EP 220 – Daan van Rossum – CEO of FlexOS and Dreamplex – Letting Work Come to the People

by Michael Waitze | Jul 30, 2022

The Asia Tech Podcast had an interesting conversation with Daan van Rossum, the CEO of FlexOS and Dreamplex.

Some of the topics Daan covered:

Wanting to be an entrepreneur from an early age
Leaving a good job in marketing strategy because he was not growing professionally
The complexity of building businesses in Southeast Asia
The entrepreneurial drive of Vietnam’s younger generation
The extent to which work and workplaces are evolving
Dreamplex and FlexOS

Other titles we considered for this episode:

What Employees Want Need to Be Front and Center
Building Workspaces Where People Live
Now Anyone Can Work From Anywhere
I’ve Somehow Made It to 7 Years in One City, One Country

This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.

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