Laura Fitton

Very very very regretably canceling my trip to Chicago for BlogHer this week. I have been a fan of BlogHer for years, and was thrilled last year when I finally got to attend. I had been asked to join some amazing women in tech on a great panel I’ve looked forward to it for months.

Unfortunately, I’ve just gotten back home from roughly 3 months in San Francisco working on my startup oneforty. I am emotionally and physically tapped out and not bouncing back from the redeye I took with my 2 and (newly) 4 year olds Saturday. Meanwhile the long days of being a startup founder (oh and, um, single mom) and stuff around the recent launch of Twitter for Dummies, is taking all my energy. I’m overblessed with very exciting but high-pressure opportunities. I also need to catch up with my daughters who got the short end of the stick during all the time I spent in SF raising oneforty’s angel round and working with Pivotal Labs to build oneforty.com.

So this weekend I am laying low, dropping off the grid and quietly/sadly missing a PHENOMENAL gathering of women in Chicago. I very much regret letting the organizers down and missing time with so many of my heroes among women online. Speaking of which, THANK YOU Cathy Brooks (@cathybrooks) for agreeing to cover my absence on the Advanced Social Media, Syndication and Stats panel at 10:45 on Saturday.

(By the way, I do have a room booked for Thursday-Sunday at the conference hotel, and would love to be able to turn that over to another attendee or attendees looking for lodgings last minute.)

I was truly looking forward to seeing SO many great people in the Windy City, and I’m sorry to miss it. Elisa, Jory and Lisa, I am a HUGE fan of BlogHer, know this year’s 5th anniversary sold-out program will be amazing, and wish I could live up to my commitment to be part of it. I very much appreciate your generous-hearted understanding of the situation.

Warmly,

Laura

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