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Betanuggets: Fashionable Male
Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another Friday. I’ve only just found out this is a Bank Holiday, so I’ll just take up a few minutes of your time before leaving you to go waterskiing or...
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Giving: Good for Business?
What’s the quickest way to an employee’s heart? Well, yes, a huge raise is probably a good shout. But you’d be amazed at how much people appreciate being listened to as well. We’ve all seen hundreds of...
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Betanuggets: Now We’re Cooking
Now, I’m sure you’re just as excited about next week as I am. Because, if you’ve been keeping your ear to the ground, you’ll know it’s time to meet some teams. It’s all about strategy, planning,...
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Ignite100 Part 3: New teams. New ideas. New hammock
For the ten startups entering their first week at Ignite100, the hard work starts here. For the team behind the Newcastle-based accelerator, it’s been going on since the last lot left in January....
View ArticleSearchcamp: Tales from Teesside
It’s a busy spell for accelerators in the North East this week. Over in Newcastle, Ignite100 is whirring into life for a third time. But it’s also an exciting time for Middlesbrough’s Searchcamp, which...
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Ignite100 Part 3: Meet the Teams
What does it take to get into an accelerator programme? An idea that will change the world? Steely determination? A team that’s tighter than spandex? Nice hair? As the third group of teams enter...
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Betanuggets: At Least We’re Not Wasting Trees For This
Hello again. We’ve been seeing rather a lot of each other this week. Well, I say that. It’s mostly been me talking – endlessly talking – about a variety of accelerator-related things, weaving sentences...
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Betanuggets: Here Be Monsters
…and so it begins. Here we are again, at the bit before the actual round-up where we make robotic small-talk, lacquered with the saccharine despair of a Shakespearean actor doing the voice-overs for...
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Digital City Business CEO Stepping Down
A leading figure in Teesside’s tech community is stepping down after a decade. Digital City Business CEO Mark Elliott has decided to leave his role with the digital and creative support organisation, a...
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Interview: “Time to move on” for DigitalCity CEO
You don’t need to squint to see the impact of technology on Teesside. Wander down into the walkway under Middlesbrough station, and you run into Kevin Moussa-Mann, grinning from a poster on the wall....
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Betanuggets: Is it online? KILL IT WITH FIRE
It’s Friday, which means it’s time to point and coo at the latest edition of the Betanuggets. It doesn’t come in gold, but you don’t have to queue to get it…and we’re pretty sure it’s different from...
View ArticlePicture email startup Fantoo raises £450,000
Turning your inbox into pictures is an attractive prospect for the visual people among us. You may soon get the option to do that, thanks to the latest news from 2012 Ignite100 graduate Fantoo. As we...
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Ignite100 Then and Now: Temene Reframed
TEAMS VERY RARELY LEAVE AN ACCELERATOR WITH THE SAME IDEA THEY BROUGHT IN. Some ideas shift, some change entirely, and some teams leave altogether. Sometimes the effects are jarring, and it can all...
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Betanuggets: The Dark World
Howdy folks. Here’s your Betanuggets TL:DR for November 8 2013. Atomhawk Design adds its spark to the latest Thor film, play games and scoff down wisdom at Game Kettle, mobile bar ordering service...
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Clicksco announces new startup fund
There’s a new fund in town. If you’re a technology startup with “ideas and passion”, global technology group Clicksco wants to meet you. The Dubai-based company has launched the TwentyThreeMiles Fund...
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Ignite100 Then and Now: Follow the Papertrail
TEAMS VERY RARELY LEAVE AN ACCELERATOR WITH THE SAME IDEA THEY BROUGHT IN. Some ideas shift, some change entirely, and some teams leave altogether. Sometimes the effects are jarring, and it can all...
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Ignite100 Then and Now: Bizpora makes the most of your trip
TEAMS VERY RARELY LEAVE AN ACCELERATOR WITH THE SAME IDEA THEY BROUGHT IN. Some ideas shift, some change entirely, and some teams leave altogether. Sometimes the effects are jarring, and it can all...
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Shopgate hires former Mobicart CEO
Since leaving Mobicart in the summer, founder and CEO Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine has been exploring his options. It’s now been revealed that the founder of the m-commerce startup is on board as chief...
View ArticleAmBX wants to blend storytelling with light
A good story can fire up your imagination. But what if it could also change the world around you? Surrey and Middlesbrough-based lighting technology expert amBX is proposing an intriguing Kickstarter...
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Betanuggets: Makers Assemble
Greetings, y’all. Here’s your Betanuggets TL:DR for Friday November 15: It’s your chance to showcase your creations at Maker Faire UK 2014, Sunderland Software City hosts a hackathon to help young...
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