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A rambling article for Startacus by Ian Moss of 196 Destinations I’ve run Startup Digest Manchester for the last 2 & a half years with my co-curator, Coral. Before that I ran the tyoc hack days and was a founder of Manchester’s first tech-orientated co-working space that started when Madlab opened. Madlab still remains a great community space, for users groups to meet. TechHu...
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Our Manchester startup month is now well and truly under way and one thing is becoming abundantly clear- the people of Manchester and indeed the North West as a whole are fiercely proud of their individuality, creativity, drive and general Self Starter spirit (which just happen to be all of the things we love here at Startacus). Northern Soho is one rather fab demonstration of this. It is a Nort...
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In case you haven't heard, August is our Manchester Startup month - an entire 4 weeks when we delve into the culture, people, events and self starter spirit that makes the capital of the north one of the most vibrant and exciting places in the UK to set up a business. To continue along our current thread of startup inspiration we now have a self starter tale for you, from someone who has ‘be...
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So it’s the beginning of another month and that can mean only one thing here at Startacus - it’s time for us to begin examining the startup scene of a brand spanking new UK / Ireland City. So far in our startup saga we have spent time looking at Belfast, Bristol and Glasgow, examining the startups, events, people and places that make them the great self starter cities that they are. No...
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6 Reasons why Manchester is Top 5 Startup City... As you may know July is our Manchester startup month - an entire month when we take a good hard look at this marvellous city and all the people, places and events that make it the great startup place that it is. To this end, and to kick things off, we've been in touch with Col Skinner, founder of independent digital consultancy Profoundry and all...
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That's right you lovely Mancunians, we are very pleased to announced that Manchester has been selected as the August Startup city in our series of month long features of some of the UK and Ireland's most burgeoning startup hubs!   Throughout August we will be putting the startup scene of Manchester well and truly under our proverbial microscope as we take a good long look at everything fro...
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Last September, Techbikers, a collaboration of the London tech startup community, including startups, and business executives cycled 200 miles from Paris to London to raise money to help support children's charity Room to Read. Hoping to follow in their footsteps (tracks), and inspired by the Techbiker’s initiative, LDN2MAN a collaboration between Cyclr, TechHub Manchester and the Mancheste...
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