Michael participated in the February Hatch intake and had a month in South America to continue to validate his sheep genetics startup idea. Michael has excellent networks and knowledge in the Sheep industry, however, with an agtech solution as his preferred business model, he may need to bring on a tech co-founder or be able to outsource the tech MVP build to fully implement his vision. One of his key learnings from the Hone program was realizing that his vision of the export trade using ASBVS (breeding values) and enhancing semen exports post-COVID has a growth opportunity after completing Business Model Canvas. Throughout the program, Michael was able to identify areas where he needed to further improve to achieve long term goals.