Surviving Business Valleys, Resilience & Cybersecurity - Mike Ritsema | Ep 360

Ezekiel Iferia sitsdown with veteran technology entrepreneur Mike Ritsema, CEO of i3 BusinessSolutions, to discuss navigating near-bankruptcy, managing risk, and buildingoperational resilience across 35 years in tech.

In this episode, you’lldiscover:

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00 Welcome MikeRitsema: CEO & Principal of i3 Business Solutions

01:44 The Dot-ComValley: Remortgaging, Zero Sales for 9 Months & Near Bankruptcy

05:33 SurvivingDepression: Consistent Morning Routines and Physical Anchors

08:58 Peaks andValleys: Knowing Yourself and Chasing the Next Mountain

11:57 The GreatRecession: Pivoting from Hardware to Monthly Recurring Revenue

15:21 Partner Breakups& Soft Skills: The Devastating Cost of Poor Communication

18:29 The 4 BusinessFundamentals: Productivity, Profit, Differentiation & Risk

21:27 Cybersecurity asBusiness Survival: Financial, Physical and Digital Threats

23:01 Why EngineersOverlook Risk: Designing Modern Software Security-First

24:57 Decades of TechEvolution: From Mainframes and Cloud to AI and Automation

30:03 Connect withMike Ritsema at i3BusinessSolutions.com