Emerge and Rise, Inc

08/05/2026

Monday in Austin with the Texas Economic Development Corporation TxEDC.

We talked about San Antonio. What the market looks like right now, which international companies are paying attention to it, and how our International Soft Landing Program helps them through their first 12 months here.

We also got honest about what is working and what is not. Landing a company in a new market takes more than an introduction. It takes operational follow-through, funding that holds, and local partners who stay in the room after the first meeting. We spent the time on solutions, not just the list of problems.

TxEDC markets Texas. We work company by company on what happens after the decision to expand.

Thank you to Aaron, Dr. Valerie Segovia, and Dale Robertson.

Link in bio if you are looking at Texas.

07/01/2026

06/02/2026

We’re setting up a table at the Veterans GovCon Prep Fair on June 30, and we want to see you there.
It’s a full day for veteran-owned businesses going after federal and Texas state contracts. Workshops, panels, and real technical help, with the GSA, the Office of the Texas Governor, the Texas Comptroller (VetHub and CMBL), and the Texas Veterans Commission. Title Sponsor SouthState Bank is covering free LLC formation and financial readiness guidance for veterans.
If you’re a veteran founder in San Antonio, come find us. Tell us what you’re working on.
📍 Holiday Inn San Antonio SeaWorld
🗓️ June 30, 8 AM to 5 PM
🎟️ link in bio, $33.85, lunch included
Hosted by Texas Veterans Two-Step, Inc.

06/01/2026

San Antonio is going to Ireland this October. 🇮🇪

We are putting together a small group of San Antonio companies to represent our city at the Futura Innovation Conference in Limerick, October 19 to 22. Three companies are already in. We have room for about six more.

Why go together? Futura brings 1,500+ people from 15+ countries into one walkable city, across seven industry tracks. Founders, investors, government, and researchers in the same rooms. Going as a recognized city group opens doors that are hard to reach on your own.

One delegation fee covers everything, including the group event rate. No piecing it together yourself.

If your work touches MedTech, technology, AgTech, enterprise, aerospace, logistics, or creative industries, there is a lane for you in Limerick.

This is mutual collaboration for our growing community. We carry the San Antonio name together.

Interested? Link in bio. Two minutes, and it commits you to nothing.

05/28/2026

San Antonio, the wait is over.

Introducing the inaugural San Antonio Odyssey Award winners: five people who showed up, built something and making this city better for it every day.

🏆 Ryn Pitts — Serendipity Social Co.
💡 Michael Pendleton — AI Cowboys
❤️ Edmund Olszewski — City Problem Solvers
📈 Orobi — Cybersecurity Solutions
🌟 Ava Wilson — Abundant Grazing

We are celebrating them in July at our 5th anniversary.

Details dropping soon.

Drop a 🌟 in the comments to congratulate our winners.

05/27/2026

We almost wrapped a chapter I hope is the first of many.
Abena came here as a Circular Economy Research Fellow through the YPL Fellowship, hosted by . He leaves with a completed Circular Economy Playbook and a full strategic plan for his company, Pacific NRGies, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Thank you to , , and for the conversations that shaped what Abena is taking home.
We are not done. Emerge and Rise is heading to Port Moresby.
Welcome to the family, Abena. See you in Papua New Guinea. 🌏

05/23/2026

San Antonio moved fast this week.

Meetings with small business owners talking through staffing, growth, sustainability, and operations. The real conversations people usually keep behind closed doors.

We attended AIM 2026 Health R&D Summit with VelocityTX and pitched ABOV3. Needed conversations around health, innovation, and what’s next.

Started building a partnership with and left with bigger ideas than we walked in with. The best meetings usually do that.

Spent the evening at the REC () with Impact Guild () and the Climate Ready Neighborhoods Network talking about resilience, neighborhoods, and what collaboration actually looks like in this city. Also, if you haven’t visited the REC yet, go.

And in between all of it, we kept working with Abena, our fellow visiting from Papua New Guinea. Showing someone San Antonio through your own eyes changes the way you see the city too.

Partnerships matter now more than ever. Shared resources. Hard conversations. Late follow-ups. Building while figuring it out together.

That’s how community gets built, by doing things together.

Sustainability

05/15/2026

Thank you, San Antonio ❤️

Last night’s ImpactUp gathering was full of good people, honest conversations, and a lot of connection.

Thank you to for sponsoring the event and for creating this global movement.

Big thank you to Amir + for co-hosting with Emerge and Rise. And huge shout out to Elizabeth and her team with for hosting us! 🍷

The theme was storytelling.

Stories are how people connect. How communities grow. How people understand the “why” behind the work.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and shared space with us last night 🎊

05/09/2026

Next Thursday ✨

Join us for ImpactUp x San Antonio.
A gathering for nonprofit leaders, small business owners, community builders, and changemakers connected to a global movement.

Hosted by We Are For Good ()+ Givebutter ()
Local hosts: Emerge and Rise + Students of Service (SOS) ()

This year’s theme: Storytelling.
The real kind. The human kind.

🤝 Real conversations
🌍 Local voices with global impact
💬 Community, trust, and leadership
☕ Good people doing good work in San Antonio

If you’ve been wanting to meet more people making things happen in this city, this is your room.

May 14 •

05/08/2026

Christine (Service Award Honoree) and Lina (Advocacy Award Nominee) were nominated but did not win. Thank you to the for putting together an incredible event and congratulations to all the winners. 🎉