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Hopefully you won’t have failed to notice that here at Startacus we've recently been having a real focus on certain regional startup hotspots across the UK and Ireland that we reckon are of particular note. So far in our 'Startup Cities' series, Belfast, Bristol and Glasgow have been getting the Startacus treatment, which has seen us giving an insight into the people, passion and ...
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We have two Northern Ireland start up competitions for you to look at in this article, so let’s get to it… Student Entrepreneur Awards Calling all third level students! If you have an idea with real commercial potential then the Student Entrepreneur Awards are for you! – this could be the first step on the way to becoming your own boss. The closing date is the 17th March so yo...
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Startacus recently spent some time speaking with Rockstar Youth MD and Founder Jonathan Pfahl discussing the organisation’s drive to develop the UK government’s startup loan scheme across the water in Northern Ireland. As one of only a few facilitators of the Startup Loan scheme in Northern Ireland, Rockstar Youth aim to develop their market leading programme for young entrepreneurs a...
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Derry, the UK City of Culture 2013, is to host a 48 hour coming together of ideas designed to solve social problems from June 14th- June 16th. The two day event is run by Social Innovation Camp who deliver similar events throughout the UK. This is how it works: There is an 8 week open call from 25th March during which the organisers have asked people interested in the project to send in idea...
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The Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF) which is administered by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, with sectoral support from Northern Ireland Screen and Digital Circle (the representative organisation for Digital Content businesses in Northern Ireland), is once more on the lookout for businesses and individuals to apply for up to £10k of funding for projects, ideas and initiative...
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