At the age of 35, I still live „with my mum“. You can think about it what you want, but that’s a reality, my reality and the price I’m willing to pay as a startup founder.

It has always been clear to me that this is a special kind of support because it allows me to focus on what matters most to me. My startups are bootstrapped, which is why I depend on such help and appreciate it.

Important bonus: When I’m not in Berlin, for example when I’m on the road for my search engine startup (https://studiolist.org), I do not pay room rental, but I can leave all things in the room. That’s how I finance my business trips (recently six weeks in the US, from New York City to LA on the land route).

P.S. Living in my mum’s house with 30+ years burdened me for months and years. I didn’t want to go public with that because I was afraid of the reactions, the ridicule, the malice - also regarding the dating of women. Not very sexy and independent, right? I hear you. But in the last few years, I’ve learned to ignore these sounds and voices and only follow my own sound(track).

I care about what I’m doing and who I’m helping with my actions. But **I don’t care** about your opinion or world view if it’s limiting my power radius, restricting my way of expressing myself or trying to destruct my overall positive attitude towards building ventures that transform lives for the benefit of society (https://www.instagram.com/p/3j8ccCNRlp/) and the living environment.

This was my outing. I encourage you to out yourself too.

Have courage and share „I Don’t Care“ #idc on your favorite social network:

Mastodon: https://naii.io/idc/mastodon

Instagram: https://naii.io/idc/instagram

Facebook: https://naii.io/idc/facebook

Medium: https://naii.io/idc/medium

LinkedIn: https://naii.io/idc/linkedin

Twitter: https://naii.io/idc/twitter

Or read #idc where it originated from - https://naii.io/idontcare

[1] in Berlin, Germany, we say „Mutti“ when we mean mum or mummy.