Startup Britain

#1

Post by robin_reala » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 8:43 AM UTC

Startup Britain
startupbritain.org

Re: Startup Britain

#2

Post by chrisjsmith » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:27 AM UTC

Looks like your average quango set up to provide branded packaged partner junk to businesses for no real benefit.

Re: Startup Britain

#3

Post by sherr » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:32 AM UTC

Not very "NoScript" friendly ... basically, nothing works (navigation, links) unless I disable it.

This always makes me pause to wonder if there's a compelling reason I should "temporarily" disable NoScript (which often then cascades to more sites I need to "temporarily" unblock), or just walk away. I often do the latter.

Re: Startup Britain

#4

Post by bugsy » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:33 AM UTC

It's just the thing for those who want to continue living in a police state!

Re: Startup Britain

#5

Post by thingsinjars » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:34 AM UTC

My favourite part is Top Tip 4: Create a logo.

It doesn't matter if the band can play as long as they have a cool name.

Re: Startup Britain

#6

Post by user24 » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:45 AM UTC

chrisjsmith wrote: post #2

Looks like your average quango set up to provide branded packaged partner junk to businesses for no real benefit.

actually some of it looks pretty handy, like the 'startup kit' for £20 including £30 in adwords

Re: Startup Britain

#7

Post by jasonkester » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:45 AM UTC

AAAAAHH! Everything is a Headline! TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!! Can't parse any words. back Back BACK!!!!

At least, that was my four seconds on the site. Any survivors who managed to parse some content? Were there articles behind those links? Did those articles have any text in non-bolded, non-48px, non-shadowed text on a non-red background?

Re: Startup Britain

#8

Post by alexlawford » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:50 AM UTC

I'm surprised this is from the government. It comes across as very spammy - like an affiliate marketing site. The copy reads like a content farm and most of the links are basically ads for different services. Surely the government can't be that strapped for cash?! Good idea, horrible execution.. (Though the site design is quite nice).

Re: Startup Britain

#9

Post by arethuza » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:52 AM UTC

thingsinjars wrote: post #5

My favourite part is Top Tip 4: Create a logo. It doesn't matter if the band can play as long as they have a cool name.

I wish they had a step 5: "Profit"

Re: Startup Britain

#10

Post by ErrantX » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 9:54 AM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #7

AAAAAHH! Everything is a Headline! TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!! Can't parse any words. back Back BACK!!!! At least, that was my four seconds on the site. Any survivors who managed to parse some content? Were there articles behind those links? Did those articles have any text in non-bolded, non-48px, non-shadowed text on a non-red background?

No. Most of it is trivial advice (for example; under "ideas" it links to TechCrunch) with links to other websites and lots of partner offers.

On one hand, it is a useful collection of links for entrepreneurs in the UK, and the offers, while not exactly brilliant, are worth looking at.

On the other it's not revolutionary.

According to the media there is going to be £1,500 of funding/incentives for startups as part of this project, but I haven't quite figured out if that is launched yet, or whether it means those offers and the other bits on the page (which is not very impressive if so).

I was talking to someone who is involved in this at some level and he said they are developing a mentoring scheme, events/tutorials and some awards/grants etc. But we will see.

Without the latter it's mostly a collection of "government backed" links and bluster.