Francis Hellyer's guest appearances

Francis Hellyer

New Thinking: Leaders

Mooch FM

Heroes of Disruption

Money Talks with Liam Halligan

Paul Perrone

Edan Yago

Jason Trost

Bruce Daisley

Matt Rees

Jenny Kavanagh

Ren Yi Hooi

Tim Robinson

Caroline Casey

Euan Rellie

Felix Mitchell

Nadim Sadek

Andy Vesey

Ross Sklar

Wade Eyerly

OwlTail

Investor, innovator, and futurist Francis Hellyer is co-founder and chief executive of London Theatre Direct. Founded in 1999, the UK-based ticketing site was the first of its kind focusing on the use of new technology to make online sales easier and more efficient. Over the past decade, Francis has aided a variety of companies in the fintech space, and has recently set up his own investment company, Hellyer Capital. In this in-depth conversation, Francis takes us back to where it all began, founding London Theatre Direct and the challenges they faced along the way, tasked with convincing both West End and the public that online sales were the future of ticket distribution; explores ‘the ultimate disruption’ of blockchain, and the societal benefits it may hold; and discusses his his current ventures, why it is important to mentor new startups and his recent foray into film production, with the documentary, ‘American Gadfly,’ which explores the life and presidential campaign of former US Senator Mike Gravel.

Investor, innovator, and futurist Francis Hellyer is co-founder and chief executive of London Theatre Direct. Founded in 1999, the UK-based ticketing site was the first of its kind focusing on the use of new technology to make online sales easier and more efficient. Over the past decade, Francis has aided a variety of companies in the fintech space, and has recently set up his own investment company, Hellyer Capital. In this in-depth conversation, Francis takes us back to where it all began, founding London Theatre Direct and the challenges they faced along the way, tasked with convincing both West End and the public that online sales were the future of ticket distribution; explores ‘the ultimate disruption’ of blockchain, and the societal benefits it may hold; and discusses his his current ventures, why it is important to mentor new startups and his recent foray into film production, with the documentary, ‘American Gadfly,’ which explores the life and presidential campaign of former US Senator Mike Gravel.

Business Leaders - Francis Hellyer

Michael Dorf

Gary Vaynerchuk

In this episode, Anthony is joined by entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Dorf to discuss the impact digital is having on human interaction - and his experience founding the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory in the 80s. What does the future hold for the theatre? Anthony chats with Francis Hellyer, founder of London Theatre Direct, to explore the reopening of the industry and the role blockchain could play in its future. Finally, world-renowned business leader and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk joins Anthony to talk all things NFT investing, and how best to deal with negativity on social media.Follow our guests on Twitter:@Michaeldorf @FrancisHellyer @garyvee Follow us:@moochfm@scaramucci Sign up for our newsletter at:www.mooch.fm Created &amp; produced by Podcast Partners:www.podcastpartners.com 

In this episode, Anthony is joined by entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Dorf to discuss the impact digital is having on human interaction - and his experience founding the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory in the 80s. What does the future hold for the theatre? Anthony chats with Francis Hellyer, founder of London Theatre Direct, to explore the reopening of the industry and the role blockchain could play in its future. Finally, world-renowned business leader and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk joins Anthony to talk all things NFT investing, and how best to deal with negativity on social media. Follow our guests on Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/Michaeldorf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Michaeldorf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancisHellyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FrancisHellyer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/garyvee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@garyvee</a> Follow us:<a href="https://twitter.com/moochfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@moochfm</a><a href="https://twitter.com/scaramucci" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@scaramucci</a> Sign up for our newsletter at:<a href="http://www.mooch.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mooch.fm</a> Created &amp; produced by Podcast Partners:<a href="http://www.podcastpartners.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.podcastpartners.com</a>

Episode 36: Michael Dorf, Francis Hellyer & Gary Vaynerchuk