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How to start a cleaning business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th November 2013Are you ready to get your hands dirty with some good old fashioned entrepreneurial spirit? Where others see dirt and grime do you see opportunity? Then you could really clean up with your very own cleaning service.
It’s definitely nothing new or massively innovative, but the tried and tested cleaning business is one of the staples on the private enterprise menu. Just think about how m...
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How to Start a Restaurant
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th October 2013How to Start a Restaurant (Or ‘How to become a restaurantrepreneur’ if you prefer…)
Its been a few weeks since we have had a food based post and since we are feeling particularly peckish this afternoon, we thought it an appropriate time to tackle the daunting question of ‘how do you start a restaurant?’
The very sentence will strike fear into the ...
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How to set up a part time boot-camp business
by: ~ 9th September 2013How to set up a part time boot-camp business? Are you someone who is fanatical about their fitness ? Do you fancy earning a few extra pounds by helping people lose theirs? Follow our simple guide to help you turn that idea into a lean, mean part-time boot camp!
Our growing obsession with physical fitness simply isn't going away, the fitness industry has held steady throughout the recession w...
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Setting up a Bookstore - What the Dickens?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th August 2013Setting up a Bookstore - What the Dickens?
As you have hopefully noticed, over recent weeks we have been writing articles discussing the ins-and-outs of setting up various businesses. So far, we have covered setting up: a B&B business, a photography business and a magazine business (to name just a few) and this week we are turning our attention to that most traditional of enterprises... the b...
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Why I Quit My Graduate Job and Started Up
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th August 2013From Graduate Job to starting her own business - Charlotte Nash of early stage startup Kick Campus tells us her tale...As if by accident, I've started a business. I never thought I would be going down this route - to be honest, until about a year ago I didn't even know what a startup was. I graduated from uni this time last year and traditional careers advice never seems to include "why don't you ...
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Free Startup Day for wannabe Design and Craft Businesses
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th June 2013Are you a recent UK Graduate Designer wanting to “Start, Run or Grow your own Design or Craft business”? If so, this free one-off event, could give you the foundations you need to draw together your big idea...Free and worthwhile stuff is always good we think (free and worthwhile being the clincher)! So when we heard about The Design Trust Start Up Day at New Designers, London (a 2 wee...
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Anxiety & Starting a Business - Against The Odds
by: Startacus Admin ~ 4th May 2013"My struggle with starting a business whilst battling agoraphobia." An inspirational guest article by Hayley Woodham of Poodles and Pompadours.
"When I lost my job as a hotel receptionist in 2009, I thought my life was over. I had no income, no savings and no way of paying my rent in the middle of a recession. I was far away from home, and ended up isolating myself, which in turn, slowly led to m...
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The advantages of business broadband for startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th April 2013The advantages of business broadband for startups - Chris Marling, editor for the consumer broadband website Broadband Genie explains all..."Whether you’re starting your business up at home or in an office, you’ll be opening yourself up to the world of business deals – and broadband is no exception. But what do these deals offer; and are they preferable to the domestic deals...
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Startup Saturdays
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd April 2013Back at the end of January we highlighted the Emma Jones and Enterprise Nation inspired Startup Workshops that are running across London in IKEA stores during the rather handy evening time (for those with full time and day time commitments) of 7pm - 9pm.
At an also rather reasonable £20 these workshops were aimed at inspiring and motivating attendees to do ‘that thing’,‘st...
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Starting a Fitness business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd April 2013Everyone likes looking good. Everyone likes being healthy. It stands to reason then, that a company that helps to do both these things has great potential provided it is well run. If you’ve ever considered starting a fitness business, there are plenty of things to consider before you start taking pictures of your shiny new gym equipment. We’re saturated with information on how importan...
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