Ep. 140: Quentin Cloarec, Co-Founder and CEO of Trees Engineering, The Power of Freelance Energy Engineers, Specialized Freelance Platforms, and the Southeast Asia Freelance Economy

Leaders,

Today we’re joined by Quentin Cloarec, Co-Founder and CEO of Trees Engineering, South East Asia’s leading Engineering Talent Platform. We discuss why Quentin started Trees Engineering, why clients are adopting their unique freelance model, and what leaders can learn from Quentin’s journey. 

Quentin embodies two of the biggest trends in the freelance economy:

1. The power of niche, specialized, freelance marketplaces; in his case an engineering talent platform.

2. The global adoption of the freelance economy, with Quentin representing the growth of Southeast Asia and carrying these learnings into regions like the Middle East. 

Key takeaways:

• Why Quentin went beyond a large, horizontal marketplace to solve his own problem within Engineering services

• How freelance adoption in South East Asia is mirroring the United States  

• How Quentin scaled their go to market 

• The value of being incremental versus the traditional view of disruption

• How large companies have embraced Trees Engineering

• Big wins, specifically how they enabled a Malaysian regional office to win business from HQ

• How it’s bigger than freelance, in his case, it’s about fixing the global energy crisis