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- ↑ 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
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