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Why mental well-being can be key to startup success

by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st October 2015
Bettina Pickering is the founder of Aronagh a leadership and behavioural change consultancy, that helps entrepreneurs create and adopt the mindset and behaviours, they need for success. Wtih previous posts on Startacus on Quitting Your Startup? 5 Key Considerations and Dealing with Rejection when running a Startup, she returns with another mindset themed post (and a fab one at that)...
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Dealing with rejection when running a Startup

by: Startacus Admin ~ 11th August 2015
Bettina Pickering is the founder of Aronagh.com, a behavioural change and leadership consultancy, that helps entrepreneurs create and adopt the mindset and behaviours, they need for success.  She shares her advice on how to deal with rejection when running a startup.  Being told ‘no, thanks’ or ‘not at this stage’ or ‘come back, when you have done x’...
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Barriers to Starting a Business

by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd August 2015
It's often not always that easy to take an idea and turn it into something real. There can be many barriers which get in the way - some are personal such as a negative mindset or fear, whilst others can arise via other people - being told that an idea won’t work, that it's a waste of time, that it won't last, it won't scale or it won't make money…you get the drift! Dealing with thes...
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The Happy Cafés

by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th June 2015
Fancy a little serving of positivity and happiness with your morning latte? Then we reckon you ought to pay a visit to your nearest Happy Café. Don’t assume though that a Happy Café is just a regular café with particularly cheery staff! It’s much much more than that. In essence it’s a place where people can connect and engage with other people who have a mu...
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Lunchcruit, The changing mindset of building a team

by: Startacus Admin ~ 25th June 2015
Here at Startacus we are no strangers to this simple fact; the mindset and culture of starting, sustaining, and building a business is changing dramatically. The days of the rigidly corporate company, hell-bent on uber-professionalism are waning, replaced with a more fluid, receptive, and adaptive style of doing things; a style that reflects the world of 2015, rather than fights against it.  ...
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Want to work in a Startup? We chat to career professional and self starter David Jackson

by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th December 2014
Being a self starter (this is Startacus - the Self Start Society after all) isn't just about starting your own business and making a small fortune. Don't get us wrong, that's a nice knock on effect for some and one we regularly like to celebrate here at Startacus HQ. But before all that comes to fruition (fingers crossed) being a self starter is fundamentally anyone doing something positive ...
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Managing maternity when self employed

by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th October 2014
8 months to go, 6 months to go, 3 weeks to go...time certainly flies when you or your partner are expecting. Couple this with a self employed or new startup work / lifestyle and bingo, wham, it can be an explosive and life changing time for everyone in more ways than one! With this in mind, we thought it wise to share a few hopefully handy pointers on managing maternity when self employed, so tha...
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Startups - 4 things you can’t leave to luck

by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th June 2014
In life some of us highlight that “that” was the time that we got their lucky break. Being lucky, or simply being in the ‘right place at the right time’ can of course have an effect on the likelihood of success. However, whilst luck might strike on the odd occasion, there are still some fundamental things that a startup cannot afford to leave to luck. And, as this article h...
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Heard of the One Pound Challenge?

by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th March 2014
One Man, One Pound, One Year...That is the intriguing tagline that accompanies Alan Radbourne's website myonepoundchallenge.co.uk - and admittedly we were intrigued. Post contacting Alan to find out more about his challenge and Alan also becoming a Startacus member, we thought what better way to find out more about his plan to see how much money he could make from an initial £1 (he...
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4 reasons why women shouldn’t just work in startups - they should run ‘em

by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th March 2014
4 reasons why women shouldn’t just work in startups - they should run ‘em... It’s International Womens Day tomorrow (on the date of publication that is) and apart from the paradox that is the fact that this post has been written by a male, we thought it an opportune time to give all our Startacus clan a quick reminder as to why the female of the species make good startup leaders...
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