The Digital Sport Insider

Michael is a partner and co-founder at Sports Investment Partners, a European investment firm focused purely on driving investment and growth in the sport industry. Senior operational roles combined with Board level experience in a wide range of business types enable him to have a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities in the industry – from companies with typical business models (Arena Group) to those exploiting the leveraged operating model that technology can provide (Rightster, Mondogoal, Umbel). We sat down at his office nr Regent Street in London to chat through; - his role at SIP - what he looks for in a potential investment - how the people involved in a startup are the no.1 most important area to look at, and can they explain their idea simply? - his thoughts on sport social networks including The Dugout - lessons he learned from involvement in Rightster, now Brave Bison, and how it was the right idea but it was the execution that let them down - his love of writing blog posts on L