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I’ve been gathering feedback and data on my first product, Seeu.at, since launching previews in mid-2012.

Last year the guys behind the Web Summit confrences and F.ounders started a global networking event called Pub Summit and 2013 sees the return of these events but this time on a large scale..

Time equals money, apparently.

Well 2012 is behind us and 2013 is shaping up nicely for the Scottish tech scene.

I say “shot”, you’ll likely think “gun”.

Not once, not twice but three times last week I was very ‘kindly’ added to a startups mailing list without consent.

The next RookieOven Meetup, and last of 2012, is taking place in Glasgow this coming Monday, 3rd or December.

Each week the RookieOven Startup Spotlight ordinarily aims to highlight a member of the Scottish tech startup community.

Ambition!

Do you know that way you shouldn’t get annoyed by other peoples’ opinions too much?

Each week the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community.

Last weekend I attended Startup Weekend Manchester where I was a member of the winning team with GoAnnotate; a tool for writers to receive feedback on their work.

There hasn’t been much posted on RookieOven over the past week or so.

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community.

From the 12th to the 18th of November it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and around this time there are 3 excellent events taking place across the UK; Startup Weekend Manchester which runs from 9th-11th November, Startup Weekend Edinburgh 16th-18th November

Previously, on “thoughts from the Dublin Web Summit”… we saw that The Next Big Thing is mobile.

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community.

I tend to find that the things you remember most are those which involve a certain element of disaster.

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 thinking too much of it.

Last week RookieOven attended the Dublin Web Summit 2012 to cover the event and seek out interviews with some of the most talented and successful founders in the world.

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a member of the Scottish tech startup community.

What ingredients go in to making a successful startup community?

RookieOven is currently at the Dublin Web Summit with the intention of connecting Scotland with startups from hubs across Europe and relay opinions and news from the event to the Scottish community.

Gogobot is a social discovery engine for travellers.

I used to work with a successful and experienced chairman of a top-name mega-corp pharmaceutical.

Scotland has a fair few startups with a presence on the Android platform such as Gifty, Zappar, Poker Hands and Flexpansion and in the not too distant future Swarmly, WallaBee and travelbit will also have Android versions.

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup.

Over 200 international speakers and more than 3,000 attendees from over 50 countries will descend on Dublin next Wednesday and Thursday for the Dublin Web Summit.

ProductTank is a series of local events by product managers, for product managers.

Last week one of my friends sent me a link that has had a profound effect on my thinking and outlook on things and I thought it would be worthwhile sharing it on RookieOven.

Each Friday the RookieOven Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup.

I had the great pleasure of attending the Social Media Week Glasgow retail event hosted by Incentive Media and Harper McLeod last week.

Some startups I’ve came across recently have an appalling sense of entitlement.

Each Friday Startup Spotlight highlights a Scottish tech startup.

Last week I had the good fortune of attending the inaugural HEAT (High Growth Entrepreneurial Action Team) run by High Net World magazine in Edinburgh.

September draws to a close this week and that means the next RookieOven meetup is on the horizon.

Today marks the start of Social Media Week and as Glasgow is one of the 13 host cities I thought it would be appropriate to highlight a bit of a pandemic I’ve noticed within the Scottish startup community in regards to social media.

Each Friday Startup Spotlight features a Scottish tech startup, giving a brief overview of the company, what they do, where they are and who they are.

I cannot praise highly enough the work Informatics Ventures do for Scottish tech startups.

Each Friday Startup Spotlight features a Scottish startup, giving a brief overview of the company, what they do, where they are and who they are.

On Tuesday night I was down in Manchester for TechBasin Beers, a monthly informal meetup for Manchester based tech startups, where Doug Ward and Shaun Gibson of Tech Britain along with Ben Hookway and Martin Bryant announced TechHub Manchester.

A couple of months ago I was talking to a tech startup who went to great lengths to tell me how ‘lean’ they were being.

A new regular feature on RookieOven will be Startup Spotlight.

Being a blog focusing on the Scottish startup community I thought it would be wise to remind ourselves why Scotland is the ideal place to base your tech startup.

Welcome to the new look RookieOven.

Most of the focus on the Scottish tech scene is on the major hubs such as Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh however this is remiss as there are a loads of talented people across Scotland.

One of the biggest hurdles you face as a new entrepreneur, building an online product, is the ‘fear’ of feedback.

As you may have seen in one or two posts on RookieOven the Turing Festival returns to Edinburgh in 2012, in fact it starts today.

Shell LiveWIRE is one of the UK’s longest running youth enterprise schemes, established in 1982.

Just over a week to go until the Turing Festival 2012 so I thought I would round up some more events which I think are essential for Scottish tech startups.