From the Capitol to the Startup: Why a State Senator Quit Politics to Fund Founders
Travis Fitzwater spent 12 years in the Missouri legislature building the policy infrastructure behind the state's innovation economy — the Right to Start Act, the Office of Entrepreneurship, STEM workforce mandates. Then, instead of running for reelection, he walked away from the chamber to lead the Missouri Technology Corporation, the state-backed venture fund he once helped govern from a board seat. In this live taping of The Disruption Lab, host Kevin McGinnis sits down with Fitzwater to unpack the tension between building systems from the outside and operating them from the inside. They…
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