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Tom Evans, Founder & CEO of BleepBleeps, shares his thoughts and experience of balancing passion projects with the reality of a full-time job. "The idea of taking the jump to pursue a business idea is intimidating. And knowing how to juggle that alongside a full-time job can make matters even more stressful. It’s one of the greatest dilemmas I faced while starting my business, like man...
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When you’re thinking about being an entrepreneur and you’re wondering who you need to be to find success, there are some key attributes that are useful. Some are things you should learn before you start whereas others you can grow into over some time. Certainly, being a good communicator and being more assertive help to get your point across well and to speak up where necessary. Let&r...
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In startup world, the positive, “We're killing it!” culture and bravado can often cover up a more complex work/life/heath reality. Step forward Sanctus, a startup company who are aiming to change the perception of mental health in the workplace, and podcast partners Spotify - think global music and podcast giant, to launch a new podcast on mental health in startup world. We've featu...
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Being creative and innovative are great characteristics to have. You have the ability to make positive contributions and improvements to society. If you are an entrepreneur, you will need to be a bit more creative than others so that you can have your competitive advantage. However, you have to take care of yourself before your creativity can reach its maximum potential. Many entrepreneurs fail to...
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Isabelle Ohnemus, Founder of fashion-sizing shopping platform EyeFitU shares a few sustainable & useful ways of maintaining that important healthy work/life balance. Isabelle Ohnemus is the Founder and CEO of fashion-sizing shopping platform EyeFitU. Isabelle’s background in international finance gave her the solid foundation to turn her passion for fashion and desire to help change the...
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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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For entrepreneurs, the lines between work and personal life can blur significantly and the scales can tip heavily in favour of the former. This isn’t good for the entrepreneur’s friendships, family life, even their business and, ultimately, their health and mental well-being. The divorce rate for entrepreneurs is often suggested as being higher than the average, demonstrating just what...
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Entrepreneurship is a lot more than deciding to start a business, coming up with a business name and logo, building a website and watching the customers flood in. There are a lot of unique challenges and ups and downs people don’t necessarily expect when they set out to work for themselves. With that in mind, here are some way in which entrepreneurship might not be for you, and vice ver...
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The beginning of the work day is difficult. Getting going, working out what should be done first, trying not to check social media, checking social media, and then beginning the important job of procrastination. The same can be said for the majority of workers, but more so for the self-employed and Startup Founder, because there is no one but yourself to reprimand you for spending your first ...
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Not your startup, of course. Your startup will do just fine, we’re sure. But on the off-chance that it does fail miserably, one of the following reasons may well be to blame. We all know that starting a business isn’t an easy thing to do, but there are probably even more failed startups every year than you think. The up side is that if you identify the reasons that they fail, you ...
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