Michael Batko is the founder of Hourglass AI (thehourglass.ai), an AI implementation agency that builds live AI systems for businesses on a fixed scope and fixed fee. He is also an executive coach for founders and startup leaders at batko.ai. Before Hourglass, Michael spent 8 years as CEO of Startmate, Australia's leading startup accelerator, where he grew the company from $200k to $3m+ in revenue as a profitable, self-sustaining business and grew the fund from $1m to $7m raised annually ($50m+ in total). Startmate's 2012, 2013 and 2015 funds returned 8.9x, 6x and 3x cash-on-cash, and 54% of its companies go on to raise an average of $2.2m. He is a two-time founder and has spent 6+ years in venture capital and pitch coaching, working with hundreds of founders on fundraising. Michael c...