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It’s kinda like a load of stuff we’ve seen before. A part digital made physical product. But Joto, we think, is looking 100% blooming brilliant. Joto is an internet connected drawing board that makes digital content into a physical thing by drawing it with a pen type device. Winner of the Design Museum ‘Design of the Year public vote’,  Joto is currently at the stage ...
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We're liking the sound of… Rebel Book Club The what? Rebel Book Club? Yep, Rebel Book Club is much like you’d expect - it’s a book club, but with an application process to be approved to then attend. London based.  So why are you writing about it on Startacus? Well the type of books they read range from books focused on creativity, motivation, business, entrepreneurshi...
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Legal Tech Startups, you’ve until the 12th March to get your application in to join Mishcon de Reya’s MDR Lab programme. Intrigued? We outline all the key details below: MDR LAB is a programme for tech startups in the legal space, hosted at Mishcon de Reya’s offices in central London. Based in London with offices in New York, Mishcon de Reya services an international community ...
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As another year draws to a close, we thought it’d be quite timely to give another little shout-out to the fab startup businesses that have received our Startup of the Week accolade over the past 12 months. Some are innovative, some are quirky but they’re certainly all inspirational. So without further ado, here they are - the Startacus Startups of the Week 2016. BonzaQuote- an online ...
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5 GeoTech Startups Putting Themselves on the Map With their ‘Geovation’ programme, Ordnance Survey is focusing on giving aid to geotech startups. Since this is one of the things that is going to be talked about at our upcoming Manchester startup event, it seemed a good time to look into geotech startups putting themselves...wait for it...on the map! Be it through entertainment, servi...
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UK energy company EDF energy has launched an exciting new innovation challenge! The EDF Energy Pulse Awards are made up of 4 challenges calling for start-ups, innovators, and entrepreneurs to get on board with energy innovation. Blue Lab’s connected home and business challenge Inspiring young people into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Data solutions for im...
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Event: How Startups and Big Business can Innovate Together At 6.30pm on Tuesday 4th October 2016 join Startacus and Inevert in Manchester (at SpaceportX) for a Startup meetup & social where you will also find out how your startup can accelerate its growth through corporate collaborations, and partnerships with Big Business. You can book your ticket here. Successful and mutually beneficial co...
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Win a Ticket to the Like Minds Innovation and Ideas Festival   We’re delighted to announce, that we have got 10 tickets to the Innovation and Ideas Festival in Bristol to giveaway, worth over £450 each (including VAT).  See 'How to Enter' below, for instructions.  The event takes place in Bristol on the 8th and 9th of September. Innovation and Ideas Festival Influ...
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The Playable City Award is one of our favourite street art competitions in the world.  We say that with total confidence having tracked its growth and progression intently over the past 4 years or so. Annually, Bristol’s creative studio Watershed appeals for artists, creatives and innovators from around the planet to put forward new ideas that will engage people in the open spaces of t...
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Laura McGarrity, Internal Communications Specialist at Allstate NI highlights why innovation should be in mind with everything you do, despite the size or age of your business.  "For a lot of companies Innovation can be a buzz word to drop into their strategy or they task a small ‘innovation’ team to do R&D related to their industry.  What they don’t realize is tha...
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