Celebrating startups locally; promoting them globally!
Posted in Local News on Apr 22nd, 2012
A local researcher is looking for business/management studies students as participants for a project. Details below. Contact Areti directly if you’d like to be involved (and if you let her know that you found her through us, then that would be awesome!) — Hello, Participants are needed for an experiment that involves answering some questions [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on Apr 10th, 2012
Who uses Drupal? Who’s just generally interested in the platform? And who among you are non-technical decision makers keen to explore the business benefits of using Drupal and open source software in general? A growing number of you apparently – I hear that the number of Drupal users in Scotland is growing rapidly. So why [...]
Posted in 60 Second Interview, Local News on Mar 18th, 2012
The person behind Keepmeout and Quezti, local Edinburgh University student Ali Eslami has recently started a textbook exchange site – Book Adopter. I met up with Ali and asked him about his new web app … So Ali, tell me about your new startup. Our latest project is called BookAdopter, and it’s a website [...]
Posted in Jobs, Local News on Feb 22nd, 2012
Edinburgh startup Hubdub are in need of a talented web developer to help them with their fantasy sports game FanDuel. They’re offering £30-40K depending on experience as well as stock options to the right person. Is that you? Is it? I’ve pasted their blurb below for the more curious amongst you: —— At Hubdub we [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on Feb 8th, 2012
Are you learning, or do you want to learn, programming in Edinburgh? Then you might want to saunter along to some free networking events in Leith aimed at like-minded folk, where the idea is for you to pair up with other people to study, and also get advice if you don’t know where to start. [...]
Posted in Events, Jobs, Local News, Personal Management on Oct 30th, 2011
In London right now? Sitting on your couch reading Startup Cafe whilst yet again trying to water down that ever worse Sunday morning hangover? Thinking this is another week end wasted away, another week is about to start; your shirts are not ironed and the prospects of that corporate job of yours aren’t that bright? [...]
Posted in Beta Invites, Local News on Oct 18th, 2011
Local startup Miicard is looking for beta testers to try out their app before the main release in a few weeks time. Miicard is is about creating a system of trust online amongst people, and between people and businesses, to improve the safety and convenience of our online transactions. As a beta tester, you can [...]
Posted in Local News on Oct 14th, 2011
Sodash – the social media dashboard by the local AI consultancy Winterwell Associates – has been chosen as one of the winners of Pepsi Co 2011. More details at: http://thesandpit.com/the-sandpit-blog/2011/10/5/sodash-wins-pepsico10-europe-2011.html and http://pepsico10.com/ Congrats Dan and Joe!
Posted in Local News on Sep 11th, 2011
The 30sec version: We’re going to try to be more efficient in how we manage events and job listings on StartupCafe. Events: add them onto Open Tech Calendar – and you can view them on our ‘Events’ tab. Add ** to the start if it is a one-off event. Job listings: add them to workinstartups.com [...]
Posted in Jobs, Local News on Aug 5th, 2011
Hoda, a local children’s arts charity, is looking for help developing Rock OperatoR, a location based game that uses iPhones and maps to guide groups around Holyrood Park. The game leads users on a geological trail of discovery around Arthur’s Seat, beginning and ending at Dynamic Earth. The position requires basic iPhone dev skills, including experience [...]
How to choose your startup idea [Swombat]: Just found a blog that covers pretty much every topic of interest to entrepreneurs. It touches on lead generation for B2B or B2C, equity and...