113: Indebted, Josh Foreman

By Dexter Cousins on 03/06/2022

In episode 113 of Fintech chatter, Dexter Cousins chats to Josh Foreman, CEO and Founder of Indebted, a Fintech changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good.

Dexter recently caught up with Josh to record Indebted's People’s Choice Award podcast.

But we decided to record an extended version with bonus content for our loyal Fintech Chatter fans.

Indebted was recently recognised as Australia’s No1 place to work by the Australian Financial Review.

I have an in-depth chat with Josh about his approach to hiring and scaling the business, how he has tripled the size of the organisation, continued to bring in top talent and successfully introduced a 4 day work week

Josh also shares his approach to building a remote, high-performance culture where people can do their best work.

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About Tier One People.

Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

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Article written by Dexter Cousins
Founder of Tier One People and host of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.

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