<prompt> Human: Throwaway because people know my real account.Several years ago I founded an IT startup which builds a suite of tools sorry, being intentionally vague here. Its had relatively little success, enough for my salary but thats about it up until now.I just closed a deal with a large agency to licence my product perpetually, which nets my company just short of 3m. Im the only shareholder and full-time employee, however I have an accountant and cosec assistant on a contract basis. I intend on giving myself a bonus of 1.5m for the purpose of investing in my futureretirement, but need advice on what I should look to do with this money the rest will be reinvested back into the startup. Im still living with parents, but due to circumstances and my relationship with them, I dont intend on telling them or other family members about this money.Ie found this post from a while ago on winning the lottery, perhaps a good place to start? Seems to be dealing with much higher amounts though. Would a scaled version of the same strategy still work?Edit: The deal was closed a few weeks ago, and the first of three payments to be made in 6 month intervals has cleared 1 now, then in 6 months, then in a year. I wont have the full 1.5m till the end of the year itll be less after taxes too, however I want to make sure Ive planned ahead.  <response>: Dont trust internet strangers with this amount of money. Stick to professionals. 