then stop, close your eyes and try and imagine the scene b...
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A quick question for you… are you interested in learning and development, technology and entrepreneurship? You are! Then Crossover Edinburgh’s Product Forge Hackathon weekend could be just the thing for you, and as an extra treat we’ve managed to nab Startacus members a £10 discount on the £45 weekend ticket price… marvelous! So what is the Product Forge Hack...
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Richard Boothman from Ecoskill continues his series of posts on the green economy and entrepreneurship. He started by outlining what you need to know about opportunities in the green economy, then he discussed what the green economy actually is, followed by a piece on spotting opportunities. Last time around Richard considered why the green economy is a great place to start a business an...
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Denise Devlin is the Founder/CEO of Positive Parties® which is an inspirational, motivational & transformational coaching company delivering fun workshops, and promoting a ‘positive mental attitude,’ in a unique ‘party style’ environment. Denise's vision is to grow a global business network of individuals (NLP Practitioners, Life & Business Coaches etc) del...
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Richard Boothman from Ecoskill continues his series of posts on the green economy and entrepreneurship. Over to you Richard!In earlier instalments in this series of blog posts, I looked at the green economy and why it's a great sector for the entrepreneur to focus on. This time I'm going to look at the first steps to becoming a green entrepreneur.You're off to a head start as an entrepreneur by fo...
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