Building a Team that Resembles Planet Earth, Distributed Work as a Global Resilience Strategy, and Becoming a Unicorn in Under Two Years, with Oyster’s Tony Jamous

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Tony Jamous (<a href="https://twitter.com/jamingo">@jamingo</a>), the CEO and founder of Oyster, a Global Employment Platform that empowers companies to hire, pay, and care for team members wherever they are in the world. Oyster allows growing companies to tap into the global talent pool and offer their remote workers around the world a great employment experience. They are on a mission to make the world a better place by making it possible for any talented person in the world to realize their full potential through fulfilling, fairly-compensated work. </p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.oysterhr.com/">Oyster</a></p><p>Optimize for distributed work: <a href="https://www.oysterhr.com/academy">Oyster Academy</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/teljamou/">linkedin.com/in/teljamou/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamingo">@jamingo</a></p><p>Tony on the Just Go Grind Podcast: <a href="https://www.justgogrind.com/tony-jamous-podcast/">https://www.justgogrind.com/tony-jamous-podcast/<br></a><br>Show Notes:</p><ul> <li>Oyster: a global employment platform</li> <li>How the talent shortage and digital transformation trends have fueled Oyster’s growth to reach $1B valuation in less than 2 years</li> <li>Building a team that resembles the planet Earth, at 500+ employees distributed in 60 countries, and 60% women</li> <li>The operational logistics of a huge distributed team using their “follow the sun” model</li> <li>Leading by example: how to be the best remote worker</li> <li>Oyster’s open source academy for remote workers</li> <li>Tony’s perspective on the global distributed work trend and how it reconnects us to our communities</li> <li>Incorporating in-person time with a distributed team and the downside of hubs</li> <li>What has tangibly impacted Oyster’s GTM strategy and their rapid growth</li> <li>Oyster’s category-creation playbook</li> <li>Tony’s thoughts on the future of wo