Dame was right and wrong. However, clearly there were reasons behind why Def Jam originally did not invite him to this meeting. He clearly didn't read the room.
The actions leading up to that meeting caught up to him. Those Rocawear trips to Paris.... silly business decisions around Roc-A-Fella, and just firing staff all caught up to him.
Pretty sure right after the split, Dame had more than like 10 different business ventures at or around the same time, including:
Dame Dash Music Group
Pro-Keds
Rachel Roy
State Property
Tiret
Armadale
Dash Films
CEO
America Magazine
Dash/Dibella Productions
RocBox
DD172
Then you add in the turmoil around Rocawear and hiring/firing advisors and a lot of money was wasted.
If he considered focusing his energy on a couple ventures at one time and not get angry at his peers, he would be a $100 million mogul