Ian Myers

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Absolutely. Absolutely.

I think there's a couple of reasons. One, and I of course should get this out of the way, there's a lot of ethos in entrepreneurship and startups in America that you're, specifically that you're building something to build and to scratch a niche and do those kinds of things.

I think there's a couple of reasons. One, and I of course should get this out of the way, there's a lot of ethos in entrepreneurship and startups in America that you're, specifically that you're building something to build and to scratch a niche and do those kinds of things.

And there's a stigma around saying, hey, I saw an opportunity to make a very profitable business that would be successful and make a lot of money. And I try to tell people, you don't need to hide that as a motivation. It's okay to say, I want to be successful, not in the size of my company or the amount of funding I've raised, but that I want to build a business that makes money.

And there's a stigma around saying, hey, I saw an opportunity to make a very profitable business that would be successful and make a lot of money. And I try to tell people, you don't need to hide that as a motivation. It's okay to say, I want to be successful, not in the size of my company or the amount of funding I've raised, but that I want to build a business that makes money.

And I personally want to become successful. And I saw that opportunity here. And that's not a small part of it. In addition to that, for me, this was an opportunity to bring a lot more people who are building businesses into the unique experiences I had around working with people all over the globe.

And I personally want to become successful. And I saw that opportunity here. And that's not a small part of it. In addition to that, for me, this was an opportunity to bring a lot more people who are building businesses into the unique experiences I had around working with people all over the globe.

and develop a positive viewpoint of how the interconnectivity of people and cultures can help support a business's growth in ways that were just not possible before. And so it's an exciting new frontier. There is a lot of change. But what was most interesting to me was the receptiveness of a lot of companies in America to working with folks around the world in a way that wasn't there before.

and develop a positive viewpoint of how the interconnectivity of people and cultures can help support a business's growth in ways that were just not possible before. And so it's an exciting new frontier. There is a lot of change. But what was most interesting to me was the receptiveness of a lot of companies in America to working with folks around the world in a way that wasn't there before.

And I saw, given my experiences, a unique role for myself and for my company to play a guide as this kind of new age of global talent dawned.

And I saw, given my experiences, a unique role for myself and for my company to play a guide as this kind of new age of global talent dawned.

It's very simple. Our company focus is on highly skilled global talent. We are an agency that hires folks mostly in Sri Lanka currently, but soon all over the world. These are highly skilled college educated professionals. They are interested in working with unique people. companies around the world and our client base works with us to bring these people into their teams as embedded team members.

It's very simple. Our company focus is on highly skilled global talent. We are an agency that hires folks mostly in Sri Lanka currently, but soon all over the world. These are highly skilled college educated professionals. They are interested in working with unique people. companies around the world and our client base works with us to bring these people into their teams as embedded team members.

Even though they work for Oceans, they spend every day, 40 hours a week with their client, working for their clients on various things. For the long term, the roles that we mostly fill are in operations and admin, so specialized and highly skilled virtual assistants that we call EA+, marketing roles and finance roles. We have over 300 clients who work with us.

Even though they work for Oceans, they spend every day, 40 hours a week with their client, working for their clients on various things. For the long term, the roles that we mostly fill are in operations and admin, so specialized and highly skilled virtual assistants that we call EA+, marketing roles and finance roles. We have over 300 clients who work with us.

Most of them are startups, but a lot of them are small businesses, services companies like law firms and accounting firms, doctor's offices, nonprofits, creative agencies. And for them, they may have holes in their business that they don't have enough money to hire a person in New York for $200,000 a year, but they still need the work done.

Most of them are startups, but a lot of them are small businesses, services companies like law firms and accounting firms, doctor's offices, nonprofits, creative agencies. And for them, they may have holes in their business that they don't have enough money to hire a person in New York for $200,000 a year, but they still need the work done.

And so they come to us to hire really talented, well-educated, smart people, but at a 80% less cost than it would be to hire them in the US.

And so they come to us to hire really talented, well-educated, smart people, but at a 80% less cost than it would be to hire them in the US.