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Oodls, the Scottish startup that's "licensing great content from talented Instagrammers across the globe for businesses big and small." Anyone who creates content on websites or blogs, or perhaps even posts a lot on social media, will understand how vital good stock photographs are. A good picture breaks up the wall of text, draws the viewer’s eye, enhances the words with evocative imagery....
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Shuttout - The community-driven marketplace startup that's adding social value to photographs... The market for still imagery is estimated to become worth $4 billion by 2020, at 7% growth every year. Everyone with a smartphone is a photographer these days. Our food, our dog, our daily commute becomes art, frozen on our screens and mused over like it’s a Degas. By ourselves. And then we ge...
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Borrowfox - the peer-to-peer startup that's creating the UK's largest film and camera equipment rental marketplace. Whether you’re a professional photographer who just can’t justify buying that extra piece of kit at the moment or a freelance film-maker who only needs a piece of equipment for a one off project, we reckon our latest startup of the week will be right up your street. Bor...
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Popsa - the innovative app that's using AI to disrupt the photobook market.As printed photographs have given way to digital photos, so the photo album has given way to the photobook. We haven’t lost the desire to have a physical collection of our photographs for posterity, but it has become a little less easy. That little digital-photo printer is handy, but where did you leave the power cabl...
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CLiKD, a London-based dating app which launched in 2017, has launched a new photography competition inviting people to submit photographs which showcase what Love means to them in London.  Aptly named ‘Love in London’, the photography competition is aimed at celebrating unity and hope in the aftermath of a turbulent year for the capital. The aim being to ...
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If you’ve ever had to avail the services of a professional photographer, chances are you won’t have found it easy. Whether it’s involved endless online research and checking out examples of their work, or simply seeking out a few recommendations from friends, it will no doubt have been a time consuming exercise. And that’s even before you contact them about the potential jo...
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Ever wanted to take your passion for photography and turn it into a living and breathing business reality which makes money?! Looking to bridge the gap for the wannabe professional photographer and the realities they would face in running a trading business is engagelive.co. In essence it is an online training platform that offers free live classes, in-person workshops and mentoring to enhance yo...
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If you’re the creative sort and photography is your thing, then our latest Startup of the Week is probably right up your proverbial street. miPic is a social platform for mobile artists and photographers to showcase and sell their images. Using the platform couldn’t be easier. Simply download the free miPic app, submit your best artography images, add some tags and thereby create yo...
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Do you have an great new idea for an event?  The good folk over at Eventbrite, backed by our friends General Assembly, Moo, and Moneypenny are on the hunt to find the best new event idea in the UK. With only just over a week left to apply, we thought it best to make a bit of event of it, and share all the important details with you all... The competition, aptly named The Spark is a competi...
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We heart innovation here at Startacus. So we were pretty chuffed when we got the chance to chat recently with Ben Howes, co-founder of Zoetrope, the innovative interactive 3D photography startup.Here's what we discovered:So Ben, what is Zoetrope?Zoetrope an interactive 3D photography company. Our engage service captures our clients products in 3D for e-commerce use. All clients get free use a...
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