Business
Speakers: San Antonio Startup Week is about business owners, investors making connections
By Edmond Ortiz Organizers behind a yearly, multiday event meant to buoy San Antonio’s entrepreneurial landscape say the happening is mainly about connecting those business owners with each other and with investors, and providing them with more resources. The 10th annual San Antonio Startup Week formally began Oct. 13 with a kickoff gathering at Geekdom,…
Inaugural gaming summit kicks off 2025 San Antonio Startup Week
By Edmond Ortiz The debut of an event meant to showcase San Antonio’s video gaming talent will lead off an annual weeklong gathering of local entrepreneurs, startups and investors that will dominate downtown in mid-October. The 10th San Antonio Startup Week offers dozens of workshops, panel discussions, activations, networking receptions, pitch competitions and other activities…
San Antonio Sports makes history in tapping new board chair
For the first time in the organization’s 40-year history, a woman will lead San Antonio Sports’ board of directors. What you should know Officials with the local athletics advocacy nonprofit announced on Oct. 9 that business owner Mary Ullmann Japhet was elected board chair. She succeeds Jonathan Owens and steps into the position at a…
Business Transactions: Tech Bloc, H-E-B tap new leaders; Plans for La Villita Food Hall, Tower Life Residences unveiled
H-E-B Chief Operating Officer Roxanne Orsak is being promoted to company president effective Jan. 1, 2026. The 37-year H-E-B veteran will succeed current President Craig Boyan (pictured), who will retire at the end of 2026, but stay on as a senior advisor to help Orsak in the transition. (Courtesy H-E-B)
$200M revamp of Tobin Hill hospital to include public art mural
An artist’s rendering of an expanded, upgraded Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, where a $200 million renovation project is beginning at the Tobin Hill neighborhood facility. (Courtesy Methodist Healthcare)
Open for Business: New healthcare providers, barber shop, oil change spot
By Edmond Ortiz Take a quick look at some newly opened businesses in the San Antonio area, including a South Side barber shop, and medical clinics in Schertz and on the West Side. *DeLeon Barber Studio hosted a Sept. 28 grand opening event on the South Side, featuring tattoos, music and complimentary refreshments. Haircuts run…
Narcan is being rolled out to Texas colleges to curb overdoses
A program at the University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center is distributing free naloxone kits and training sessions to Texas colleges and universities in a bigger effort to increase prevention of opioid overdose. (Courtesy University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center)
Gunter Hotel reopens, Hotel Havana plans closure
A $57 million renovation of the Gunter Hotel in downtown San Antonio has resulted, among other things, in every guest room having a vinyl record player and a copy of blues legend Robert Johnson’s debut album. Johnson had his first recording sessions in Room 414 at the hotel. (Courtesy Gunter Hotel)