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How to Start a Graphic Design Company
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th May 2015Starting a business can be difficult, but once you’ve settled on a speciality, things can become a lot more focused. You’ve finally decided what you want to do so the trick is knowing where exactly to begin. If, for example you’re interested in graphic design and want to start your own business, chances are that you’ve been doing the odd job here and there along with some f...
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How to create a home office
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th April 2015So you have decided what business you would like to start; next on the agenda is creating a good working environment, AKA the home office.
Let’s assume that you aren’t going to move directly into a dedicated office (unless of course you are, in which case, great!) but the vast majority of people starting new businesses have more humble beginnings than that. There are probably a few op...
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Hoffice-Crowdsource a coworking space into your livingroom
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th February 2015Hoffice lets you Crowdsource a coworking space into your livingroom
Ahhh, working from home. One of the best, and potentially worst things about being self employed. On the one hand, how lovely and liberating not to have to make the trek into the office every morning, but on the other, how incredible difficult to create structure and ensure that your day is as productive as possible. We have some...
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5 Ways to beat the afternoon slump
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th February 20155 Ways to beat the afternoon slump - You all know what we are talking about! Rather aptly, as I begin to write this piece, the time is approaching 2:30pm and right on queue, I am beginning to droop over my desk like a doomed snowman during a thaw.
But unlike the snowman I am not surprised by this sudden and seemingly disastrous turn of events; this has become so routine, that I barely even r...
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LEGO Startups – How Startacus thinks LEGO could get involved with Startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th February 2015With the Guardian asking the Danish company ‘LEGO’ to mark the beginning of Copenhagen Fashion Week, we saw the birth of the LEGO Hipsters.
This got the Startacus team thinking – What other wonderful things could LEGO do to mark events? Could we even use LEGO to help motivate Startups?So, here at Startacus HQ, we set our ‘Stunted Journalist Children’ to work, f...
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The Office of the Future
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st January 2015What will the office of the future look like?
We don’t mean ‘will there be robotic assistants and virtual co-workers’ but rather, on a more basic level, what will the structure and fabric of the office look like?
It’s a question that Dutch design firm RAAAF have had a stab at exploring, along with the help of artist Barbara Visser. The results of their collaboration have ...
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Festive Fun for your Startup Office
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd December 2014During the festive season, some of your startup members will probably be feeling the Christmas cheer and the drive to take part in the yuletide activities. This can prove to be something of a task in certain instances, especially in a modern workplace. Several mitigating factors can influence the festivities in a startup office; But why should any of it take away from everyone enjoying at least th...
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The office worker we love to hate: What are the effects?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th April 2014Given that we spend so much of our time at work and with so many different people, it’s inevitable that we aren’t always going to see eye-to-eye with all of our colleagues. There is always that one person that seems to strike fear in most however.
It would be somebody who can make a person’s face drop with the merest mention of their name. We’re talking about the workplace...
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Finding your perfect Co-Working Space
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th December 2013Considering working from a co-working space? This handy post from GoCoWo.io will help you choose the right space for you...
"Location, price, facilities, meeting rooms, noise levels – these are some of the standard criteria used to compare one co-working space versus another. If you have ever worked in one you will know that the most important factor is missing from most websites or co...
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MurMurs - Playful furniture for office environments
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th October 2013Now for something umm... well... bizarre quite frankly.
As you know, here at Startacus we are mad about inventive startups, social media and anything which makes running a business a happier and more productive endeavour...(check out TwitterTape as another mad cap invention for the office)On our quest to find some fun and quirky stories, we came across MurMurs, the new office seats/furry cre...
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