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RGV Startup Week 2026 Opens RSVPs

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RGV Startup Week

RSVPs are now open for the third annual RGV Startup Week, taking place April 24 through May 1. What began just two years ago has grown exponentially into one of the Rio Grande Valley’s largest entrepreneurship gatherings, drawing regional, state and national attention to the innovation happening locally. RGV Startup Week 2026 will once again bring together entrepreneurs, students, small business owners, investors and ecosystem partners from across the Valley…

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Women Leaders: Own The Room & Be Confident

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Leaders of some of Brownsville’s more high-profile public sector organizations spoke about leadership roles at their organizations during the RGV StartUp Week.

Helen Ramirez was 29 years old when she first applied for a city manager’s opening. She recalled thinking that her chances were slim of actually getting an offer for the job. Ramirez did it for the experience of formally seeking such a job. And she saw it as the beginning of honing her pitch and building confidence that such jobs were within her reach. Fast forward to 2022 and Ramirez…

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