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The lowdown on equity crowdfunding and some common misconceptions care of upSTART 2018 Major Sponsors, Seedrs.  "Equity crowdfunding can often be a shrewd way to fund a business. Yet there are certain misconceptions that could lead to an entrepreneur mistakenly discounting it as a viable funding option: 1. A capital injection is the sole benefit from equity crowdfunding Not so. Although fu...
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Recruiting for startups, small businesses and medium enterprises can be a challenge in the current economic climate. Video gives you that much needed boost to help your organisation stand out from a very intense crowd. Gone are the days of dreary job listings demanding a set of requirements, candidates are often drawn in by a multitude of targeted approaches; video content plays a crucial part in...
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Last Thursday we attended the UPRISE Festival in Dublin - it was a good one-day event, with some excellent speakers and a number of noteworthy startups showcasing in their exhibition area. As Startacus is all about the startups, we thought it would be fab to share word on a few of the startups that we had the pleasure of taking a look at. So in no particular order check out a few of the startups w...
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Over the last couple of weeks, team Startacus have been shortlisting startups to pitch at this year's Digital DNA upSTART startup pitching competition. Digital DNA upSTART 2017, launched in partnership with startup go-to community Startacus (that’s us!), has been inviting UK, Irish and European wide Startups to apply to pitch at Digital DNA 2017 on the 6th and 7th June. Taking place at St ...
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We’ve been following the progress of Linkilaw for some time. To anyone that hasn't heard - Linkilaw is aiming to be the online legal platform for startups - offering startups smart legal work, at an affordable price. Admittedly, we’ve not seen many a more active team in getting their startup related content and articles shared and published by startup and tech sites - they've had arti...
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Train operator London Midland has recently opened applications into a new initiative aimed at helping emerging startups in the rail and mobility sector through an accelerator program. London Midland Labs, The London Midland-led startup collaboration scheme, aims to partner with innovative startups looking to shake up the customer experience of travel and improve the efficiency of rail travel For...
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The world’s leading vehicle glass repair and replacement service provider Belron is back on the hunt for innovative startups to joins its ten week accelerator Drive. Launched last year, Belron is again looking to find innovative startups with disruptive solutions that can help them to improve operations and discover new ways of working. Run in partnership with innovation specialists and ea...
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Earlier this week we started our 2016 UK Startup Review by focusing on many of the key startup happenings from January and February of this year. Every few days or so we will share a bite-sized review until we are all done with reviewing 2016 as a whole: if you think your news, or someone else's startup related news should be included, email editorial@startacus.net and we’ll take a gan...
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We only have to look at the likes of eBay, Craigslist, or Uber to see how lucrative a simple two-sided marketplace business can be, but don’t let the seemingly effortless success of such businesses fool you. Starting a business and trying to build up a consumer base is never an easy task. Building up two separate consumer bases at the same time is an even bigger challenge; yet this is what b...
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30% Sponsorship to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt and SLUSH The team at Startacus HQ, we are pleased to tell you that our friends at Radix are offering shortlisted Startups 30% sponsorship to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt, London and SLUSH, Helsinki in 2016! Radix is a new gTLD registry for domain extensions like .TECH, .ONLINE, .SPACE, .STORE, and so forth and are offering the sponsorship opport...
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