We all know about choosing the road less traveled and taking the fast track. But the path to success is not always the fastest, the straightest or the newest. In fact, sometimes finding success involves a zigzag through life that only when looking back even resembles a path at all. And that is ok. Join zigzagger and startup veteran Margaret Dawson, who has found business success and personal satisfaction through nontraditional routes. She'll share what she has found to be the important criteria when making decisions, how to evaluate risk, and how to trust your gut and your logic at the same time, and, importantly, how to decide who to listen to (and who to ignore) when making work and life decisions.

1. The Crooked Path
to Success VP &
Cloud
Evangelist,
HP
Margaret
Dawson
and
Professional
ZigZagger

2. 
10 Learnings from a
Professional ZigZagger

3. 80’s
Expectations
Climb the
Corporate
Ladder!

4. Be a “Man”

5. So . . . I followed my dad

6. 
Learning #1:
It’s Who You Know

7. Then took a new (flight) path

8. 
Learning #2:
Jump OFF the Ladder

9. 10 Years in Asia

10. 
Learning #3:
Look for Open Doors

11. Started a new company in Taipei

12. 
Learning #4:
Surround Yourself with
Supportive People

13. Pitched my next job

14. 
Learning #5:
Control Your Own Destiny

15. 2002 . . . Unexpected Job Search

16. 
Learning #6:
Believe You Will Land on
Your Feet
6a: and network, network, network

17. Moved into Network Security

18. 
Learning #7:
Leap into New Learning
Opportunities

19. Microsoft Needed “SSL VPN” Expert

20. 
Learning #8:
Update Your Brand

21. Microsoft ‘NAP’ Start-up

22. 
Learning #9:
Ladder Leap with Startup

23. Moved to the Cloud

24. 
Learning #10:
A “failed” Startup is Still a
Great Experience

25. Answered the Unknown Caller

26. Another Startup in a Big Company

27. And along the way

28. 
Final Learning:
Let Your Light Shine
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our
darkness that most frightens us. We are all meant to shine…
Marianne Williamson

29. 
Thank You
@seattledawson
margaret.dawson@hp.com