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Melissa Hughes: “We're going to create 50,000 small businesses.”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Missy Hughes – February 11, 2026 live interview

Published | Video Starts at 02:53

And so what I really want to focus on with the Unlock Wisconsin and the first phase of that is helping Wisconsinites be able to move past some, some of the barriers that they're facing. So first We're going to create 50,000 small businesses. As you mentioned, the Main Street Bounce Back program demonstrated that Wisconsinites are hungry to be able to follow their passion to take their business from their garage to Main Street. (02:53–02:56)

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