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10 Things to Consider When Writing Your Business Plan - Part One image

10 Things to Consider When Writing Your Business Plan - Part One

All great businesses start with a great business plan. It might sound unnecessary, but taking the time to sit and map out your objectives…

By Charlotte Dougall

Startup Spotlight -  With Jack image

Startup Spotlight - With Jack

The RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community. The aim is to, as the name suggests, put the…

By Charlotte Dougall

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Introducing Digital Technology Meetup Glasgow

Glasgow is a world leading tourist destination with a rich history, spectacular events and diverse culture. Glasgow is also home to a strong…

By Michael Hayes

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Just Add Code

If you're reading this I'll hazard a crazy guess you're involved in tech. So when did you start to learn about it? When you were a child or…

By John Bell

An Introduction to Metrics Driven Development — build features that change real numbers. image

An Introduction to Metrics Driven Development — build features that change real numbers.

How many times have developers picked up tickets because they were in the backlog? Delivered them and never asked why? Metrics driven…

By Michael Carr

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Grenfell Tower Support Hack

What happened on 14 June was terrible. The fire that devastated the Grenfell Tower took 79 lives and changes many more. In the days and…

By Michael Hayes

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Making mobile affordable

Technology is changing our lives at an ever increasing rate and by extension changing how businesses operate. Therefore businesses should be…

By Michael Hayes

Founders4Schools comes to Scotland image

Founders4Schools comes to Scotland

RookieOven works hard to create a better startup community in Scotland and we strongly feel a large part of this is taking time to foster…

By Michael Hayes

Scottish startups don't have to be based in Scotland image

Scottish startups don't have to be based in Scotland

With RookieOven I've always tried my best to shine a spotlight on tech companies and happenings across Scotland. The blog has covered…

By Michael Hayes

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RookieOven Academy - What our students are telling us

As well as gearing up for RookieOven Academy Three, we've been reflecting on the last two Academies and taking the time to figure out what's…

By John Bell

Adimo raises £1 million to make marketing shoppable.

About Adimo Adimo is making marketing shoppable. Its platform integrates with any form of marketing – including display ads, landing pages…

By Peter Retson

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TRC Media - Special Edition

TRC Media acknowledge that women are under-represented at board level in the tech/digital sector in Scotland - so they decided to take…

By Peter Retson

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RookieOven Academy - Demo Day

Last night was Demo Day for the RookieOven Academy and brought an end to our second cohort. With the Academy the goal is for the young…

By Michael Hayes

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RookieOven Academy - UX Design

We're currently running our second RookieOven Academy; each week we call on talent in the Glasgow tech industry to come to RookieOven and…

By John Bell

Glasgow Tech Christmas Party 2016!

Dig out that Christmas jumper, dust off your Santa hat and get ready for some seasonal cheer… It’s the Glasgow Tech Christmas Party! Back…

By Kyle Bremner

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RookieOven Academy Two

Earlier this year we ran our first RookieOven Academy. It ran for 5 weeks (across 6, 2 hour sessions) from May into June with talented and…

By Michael Hayes

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Get involved with Cross Creative

Without doubt one of my highlights for 2016 (so far) has been the Cross Creative programme ran by TRC Media. It gave me more confidence…

By Michael Hayes

Startup Spotlight: Adimo image

Startup Spotlight: Adimo

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community. The aim is to, as the name suggests…

By Morgan Roberts

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