A Proper Interview With ‘The Zuck'
Last week the BBC aired a documentary called “Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook” that strangely had very little Mark Zuckerberg in it. I’m…
By Michael Hayes
The RookieOven blog
Advice, news, opinion and experience. By founders for founders.
Have You Spoken to Your Customers Yet?
Two questions that are key for any startup are: who will my paying customers be? Will they even like what I have to offer? As Michael has…
By Jamie McHale
What's on in December?
You would think with the end of the year quickly approaching and the weather getting even worse the number of quality events for startups to…
By Michael Hayes
Slight Change of Plan - Sorry
Last week I announced something a little different for the December meetup however I’m sorry to say there is a slight change of plan and we…
By Michael Hayes
Something a Little Different for Christmas (Updated)
The plans for the December 5th meetup have changed. Please see the post Slight Change of Plan – Sorry for more details. The RookieOven…
By Michael Hayes
Thinking Outside the Box
Connect the dots Almost all tech startups I hear about are software based. It makes sense; margins in hardware are brutal and as Marc…
By Michael Hayes
Exciting Times Ahead For Glasgow Startups
On Monday Mike Butcher, Editor of TechCrunch Europe, wrote about a new startup accelerator called Accelerator Academy. In the post Mike…
By Michael Hayes
Scotland: The Foundations Of A Startup Community
There was a guest post on TechCrunch over the weekend by American entrepreneur Brenden Mulligan. In it, based on his travels to visit…
By Michael Hayes
So You've Been Asked a Hard Question…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the inevitable hard questions startups will have to face. I feel it’s a very important subject and the…
By Michael Hayes
Return of the Glasgow TechMeetup
I’m sure you already know (because it was in the Scottish Startup Digest) that this Wednesday TechMeetup returns to Glasgow. The venue for…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Looking to Hire in Glasgow
Kevin Brolly, who many of you may know from the RookieOven meetups, is currently working as a web developer at video based education startup…
By Michael Hayes
Learning from Mistakes
I came across this slide deck from Tara Hunt CEO of Buyosphere titled The 10 Mistakes I’ve made… so you don’t have to. It’s fantastic Tara…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Folk to Follow on Twitter
It’s no secret Twitter is a great place to discover new content and connect with new people but that’s only if you’re following the right…
By Michael Hayes
All the Best Finbarr
Bye, Bye! This is just a short post to wish all the best to Mr. Finbarr Taylor. If you’ve read a few of my previous blog posts or been to…
By Michael Hayes
AARRR! Startup Metrics for Pirates
It’s pretty much impossible to be serious about tech startups and you not have came across Dave McClure. Dave McClure is an angel investor…
By Michael Hayes
Answering the Hard Questions
When getting any startup off the ground (regardless of the industry, tech or not) you will inevitably have to deal with some hard questions…
By Michael Hayes
Advice for Success and Happiness
If you can spare 30 minutes this commencement speech at the 2011 graduation at University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management by…
By Michael Hayes
Got Any Plans For the Start of 2012?
Got a good startup team, an idea with a clear market a some notion of how to make it profitable? Then why not apply to Y Combinator winter…
By Michael Hayes