Things I learnt as a Dot Com Millionaire:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">There is a TON of money in the world. When the market looks promising, you can cold pitch a Venture Capitalist and land an offer of $15 million (I did). But... that may not mean it& #39;s the right deal.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2">Correlation is not causation on the age/wisdom bit. Sometimes you& #39;ll have better ideas that those older than you, but you don& #39;t have their experience so you& #39;ll need to fight to get ideas heard. Fight. BUT also recognise when those with more years in the game know more, & learn.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3">The start-up space is seriously sexist (it& #39;s way better now) so, again, you& #39;ve got to fight. You also need a great sense of humour, because you literally don& #39;t have the hours in the day to fend off all the attacks. If you& #39;re just fighting for equality, you& #39;ll get no work done.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4">Being a millionaire on paper doesn& #39;t mean you have a million in folding. Not sure why people still don& #39;t get that. It& #39;s weird. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😕" title="Verwirrtes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Verwirrtes Gesicht">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5">Having staff and offices is a gigantic pain in the arse. You go farther, faster if you work solo, or with a small team of freelancers.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="6⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 6" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 6">When an industry collapses, you& #39;ve got to pivot FAST. There& #39;s no time to cry. Pivot! Pivot! Pivottt! I took 3 companies through the Dot Com Crash, put one on the back burner and focused attention on building the newest one with all I had. I brought in a billion-dollar deal.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="7⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 7" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 7">When you get everything you think you want, it doesn& #39;t always feel that great. I remember driving down the road, thinking: "I& #39;m 26. I have 2 offices, 2 PAs, all the top tech, I& #39;m interviewing celebs, I& #39;m in the media, & I feel empty AF."

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="8⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 8" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 8">If you need to do something, you can still do it even if you& #39;re busy.

I realised, aged 29, that I& #39;d forgotten to join a band. So I did. I was a Company Director by day, in the studio recording albums or gigging at pubs by night, and playing festivals at weekends.