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Laura Fitton | |
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| Born | Laura Fitton 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Employer | the enough company |
| Known for | Founder, Oneforty; co-Author, Twitter for Dummies |
Laura Fitton is the founder of Twitter app store, oneforty and the co-Author of Twitter for Dummies.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Fitton is the founder of the Twitter app store oneforty which was acquired by HubSpot in August 2011.[3]
In 2010 she was listed in Fast Company as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology,[4] and by Huffington Post as a Female Founder to Watch in Twitter.[5]
In 2011 she received PepsiCo's Women's Inspiration Network award,[6] MassHighTech designated her a Woman to Watch [7] and she received a Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology (WEST) Leadership Award.[8] She also appeared on Mashable's 44 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know list in 2012.
Fitton is the co-Author of the book Twitter for Dummies.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Buderi, Robert. "How Twitter Got an App Store: The Oneforty Story (Part 1)". Xconomy.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Buderi, Robert. "How Twitter Got an App Store: The Oneforty Story (Part 2)". Xconomy.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Wall Street Journal. "Annals Of PR: HubSpot Buys oneforty, Says ‘Tweet This’" August 18, 2011.
- ↑ Fast Company Women in Tech: Evangelists
- ↑ Huffington Post Female Founder in Tech to Follow on Twitter.
- ↑ Pepsico Women Inspiration Awards at SXSW
- ↑ "Women to Watch 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ "WEST Honors Four Women Technology Leaders". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ Fast Company Profile "Laura Fitton, OneForty Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine"
- ↑ Leggio, Jennifer. "Twitter #hashtag chats emerge as future of author-driven book marketing". ZDnet. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Article on Laura Fitton at Mashable
- Article on Laura Fitton at Forbes
- Laura Fitton interviewed on The Social Hour
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