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Marketest Business Startup Competition
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th March 2015Do you have a clever business idea but don’t know where to start? Well, you’re in luck, the folks over at Marketest have officially opened up registration for their Business Startup Competition and you can win the chance to test your business idea and get some feedback from potential customers!
Marketest are a successful online market research company who have over 10 years experience...
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Ideas for Convincing the Bank That Your Idea is Credible
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th September 2014Ideas for Convincing the Bank That Your Idea is Credible
If you'd like to start a business and need the initial funds to get your idea off of the ground, you'll have to be persuasive. Convincing a bank that your business idea is credible is quite the challenge. Let's take a look at some tips to make it happen.
Show How You'll Use The Money
Bank lenders will be more receptive to your...
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Propeller-Head Competition for innovative tech ideas
by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th June 2014Ideas are kinda our thing here at Startacus. We love ‘em. That’s why we’ve just revamped our Collaboration space so that you guys can add all your ideas and showcase them to the world. But we digress…
The fab folk over at Brainbox are a tad fond of ideas too. That’s why they’re running the Propeller-Head comp at the moment to help get new and innovative tech i...
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Ideas, Projects, Startups - We want you!
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th June 2014When we first came up with the concept of Startacus - the Self Start Society, our vision was to create a space where anyone, irrespective of location, age or experience could add an idea, big or small, and get all the collaborative support and guidance from the Startacus community to help take that idea forward.
And as you’d imagine, we’ve been busy beavering away at Startacus HQ to t...
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Travel and leisure entrepreneur competition - you could really go places
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th September 2013We feature a lot of start-up competitions here at Startacus, and more often than not the prize on offer comes in the form of financial investment in a company or idea. As brilliant as this is, we sometimes think that companies unwittingly overlook one of the most valuable assets that they can offer to a start-up...their wealth of experience!
That’s why we are pleased to introduce The Big Id...
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Incubate that Idea with the Startacus virtual Workspace!
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th July 2013Since we launched our Virtual Workspace we've had all sorts of ideas getting thrashed out there by Startacus members using both public and private boards. We’ve listened too to all the feedback we’ve had and we’ve made a few subtle changes here and there. All for the better we hope! We know too that lots of you are curious about what the workspace is all about so we thought we&rs...
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Developing an idea into a Product - an interview with an Inventor
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th July 2013Ever had that Eureka moment when you are lying on the beach and you have that ‘great idea’? It might be the ‘next blockbuster film’ or a ‘career change’ you really decide you want to make. Or...it might just be an invention you reckon could be the next big thing...
In this case Jonathan Meare had an idea for a solution to that pain in the back moment when your ...
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Wildseed Studios launches
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd July 2013Got an idea for an entertainment project that’s original and exciting and creatively brave? Well, the folks over at Wildseed Studios want to know all about it.
The recently launched Wildseed Studios is a “next generation entertainment content incubator” which aims to provide up to 50 investments of up to £10,000 each over the next 3 years to self-starters with creativ...
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Basic Practical Tips for Starting a Business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th June 2013If you’re thinking of starting a business, the best advice generally comes from someone who’s been there and done just that. In this case that ‘someone’ is Phil Rees, founder of DigitalCloudArt , an innovative platform for artists to sell their work around the globe. In this guest post, Phil shares some basic practical tips and words of wisdom that we reckon any wannabe sta...
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20 awards of £500 to give away - check this creative based comp out
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th June 2013We have featured IdeasTap a few times on Startacus. Competitions and awards really do seem to float the boat over at IdeasTap HQ and previously we have highlighted competitions such as the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund, Uni Fee Fund and the Ideas Fund Innovators’ awards so we thought it was wise to highlight the updated Ideas Fund Innovators’ Awards.
With a closing date of 5pm on 5t...
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- SureIn Secures €4M to Close the SMB Insurance Gap 15th Aug 2023 Innovative InsurTech startup SureIn announces a €4M Seed round to further its mission of making insurance easy, transparent and hassle-free for SMBs.
- SuperFi raises $1M pre-seed funding round 28th Jul 2023 SuperFi, the debt prevention platform, has announced a $1m pre-seed funding round to support people during the cost of living crisis.
- Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships 27th Jul 2023 41 startups from 13 countries, including the UK, have been selected for the 8th Kickstart Innovation program, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms.
- Another Round closes £300k Seed round to revolutionise personal training 21st Jul 2023 Personal training platform Another Round has secured £300k in its latest fundraise, including investment from angels and its community.