Want to know the 'Why' behind Oyster? - Tony Jamous on RemotelyOne

#Mission #Values #Culture

I love to do these podcasts because even if I screw up, there's nothing at stake. The best part of my work is to just have fun with amazing people like you. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Before starting Oyster, actually 13 years ago, I started a hypergrowth technology company called Nexmo. It was a competitor to Twilio. We were the main competitor for Twilio. I took the company public in mid-2016 by doing a merger with Vonage, which led to its acquisition by Ericsson for $6.5 billion a few years ago.

So I left that business. I've done my work in mid-2018, and I was committed to taking a break, to take a year off sabbatical before I decide what I'm going to do next, if I'm going to do anything, because I didn't need to work.

I had to go through a lot of inner work, a lot of questions about why I'm here on this planet. I was really dedicated to my mental health, and that's here because I had all this money. And then I was feeling miserable in my life. Right? My relationships were not great. My health was not great.

I was this, like, typical founder who burns out every three months and works nonstop. Right? So I needed to recalibrate myself and understand why I'm here on this planet.

And that led me to start Oyster as a mission-driven company, first and foremost, on a mission to make the world more free and equal by democratizing access to global job opportunities.

I was forced to leave my home country when I was in my teen years to France to study, to actually hope for a better economic future. You can call me an economic refugee. At that young age, leaving my tribe, my community, my land was a very difficult experience for me.

I was on my own in a foreign country, and I had to really succeed in order to give that protection for my family back home.

So I created Oyster so that people like me don't have to go through this. They don’t have to feel what I felt and bring the opportunity to them.

They can stay in their community, they can stay in their tribe, and then amazing job opportunities can be possible for them.

By removing the barriers for companies in the world to be able to employ anyone, anywhere, the world is your Oyster.

When you're looking for a job, and the world is your Oyster when you're looking for talent.

Full Length Episode
The World is Your Oyster: Inside Tony Jamous’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Platform | RemotelyOne Podcast, Ep 102
with Tony Jamous, Jeff Frick and Kaleem Clarkson
- YouTube - https://youtu.be/-oAmD6Ys5Bk?si=1ghoyOGe4o-P1x4J&t=464
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- Transcript and Show Notes - https://www.remotelyone.com/podcast/episode/world-your-oyster-inside-tony-jamouss-journey-building-billion-dollar-platform-ep
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