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Lorrie Norrington has over 30 years of operating experience in technology, software, and internet businesses.

Lorrie M. Norrington is currently serving as an Independent Director at Autodesk, Inc., Lead Independent Director at Colgate-Palmolive Co., Lead Independent.

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A Startup Founder To Scaleup CEO’s Journey from $0 to $25billion (Halliganism’s)

In my work as an investor with Sequoia and Propeller, many CEOs pick my brain about the journey from startup founder to scaleup CEO. It was indeed a long strange trip, but one on which I learned a lot. Here’s a list of Halliganism’s I picked up along the way that I hope will help some of you on that same journey.

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Perspiration vs Inspiration: In startup mode, the CEO role is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration. In scaleup mode, the CEO role is 10% perspiration and 90% inspiration. What worked in startup mode won’t necessarily work in scaleup mode—you’ll need to evolve.

1 back, 2 forward, 1 back, 2 forward: From the outside, HubSpot might seem like a smooth up-and-to-the-right story. It belies what actually goes on inside. The best way I’d describe HubSpot is two steps forward followed by one step back followed by two steps forward followed by one step back over and over. We n

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