Laura Fitton is the founder of

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app store, oneforty and the co-Author of ''Twitter for Dummies''.

Career

Fitton is the founder of the Twitter app store oneforty which was acquired by

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in August 2011. In 2010 she was listed in ''

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'' as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology, and by

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as a Female Founder to Watch in Twitter. In 2011 she received

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's Women's Inspiration Network award, MassHighTech designated her a Woman to Watch and she received a Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology (WEST) Leadership Award. She also appeared on

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'
44 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know
list in 2012. Fitton is the co-Author of the book ''Twitter for Dummies''.

References

External links

Article on Laura Fitton at Mashable

Article on Laura Fitton at Forbes

Laura Fitton interviewed on The Social Hour
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