Oyster co-founder Jack Mardack explains how the global employment platform reached a $1.2B valuation while holding B Corp certification, and why he treats impact as a design problem rather than a values statement added at the end. Recorded ahead of the MeOut Summit in Budapest, the conversation separates impact by intention from impact by design and asks what investors should demand as proof.
He also takes on the ESG scorecard era as it winds down, and sketches a ten-year view of what happens to the European workforce if talent, capital and opportunity finally connect across borders.