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Island Co-Founder and CEO Mike Fey on stage at the 2024 Venture Dallas Summit. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography/istockphoto]
The Last Word: $3B Island’s CEO on Recruiting Tech Workers to North Texas
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 6, 2024
Mike Fey—co-founder and CEO of Dallas-based enterprise browser unicorn Island—launched his company in 2020 during the pandemic and has since seen its valuation rocket to $3 billion. Speaking at the Venture Dallas conference last week, he talked about why he decided to found his company in Dallas instead of in Silicon Valley.
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