My first startup experience continues to intrigue me with what could have been. But it also haunts me as six months later, I am still waiting to tie up some financial lose ends.

Below are some interesting lessons I walked away with from my brief time in the startup space.

If you're reading this, you're probably in the digital advertising industry, which means that you probably attend a lot of events: we're nothing if not a social bunch. In the nearly ten months that I've been with IAB Australia, I've noticed that people tend to ask me the same question at these events: Why is there a lack of skilled digital professionals?