Michael Flynn

DataPOWA Founder & CEO

Best pitch presenter you’ve ever seen  Tim Bourne - exposure CEO

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Best sports marketing campaign (that wasn’t yours) Paddy Power - Huddersfield Town shirt sponsorship

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Best agency (that isn’t yours)

CAA

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Best young industry talent 

Sravan Krishnakumar, Data Analyst

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Best sporting event attended

1999 Champions League Final in Barcelona (...the last 3 minutes of injury time)

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Best sporting event on TV

London 2012 Olympics

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Best brand ambassador

Gary Lineker, Walkers Crisps

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Best industry event or conference So many great conferences like Leaders in Sport & Soccerex, but best event has to be European Sponsorship Association Awards Dinner.

Best film containing a scene depicting the sports business Kez (School Football match scene)

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Best book recommendation When Pride Mattered by David Maraniss....as recommended to me by Alex Ferguson on a Taxi ride out to Champagne for a League Managers Association meeting...he also tried to buy Gianluigi Buffon on the way there (1999)

Best restaurant

Just one? No way! Bocca di Lupo & Roka (Charlotte St) in UK are local favourites. La Tupina, Bordeaux worth a flight out for lunch or dinner

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Best holiday resort

Gower in UK, but Kurumba, Maldives will take some beating

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Best box set

Never watched  a box set - but loved the American Office series

Best influence on your career

My Dad

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Best dinner companions (min 4, max 6) Eric Cantona, Barack Obama, Emily Maitlis, David Attenborough, Katie Bouman, Ricky Gervais

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Best job in the sports biz 

Very happy at DataPOWA, but would've course loved to have made it as a Footballer for Manchester United...I did manage to play for Manchester Uni(versity) though...and did manage to sign a contract for £millions with United...but for a Sponsorship

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Best professional regret

Not selling my last company sooner, to set up DataPOWA

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Best skill you most covet

Making people smile

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Best trait you admire in others Passion

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Best overrated virtue 

Of the Aristotle's 12 Virtues? Has to be Temperance...I've never really bought in to moderation fully.

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Best ambition 

Create an Industry standard