Charleston Digital

09/30/2026

New episode of the CDC Tech Life Podcast is live!

Episode 74 features Nick Fogle, Co-founder and CEO of Churnkey, on his path from law school to self-taught engineer and three-time founder, and how Churnkey grew from an internal tool into a global retention platform. Today it ranks #188 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 and #3 in South Carolina, and it's still building in Charleston.

Thank you to host Richard Conte and for supporting stories from our region's tech ecosystem.

🎧 Listen via the link in bio.

09/29/2026

Curious what’s happening in Charleston’s tech and innovation scene this month? Check out our curated list of events happening in October!

Stay tuned - the calendar gets updated.

Check out our calendar - Link in bio.

09/23/2026

Oyster season is back, and so is the Annual CDC Oyster Roast.
On November 12, Charleston's tech community gathers around the tables for local oysters, b**r from neighboring microbreweries and live music. Early bird tickets are $40 until October 12, and CDC members come complimentary.

8,000 oysters, 2,200+ attendees and $38,000+ raised for community initiatives since 2014. Come add to the count.

Register - Link in bio

09/21/2026

Registrations open!!

09/19/2026

09/17/2026

CDC Tech Life Podcast ICYMI 🎙️

This week the mic turns to one of our own. Bailey Hayne, Community & Operations Manager at Charleston Digital, joins the podcast to talk about the AI Academy she's helping lead at the Charleston Learning Center.

What makes this one worth your commute? The AI Academy at the Charleston Learning Center is built on a simple but important idea: everyone is somewhere different on their AI journey, and the learning should meet them there. Whether you're an individual just getting curious or a team trying to adopt AI with intent, Bailey walks through how the program is designed to bring people along rather than leave them behind.

Thanks to Rich Conte for guiding another sharp conversation about the people and ideas shaping Charleston's innovation scene.
This episode is sponsored by the Charleston County Economic Development Department, dedicated to recruiting new business, growing existing industry, and improving Charleston's business climate, helping make conversations like this possible.

Link in bio.

09/11/2026

Most students meet computer science as a subject long before they meet it as something they can hold. Everyday STEM Saturday, a new three hour session launching September 26, starts the other way around: a BBC micro board in hand, a sensor reading the room, and the question of what the device should do about it. From there students build beginner programming logic, work through cybersecurity basics and the engineering design process, and apply all of it to a Smart Safety Device they design, debug, and take home.

What stays with them is less the prototype than the realization that the logic behind it is learnable.

Carla Ferrette-Clark leads the class, which runs 9am to 12pm at the Charleston Learning Center and is capped at ten students. No prior coding experience is required, and boards, computers, and materials are provided.

Learn more and register - Link in bio.

08/31/2026

Now hiring: Community & Operations Manager

Be the heartbeat of our Flagship incubator and the driving force behind the Charleston Learning Center. Operations, programming, member experience, and community outreach, all in one role.

Full-time, in-office, 3+ years experience. Apply at [email protected]. Link in bio.

08/31/2026

We are hiring at the Charleston Digital!

We're hiring a Marketing & Events Coordinator.

If you're early in your career and want a front-row seat to Charleston's tech economy, this one is for you. You'll create content, help run our events and programs, and work alongside the founders and companies building here.

Full-time, in-office at Flagship. 1 to 3 years of experience in marketing, events, or communications. Internships and campus work count.

Letter of interest and resume to [email protected]. Full details at the link in bio.

08/27/2026

New episode of the CDC Tech Life Podcast is live.

Episode 73 features Bailey Hayne, Community and Operations Manager at Charleston Digital, on an initiative she has been leading at the Charleston learning Center: the AI Academy, a new program built to meet people wherever they are in their AI adoption journey, whether they are just getting started or building toward more advanced use in their work.

Bailey shares what went into shaping the program, the questions she kept hearing from professionals and organizations across Charleston, and why accessible, no-hype AI education matters more than ever for a workforce navigating rapid change.

If you are an operator, a business leader, or someone trying to figure out where AI fits into your work, this one is worth your time.

Thanks to host Rich Conte and to for supporting the show.