It really depends on your goals and other resources. Build your network: -Spend some of the cash inviting people out to lunch. -Go to conferences, if possible

It really depends on your goals and other resources. Build your network: -Spend some of the cash inviting people out to lunch. -Go to conferences, if possible giving talks Get skills: -Formal education -Workshops -Autodidacting, take time off work Buy assets: -real estate -index funds -angel investing -bootstrapping There are also intangible assets. e.g. Some people give to charity to get into the right networks. Being able to afford time off work to build an open-source project, having the money to pay people to do some of the work (graphic design, documentation): you can build a high-value consultancy this way.