Laura Fitton

Laura Fitton is the founder of Twitter app store, oneforty and the co-Author of Twitter for Dummies.[1][2]

Laura Fitton
Born
Laura Fitton

1972
Alma materCornell University
Employerthe enough company
Known forFounder, Oneforty; co-Author, Twitter for Dummies

Career

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
  1. Buderi, Robert. "How Twitter Got an App Store: The Oneforty Story (Part 1)". Xconomy.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. Buderi, Robert. "How Twitter Got an App Store: The Oneforty Story (Part 2)". Xconomy.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. Wall Street Journal. "Annals Of PR: HubSpot Buys oneforty, Says ‘Tweet This’" August 18, 2011.
  4. Fast Company Women in Tech: Evangelists
  5. Huffington Post Female Founder in Tech to Follow on Twitter.
  6. Pepsico Women Inspiration Awards at SXSW
  7. "Women to Watch 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  8. "WEST Honors Four Women Technology Leaders". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  9. Fast Company Profile "Laura Fitton, OneForty Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine"
  10. Leggio, Jennifer. "Twitter #hashtag chats emerge as future of author-driven book marketing". ZDnet. Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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