Wisconsin Candidate For Governor Kelda Roys On Her Vision for Tech and Innovation.

About this episode

Kelda Roys discusses her vision for Wisconsin's tech and innovation landscape as she runs for governor.

In this one, Steve sits down with Kelda Roys for an informative discussion on Kelda's case that Wisconsin's economic future depends on. About Kelda: Kelda is a Wisconsin-born attorney, state senator, and tech founder running for governor. She has over two decades of bipartisan legislative wins and a track record of turning big ideas into law. She’s a tech entrepreneur who founded a business to make home-buying more affordable, and a champion for Wisconsin’s startup ecosystem advocating for the capital access and policy reforms that help homegrown companies scale without leaving the state. She’s also a mom and stepmom of five. About the episode: Kelda makes her case for why she’s the most experienced candidate in the Wisconsin governor’s race and what that experience actually means for the state’s tech and business future. She also talks about why Wisconsin keeps losing startups and talent to neighboring states, and the concrete policy fixes she’d push as governor, including a bigger state fund-of-funds for growth-stage companies. Her take on building a statewide culture that embraces risk and failure, and why that mindset shift matters as much as any tax credit. A candid…

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Kelda Roys

Topics covered

• politics
• technology
• economic development
• startups
• innovation

Keywords

• Wisconsin
• governor
• Kelda Roys
• tech
• innovation
• startups
• economic development
• policy reforms

Sponsors

SCS, Concurrencty

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Organizations: Experience Milwaukee, LLC

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