{"id":1237,"date":"2013-01-08T10:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2013-01-08T10:07:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T10:07:19","slug":"adafruits-limor-fried-wins-entrepreneur-of-2012-reblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"Adafruit\u2019s Limor Fried wins Entrepreneur of 2012 [reblog]"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Extract from <a href=\"http:\/\/GeekBoy.it\">GeekBoy.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those of you that don\u2019t know the name Limor Fried, you may know her by her community persona of \u2018Lady Ada\u2019, the founder of Adafruit industries. Limor runs a $4.5 million business which has 25 employees. Her business designs, manufactures and shares the knowledge for some of the coolest maker toys around! It\u2019s a pleasure to tell you that Entrepreneur Magazine have chosen Limor Fried as their 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geekboy.it\/news\/adafruits-limor-fried-wins-entrepreneur-of-2012\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Limor-Fried-20121.png' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full article here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/geekboy.it\/news\/adafruits-limor-fried-wins-entrepreneur-of-2012\">Adafruit\u2019s Limor Fried wins Entrepreneur of 2012 | GeekBoy.it<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extract from GeekBoy.it &#8220;For those of you that don\u2019t know the name Limor Fried, you may know her by her community persona of \u2018Lady Ada\u2019, the founder of Adafruit industries. 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