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Mike Fey: Highs are high and lows are low. [CEO] [Career Notes]

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N2K Networks, Inc.

Technology, Daily News, News, Tech News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Mike Fey, CEO and co-founder of Island.io, joins to share his story, falling in love with technology and being fascinated by it at a young age. Mike quickly started working for companies where he grew in his role, becoming CTO of McAfee and then GM of the Enterprise business, stepping out to then become president and COO of Blue Coat, which was eventually acquired by Symantec, eventually wanting to get into his own business. He shares that being a small business owner is a lot of hard work and very tiring at times, he says "especially in a startup, the highs are very high and the lows are very low." Mike also mentions how easy it is to get knocked down when being in charge of your own business, but that teamwork is what helps to bring him back up. Mike says he wants to eventually help change the world and hopefully his legacy will help him to do that some day. We thank Mike for sharing his story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, my name

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Hello, my name is Mike Fay. I'm a CEO and co-founder of an organization called

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Island.io. I was drawn to technology.

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