The Logos Matter: What’s Next For San Antonio’s Tech Talent
Article 5 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline When I was CEO of Geekdom, San Antonio’s largest co-working space at the time, our mission was simple: help build the city’s tech scene one company at a time. I remember one meeting that taught me more about recruiting than any other. […]
When Netflix Discovered UT San Antonio
Article 3 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline Once you spend a day recruiting our students, you stop thinking about what San Antonio doesn’t have, and you start seeing everything it does. That’s exactly what happened when I reached out to Netflix. I knew our students had the talent to […]
When Facebook (Meta) Came to UT San Antonio
Article 2 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline When Meta (Facebook) came to recruit at UT San Antonio for the first time, the recruiter arrived polite but skeptical. We had been trying to bring them here for a while. Getting big tech companies to visit wasn’t easy because we weren’t […]
There’s a Tech Talent Boom Happening Under Our Noses
Article 1 of a 5-part series on UT San Antonio’s hidden talent pipeline My friend Diego Bernal once told me, “Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.” It’s one of those lines that stays with you, a sentence that explains an entire city in eight words. I thought I understood what he meant when […]
The Moments That Make Us: Why Events Matter in San Antonio
When we remember life’s milestones, we rarely think of emails, meetings, or the quiet moments we spend alone—folding laundry, commuting, or scrolling through social media, a constant stream of artificial connection. We remember moments of significance. We remember an event. The day we said, “I do.” The moment our child walked across the stage. The […]
A Vote for San Antonio’s Future—Go Spurs Go
As we enter the final days of early voting, San Antonio stands at a crossroads that will define our downtown for generations to come. From the vantage of the Market Street Bridge, you’re able to look down on a simple yet stirring message painted atop our umbrellas: “Go Spurs Go.” It’s a statement of solidarity […]
A Love Letter from San Antonio, for San Antonio
San Antonio is standing at a crossroads, and I fear too few of us understand just how important and fragile this moment is. The decision we make on the future of our downtown arena is not just about basketball, and not just about billionaires—it is about who we are, how we see ourselves, and whether […]
It’s Time for San Antonio vs Challenges, Not Mayor vs Council
I’ll confess that I felt a spark of hope this past election season. I had a hope that City Hall would feel different this time. That the newly implemented four-year terms and the reconfigured council members would herald a fresh start for San Antonio. Instead, just two months in, San Antonio residents are watching a […]
A Billion-Dollar Assist: Who’s Really Benefiting from the Spurs’ New Arena?
I have lived in San Antonio long enough to remember when the Spurs were still playing at Hemisfair Arena and David Robinson was a Navy Midshipman. I’ve watched this city rally behind its team through championships, rebuilding years, and everything in between. Like most locals, I love the Spurs. Indeed, for many years I held […]
An Open Letter from Austin to San Antonio: Please Keep Arguing So We Can Steal the Spurs
*This is a satire piece. The stakes of losing the Spurs, however, feel very real… Dear San Antonio,Hey y’all. It’s us—Austin. We’re writing with love. And opportunity. Mostly opportunity. First off, congratulations on your new civic pastime: publicly spiraling over whether or not to keep your one and only major league team. You’ve turned a […]