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When VCs Don’t B t You

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In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter. No one believed that you could make any money as an early stage VC and when we went out to raise our first fund, we heard over and over again that we were on a fools errand. But is wasn’t always this way.

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Apply For The Glue Conference Demo Pod By Friday

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500+ people obsessed about mobile app development, cloud computing, and big data are going to be there this year. As part of the conference, Eric provides 15 early-stage startups with FREE exhibit space. This is the awesome conference that Eric Norlin puts on around our Glue theme. Did I say FREE?

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Less Than Three Weeks To Gluecon 2013

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Not only does Gluecon have the usual raft of amazing startup/early stage sponsors, but this year, the “big guys” are showing up (SAP, Intel, HP, Google, IBM, General Motors, Rackspace). Enterprise development is once again white hot. More evidence is this year’s Gluecon. or Big Data, or APIs?

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