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A managed offshore staffing service pairs global operators with growing businesses for recurring monthly fees.
$650K revenue in year one · millions of dollars in profit since launch
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Ian Myers founded Ocean's Talent, a managed high-skill outsourcing service, after leaving finance and a venture-backed app company. He says the business signed its first contract in February 2022, brought in $650,000 in revenue that year, and closed the following year at about $15 million, with millions of dollars in profit since launch. Ocean's hires full-time operators, mostly in Sri Lanka, and embeds them into client teams. It charges roughly $3,000–$4,000 per month per person, with executive assistants toward the lower end and financial controllers toward the higher end. Myers says he owns 100% of the company and initially tested the service with three workers and friends at reduced prices. The model is service-heavy: recruiting, training, matching, communication, and quality management matter as much as sourcing labor. The creator reports the revenue and profit figures from a founder interview; they are not independently audited.
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Join the Unicorn Club — $5/moCancel anytime, in one clickData credibility: Revenue, pricing, ownership, and profit figures are reported by founder Ian Myers in a Starter Story interview. They are not independently audited; the interview gives aggregate figures rather than a detailed margin statement.