Vibe Tickets founder Luke Massie has been announced as the face of Richard Branson鈥檚 business competition VOOM 2017.
The聽Lancashire-based managing director took his transparent ticketing app to the final of the competition last year and has received mentoring from the Virgin boss.
As part of VOOM 2017 and the arrival of Voom Fibre, Massie will present around the country on the VOOM bus tour.
鈥淰OOM 2016 has played a huge part in our story, and the lessons that we鈥檝e learned from the world鈥檚 most famous entrepreneur have massively contributed to our success,鈥� said Massie.
鈥淎s a disruptive business, we鈥檙e excited to be part of the conversation that鈥檚 encouraging the UK鈥檚 next generation of entrepreneurs.鈥�
Action packed morning!
Always is when ‘s around. Richards helped myself & a lot and for that I’m grateful鈥� Luke Massie (@LukeMassie)
The VOOM mobile festival of business, with a twist of rock 鈥榥鈥� roll, will be full of workshops, business advice and exciting pitches.
Massie spoke at our recent ‘Lancashire Powerhouse’ event and was among the 30 tech leaders聽to catch聽the maiden Virgin flight between Manchester聽and San Francisco for a Northern Powerhouse聽trade mission to Silicon Valley.
And we’re off. Over the next fortnight, we’ll be bringing the to & . Don’t miss the bus. ????
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