El Paso Startup Week
A week of workshops, panels, and pitch events run by the people actually building companies on this border. More than thirty five events last year across El Paso, Horizon, and Las Cruces.
Built by the ecosystem, not for it
Startup Week is an annual event that brings together entrepreneurs, innovators, and business leaders to strengthen the region’s startup ecosystem. It draws founders at every stage, plus the investors and mentors who back them.
Programming comes from more than twenty entrepreneurial support organizations across the borderland. Each one runs what it knows best, and the week stitches those sessions into a single schedule anyone can navigate.
The calendar below runs year round. Startup Week is the week it gets loudest, not the only time anything happens.
What’s coming up
See the full calendarAugust 2026
- Fri14Aug
Gaming Tech Showcase
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM · 500 West Overland Avenue, Suite 210
Local studios and student teams demo what they have been building, followed by open play and time with the developers.
Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce · Free · Demo Day
- Mon17Aug
AI Digital Marketing Skills Camp — Morning Path
Day 1 of 48:30 AM – 12:30 PM · 500 West Overland Avenue, Suite 210
Four-day hands-on camp covering practical AI tooling for small business marketing. Bring a laptop and a business you are actually working on.
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation · Free · Workshop
- Mon17Aug
AI Digital Marketing Skills Camp — Afternoon Path
Day 1 of 41:00 PM – 5:00 PM · 500 West Overland Avenue, Suite 210
The same four-day camp on an afternoon schedule, for people who cannot make the morning sessions.
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation · Free · Workshop
- Tue18Aug
AI Digital Marketing Skills Camp — Morning Path
Day 2 of 48:30 AM – 9:30 AM · 500 West Overland Avenue, Suite 210
Four-day hands-on camp covering practical AI tooling for small business marketing. Bring a laptop and a business you are actually working on.
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation · Free · Workshop
- Tue18Aug
AI Digital Marketing Skills Camp — Afternoon Path
Day 2 of 41:00 PM – 2:00 PM · 500 West Overland Avenue, Suite 210
The same four-day camp on an afternoon schedule, for people who cannot make the morning sessions.
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation · Free · Workshop
Running something? Put it on the calendar.
Send the committee your event once, including every date it runs and any promo art you want used. A reviewer approves it and it publishes to this calendar. No back and forth over email.
Open to any entrepreneurial support organization, university program, or founder group in the region.
Entrepreneurial support organizations and partners
- Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce
- Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
- City of El Paso Business One-Stop Shop
- Prairie View A&M University Extension
- Sun Cruces Angels
- Better Business Bureau
- The League of Business
- Pioneers 21
- GDG El Paso