Oyster: The Tech Venture Determined to Reduce Inequality

Tony Jamous is the CEO at Oyster - a talent platform that enables companies to hire great people anywhere on the planet. Previously Tony co-founded Nexmo – a cloud communications platform – & led them to a $230m exit!

We explored:

• How Nexmo grew from 10m to 100m ARR in 6 years & how leadership style & organisational structure evolved at each stage of growth
• Why Nexmo chose to exit via M&A in preference to the IPO route chosen by their US competitor Twilio
• How Oyster reduces inequality by lowering the barrier for companies in any country to hire talent in any country 
• How virtual organisations reduce the differentials between extroverts & introverts and improve employees' mental health
• Why Oyster partnered with Connect Ventures as an investor who shared their goals for “Impact 2.0” in preference to other VCs who's interest was purely ROI 

For more insights into Oyster's platform check out https://www.oysterhr.com/ & for advice on hiring diverse, high impact, B2B software scaleup leaders head over to https://alpinasearch.com