{"id":32062,"date":"2016-02-23T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=32062"},"modified":"2016-02-23T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:23:23","slug":"after-las-vegas-lafrenchtech-invades-barcelona-for-mwc-4yfn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2016\/02\/after-las-vegas-lafrenchtech-invades-barcelona-for-mwc-4yfn\/","title":{"rendered":"After Las Vegas, LaFrenchTech invades Barcelona for MWC & 4YFN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rude Baguette is out in Barcelona this week for Mobile World Congress, and, more actively, speaking at 4YFN<\/a>, a conference built inside of MWC which has quickly become a major\u00a0focal point for Spain’s largest tech gathering. In addition to VR announcement, most notable this year is the presence by LaFrenchTech,\u00a0which matches the presence it had across almost every major technology event – Web Summit, SLUSH, & CES earlier this year – in the past 9 months.<\/p>\n

After its strong success in Las Vegas last month, LaFrenchTech is back as a major partner of 4YFN, organizing a 3-day IoT hackathon and hosting a variety of panels and pitches to France’s top tech companies (Drivy, SIGFOX, and others). Their strong presence has already got attendees noticing – though some of their messages come off a bit forced. “France is Innovative” “France is Startup-Friendly” & “France is Mobile-Tastic” leaflets\u00a0filled\u00a0the speaker & press lounge, leaving at least some feeling like the blunt message was\u00a0gave off a certain\u00a0self-aware self-conscious\u00a0je ne sais quoi<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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"if you have to say it, it's probably not true" @benjrooney<\/a> on @LaFrenchTech<\/a> at #4YFN<\/a> #MWC16<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VTQUVwAvI4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) February 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n