#82 Michael Batko - CEO of Startmate
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In this episode, I interview Michael Batko - CEO of Startmate. Startmate is one of Australia’s largest startup accelerator programs. Over the past decade, Michael has grown Startmate to have invested in and supported 250+ startups, with a collective portfolio value of over $3.5 billion.
Michael talks about the how Startmate has grown since 2011 when Niki Scevak founder of Blackbird Ventures and a several successful founders including Mike and Scott from Atlassian first set out to invest in the next generation of early stage founders and started building a community of successful founders to support them.
He also discussed what separates founders that make it into the program and why relentless ambition is one of the key traits they look for.
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Fejezetek
1. Highlight Clip (00:00:00)
2. Introduction (00:00:48)
3. Guest Introduction and Company Background (00:02:20)
4. What are the Traits that the Top Founders Have? (00:05:50)
5. How Have Founders and Startups Changed Over the Past 5 Years?zzzzzzzz (00:09:36)
6. The Impact of Strong Mentors and the Startmate Alumni (00:15:14)
7. What Makes a Great Mentor? Are Great Founders Always Great Mentors? (00:19:23)
8. How Important is Domain Experience for a Founder to Have? (00:21:42)
9. Michael Batko's Strengths and What He Brings to Startmate (00:23:45)
10. Where is Startmate Going Into the Future? (00:26:32)
11. Michael Batko's Weaknesses and How He Overcomes Them (00:36:04)
12. The Best Advice Michael Batko has Been Given Along his Journey (00:38:27)
13. Michael Batko's Business Inspirations (00:42:30)
14. What's Next for Startmate? (00:45:27)
15. Outtro (00:46:20)
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