Tech Tent: Bye-bye Silicon Valley, Hello Global Workforce?

AS coronavirus lockdowns begin to ease in some parts of the world, the debate about the future of work intensifies.

In Silicon Valley, some tech companies are having second thoughts about abandoning their offices and letting everyone work from home.

But on this week’s Tech Tent, we meet a tech entrepreneur who believes offices are over and his staff can work from anywhere.

Phil Libin is a serial entrepreneur who, until recently, could not imagine working anywhere but Silicon Valley. As chief executive of the note-taking app Evernote, he was not a fan of working from home – indeed he banned video meetings at the company, believing people needed to be in the room to make a proper contribution.

But now, he has moved to Arkansas and his latest venture is mmhmm, a video presentation tool designed to liven up those endless calls on Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

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