RGV Startup Week

06/03/2026

05/01/2026

Film First Friday (24 hour movie race)

05/01/2026

Rounding out Friday at RGV Startup Week 2026 presented by Supply Pay with the Pop Up Series live at the eBridge Center right now. Free entry, running till 9.

Also at eBridge: Film First Friday, the 24-hour movie race, going down on the Main Stage from 5:30 to 7.

05/01/2026

A peek at what Friday's looking like so far...

Coffee, mimosas, and bites at the eBridge Center to start, then the Main Stage got into Leadership: Leading When There's No Blueprint and Smart Money, New Wealth with Karin Kusano, President of the Texas Chapter of the Association of Women in Crypto, on how women are actually building wealth right now. The conversation moves over to Jolie Petite around noon for a midday session before heading back to the Main Stage.

05/01/2026

How women build wealth is changing, and most financial advice hasn't caught up. Karin Kusano, President of the Texas Chapter of the Association of Women in Crypto, takes the Main Stage at RGV Startup Week 2026 presented by Supply Pay to get into what's actually working now: traditional investing, crypto, digital assets, and how to think smart about growing your money no matter where you're starting from.

05/01/2026

Most leadership advice assumes there's a plan. Most of the time, there isn't. This panel takes the Main Stage at RGV Startup Week 2026 presented by Supply Pay for an honest conversation about leading when the playbook doesn't exist yet. How you make calls without enough information, how you lead people through it, and what it takes to keep moving when the system around you wasn't designed with you in mind.

05/01/2026

Frontera Leadership Institute Demo Day took the Supply Pay Stage to close Thursday in Brownsville. The graduates presented what they've been building throughout the program.

Earlier in the day: Mesa Lista: Opening a Restaurant in Brownsville, a panel on what it actually takes to open a restaurant here, plus training rooms running From Reaction to Response: Leading Self Through Emotional Intelligence with Marco Moreno, Why Your Business Isn't Showing Up on Google (And How to Fix It) with Mauricio Pina, and SBA: Federal Contracting Programs Overview with Marcus Villagran. Pharr's networking mixer wrapped the Valley's day at the Pharr EDC.

Two days left!
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04/30/2026

This is what happens when you take a bet on young people and give them room to run. Frontera Leadership Institute participants take the Main Stage at RGV Startup Week 2026 presented by Supply Pay to show what the program produced and how they got there.

04/30/2026

Friday is for the women builders of the RGV!

Swipe through Women in Business Day at RGV Startup Week — a full day powered by HER Texas for women who are leading, growing, and building big from the border.

Sessions on navigating leadership without a roadmap. A fireside on crypto, wealth, and thinking differently about money. A power lunch with beauty entrepreneur Rosy McMichael. And a closing conversation on what intentional growth actually takes.

May 1 · 9AM–3PM · eBridge Center

RSVP → https://bit.ly/RGVSW26

04/30/2026

Brownsville is one of four cities running Startup Week today, RGV! Pictured: Puro Coffee, Puro Brownsville on the Supply Pay Stage with local coffee founders. 🌴

Also happening today: RGV franchisees session at Chick-fil-A in Harlingen. AI for Good, IP basics, financial ops, leadership gaps, and a Lunch & Learn at Edinburg's CESS Building. The full Pharr program kicking off this afternoon with soft landing strategy, bilingual trade sessions, and a networking mixer.

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