ShopForCloud Acquired; Now PlanForCloud
Yes, ShopForCloud has been acquired by RightScale, the cloud computing management solution. As part of the acquisition ShopForCloud has now…
By Michael Hayes
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More Awesome Events in Glasgow
This past week has to be one of the busiest yet in Glasgow for tech folk. Last Monday we had the UX Book Club, then on Tuesday the first…
By Michael Hayes
Peaks and Troughs
Life, in general, is full of peaks and troughs; one minute you’re up and the next you can be knocked back down. However with startup life…
By Michael Hayes
Applications Closing Soon For Seedcamp London
Seedcamp London is due to take place on August 7th in the newly opened Google Campus. Seedcamp aims to bring together 20 of the best early…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Weekend Glasgow - The Video
Startup Weekend Glasgow at the end of May this year was the first Startup Weekend to take place in Scotland. It was a fantastic weekend…
By Michael Hayes
RookieOven Meetup - July
For July the monthly RookieOven meetup will be using a new venue as the usual venue, the Bier Halle on Sauchiehall Street, has closed for…
By Michael Hayes
EIE12 Keynote Video
There were a few posts on RookieOven about EIE after the event, one highlighting some of the startups exhibiting and presenting and another…
By Michael Hayes
RookieOven About The Web
Yesterday morning I created a new LinkedIn Group for RookieOven with the aim of creating a place for Scottish tech startups to discuss…
By Michael Hayes
Bootstrapd Open Space Event for Self-Funded Startups
Of interest to Scottish startups is Bootstrapd, a non-profit event for software professionals with an independent spirit. Bootstrapd is a…
By Michael Hayes
WallaBee is a Finalist in the Startup2.0 Competition
The ultimate collection game WallaBee is one of 5 finalists in the Startup2.0 competition in Bilbao. Taking place 15-16th of June WallaBee…
By Michael Hayes
Cake Time for RookieOven
Last Friday we held a one year birthday party for RookieOven. Kev O’Neil of 29 Studios and Moviecom.tv was kind enough to offer the use of…
By Michael Hayes
Ten Tips For Young Entrepreneurs
Cally Russell, founder of RecommendedBy, recently won the Entrepreneurial Spark #startuptweetday with his campaign of 10 tips for start-ups…
By Cally Russell
RookieOven First Birthday Party
RookieOven website was one year old a few weeks back, for the past year I’ve been trying my best to promote Scottish tech startups, give…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Weekend Glasgow: The Teams
From the awesome pitches at Startup Weekend Glasgow we settled on 12 teams (in no particular order): Gifty: your friends, the perfect gifts…
By Michael Hayes
YouTube Mobile/Google TV London Hackathon
I recieved an email about the YouTube Mobile/Google TV London Hackathon on 6th-8th of July and thought it would be of interest to the…
By Michael Hayes
EIE12 Keynote Speaker - Sir Jackie Stewart
As I highlighted in my last post it was Engage Invest Exploit ’12 at the University of Edinburgh last week. EIE aims to put promising…
By Michael Hayes
Pick of the bunch from EIE12
Last Thursday (the 10th May) was Engage Invest Exploit in Edinburgh. I was lucky enough to be able to attend the event which puts investors…
By Michael Hayes
Events Coming Up May
Been rather busy of late, University, Startup Weekend Glasgow and a few other things in the works have meant I’ve not had the time to add…
By Michael Hayes