Pub Summit comes to Scotland
Last year the guys behind the Web Summit confrences and F.ounders started a global networking event called Pub Summit and 2013 sees the…
By Michael Hayes
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Advice, news, opinion and experience. By founders for founders.
Time and Money
Time equals money, apparently. But how do we value each? When starting a tech startup it is often easy to get going on a limited budget. The…
By Jamie McHale
A Startups New Years Resolutions (kinda)
Well 2012 is behind us and 2013 is shaping up nicely for the Scottish tech scene. As we’re all getting back into the flow of work and trying…
By Cally Russell
The power of association
I say “shot”, you’ll likely think “gun”. I say “black” you’ll likely think “white”. It’s more than a popular word game; association can be a…
By Michael Hayes
Scumbag marketing
Not once, not twice but three times last week I was very ‘kindly’ added to a startups mailing list without consent. This is all kinds of…
By Michael Hayes
Final RookieOven Meetup of 2012
The next RookieOven Meetup, and last of 2012, is taking place in Glasgow this coming Monday, 3rd or December. The RookieOven December Meetup…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Spotlight: Tech Britain
Each week the RookieOven Startup Spotlight ordinarily aims to highlight a member of the Scottish tech startup community. The aim is to, as…
By Michael Hayes
Let's embrace Ambition
Ambition! It’s a word a lot of us shy away from in Scotland. It’s dirty, a bit self-indulgent and no one likes someone that thinks they’re a…
By Cally Russell
Taking Funding for your Startup is not Evil
Do you know that way you shouldn’t get annoyed by other peoples’ opinions too much? Well I just can’t help myself sometimes. There is…
By Gregg O'Malley
Startup Spotlight: Insight Arcade
Each week the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community. The aim is to, as the name suggests…
By Michael Hayes
5 tips for a Startup Weekend
Last weekend I attended Startup Weekend Manchester where I was a member of the winning team with GoAnnotate; a tool for writers to receive…
By Michael Hayes
Dangerous People
There hasn’t been much posted on RookieOven over the past week or so. I’ve been in a bit of a trough. Over the past 18 months or so I’ve…
By Michael Hayes
Startup Spotlight: Float App
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
Startup Summit 2012
From the 12th to the 18th of November it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and around this time there are 3 excellent events taking place…
By Michael Hayes
Fluid UI and the Mobile Gold Rush
Previously, on “thoughts from the Dublin Web Summit”… we saw that The Next Big Thing is mobile. But before you swing your bag-on-a-stick…
By David Wong
Startup Spotlight: Stipso
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
Startup School and back
I tend to find that the things you remember most are those which involve a certain element of disaster. I’m not trying to suggest for one…
By Gregg O'Malley
The Next Big Thing: thoughts from the Dublin Web Summit
It’s the sign of an impressive tech conference when you can walk past the top guys from Skype, Sequoia Capital, 4chan and Stripe without…
By David Wong