UPRISE Festival Comes to Dublin
This October 3000 attendees make their way to Dublin to participate in Europe’s Startup Festival - UPRISE. The RDS Arena hosts 15…
By Michael Hayes
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Startup Spotlight: Product Forge
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
Pokemon Go Trail
I think it’s time we talk about Pokemon Go or as I like to see it as "dreams coming true for every.single.90’s.kid". It is hard to contain…
By Morgan Roberts
Startup Spotlight: Appointedd
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
Get Involved at VentureJam
VentureJam is a unique opportunity for 40-50 young people in Scotland. Young Scot and Glasgow City of Science are running a weekend ‘Jam…
By Michael Hayes
Happy Birthday Open Tech Calendar
We have a special shout out to Open Tech Calendar to wish them a Happy 4th Birthday! There are a lot of unsung heroes in the Scottish tech…
By Morgan Roberts
Scotland vs London
Last week I was down in London for a few days working out of a coworking space called Wimbletech and it really got me thinking of the pro's…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Spotlight: Administrate
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
Working On The Go
Everyone at some point has to travel for work or work while traveling. This can be a wonderful, all-paid for, no hassle experience OR, the…
By Morgan Roberts
Startup Spotlight - Find A Player
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
RookieOven Academy - Demo Day
For the past 5 weeks, RookieOven has watched three groups of incredibly talented, bright, and tech savvy individuals come together to create…
By Morgan Roberts
RookieOven Academy - Day Two
Our aim with the RookieOven Academy is to develop viable product idea's. Last week Chris from Add Jam helped us generate idea's and in our…
By Michael Hayes
RookieOven Academy - Day One
Education is having a hard time keeping up to speed with the fast moving world of tech. In the tech industry there's not a day goes by there…
By Michael Hayes
Turing Festival 2016
Event wise in the Scottish tech community two events stand out, EIE which was at the start of May and Turing Festival which is on again this…
By Michael Hayes
Keep calm and start talking
Mental health is incredibly important yet something many founders neglect. We often pour ourselves into work and face the ups and downs of…
By Michael Hayes
Punching above your weight
I think some people have a perception that RookieOven is a bit of a heavy weight. We have a stunning coworking space, our website is pretty…
By Michael Hayes
Press Start
We all work hard. From the startups in Glasgow to the giant organisations and even the public sector so let's get together, play some video…
By Michael Hayes
Launching our academy
RookieOven is actually approaching 5 years old. It all started in 2011. On the back of a failed startup I thought it would be a good idea to…
By Michael Hayes