Lessons from Eventbrite - product and community
Last week RookieOven attended the Dublin Web Summit 2012 to cover the event and seek out interviews with some of the most talented and…
By Jamie McHale
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Startup Spotlight: Interstate
Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community. The aim is to, as the name suggests…
By Michael Hayes
Frames of reference for a startup community
What ingredients go in to making a successful startup community? Here in Scotland we need to change our frames of reference when thinking…
By Jamie McHale
Gogobot - building an engaged user base
Gogobot is a social discovery engine for travellers. Launched in 2010 and with $19M in funding, the company is going from strength to…
By Jamie McHale
Scottish talent at the Dublin Web Summit
RookieOven is currently at the Dublin Web Summit with the intention of connecting Scotland with startups from hubs across Europe and relay…
By Michael Hayes
Droidcon London 2012 - October 25th-26th
Scotland has a fair few startups with a presence on the Android platform such as Gifty, Zappar, Poker Hands and Flexpansion and in the not…
By Michael Hayes
What's the worst that could happen?
I used to work with a successful and experienced chairman of a top-name mega-corp pharmaceutical. He used to say that the problem with…
By Rich Smith
Startup Spotlight: Denki
Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup. The aim is to, as the name suggests, put the spotlight on…
By Michael Hayes
RookieOven will be at the Dublin Web Summit
Over 200 international speakers and more than 3,000 attendees from over 50 countries will descend on Dublin next Wednesday and Thursday for…
By Michael Hayes
ProductTank Edinburgh
ProductTank is a series of local events by product managers, for product managers. They started in London in March 2010 and have since…
By Michael Hayes
People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it
Last week one of my friends sent me a link that has had a profound effect on my thinking and outlook on things and I thought it would be…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Spotlight: theCADcube
Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup. The aim is to, as the name suggests, put the spotlight on…
By Michael Hayes
Finding a voice for your startup
I had the great pleasure of attending the Social Media Week Glasgow retail event hosted by Incentive Media and Harper McLeod last week. The…
By Cally Russell
Entitlement
Some startups I’ve came across recently have an appalling sense of entitlement. From founders I’ve heard cries of “but I’m building…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Spotlight: Swarmly
Each Friday Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup. Giving a brief overview of the company, what they do, where they are and…
By Michael Hayes
Maybes kills startups
Last week I had the good fortune of attending the inaugural HEAT (High Growth Entrepreneurial Action Team) run by High Net World magazine in…
By Cally Russell
RookieOven October Meetup
September draws to a close this week and that means the next RookieOven meetup is on the horizon. Taking place on Monday 1st of October in…
By Michael Hayes
A pandemic in the community
Today marks the start of Social Media Week and as Glasgow is one of the 13 host cities I thought it would be appropriate to highlight a bit…
By Michael Hayes