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Students, this one is for you!Myrtle Beach's first in-person Hacktoberfest Hack Day runs with MLH, the same league behin...
10/13/2026

Students, this one is for you!

Myrtle Beach's first in-person Hacktoberfest Hack Day runs with MLH, the same league behind student hackathons at campuses across the country. Make your first open-source contribution, build something in a day, and meet people already doing this work here. No experience required.

University and high school students welcome. Saturday, October 24 - eMYRge at the HTC Aspire Hub, 10am to 7pm.

This Week at eMYRge. Three free rooms, and one comes with lunch.TUE, OCT 13 • 12-1PM • Bring Your Blocker: A Builder’s W...
10/12/2026

This Week at eMYRge. Three free rooms, and one comes with lunch.

TUE, OCT 13 • 12-1PM • Bring Your Blocker: A Builder’s Working Lunch
You’ve been stuck on it all week. The app store deployment, the database that won’t cooperate, the technical call you’d normally run past a cofounder. Bring it, and your laptop, to a one-hour working lunch with other builders and founders. Lunch is on us.

Register Here: https://luma.com/emyrge-r35b

WED, OCT 14 • 9-10AM • 1 Million Cups® Myrtle Beach
A founder presents, the room asks questions. This week, Konrad Nierwinski shares Ravin Social, a Myrtle Beach e-commerce company that lets shoppers trade a verified social post for an instant discount at checkout. Stores get real customer content instead of paid ads. Hear what he’s learning from a private beta, then tell him what you think.

Register Here: https://luma.com/a21g9sp6

THU, OCT 15 • 11AM-12PM • Present & Pitch | Founders Series Workshop
Session three of four. Led by Mckean Nowlin, this is applied storytelling, not a lecture. Build a pitch, deliver it live, get real-time coaching and feedback. Investors, your board, a client, it’s the same skill. Open to members and non-members. Seats are limited.

Register Here: https://luma.com/t9x158nv

FLASH Weather wins Best in Show at the 2026 eMYRge Golf Tech Accelerator Challenge (GTAC) supported by Play Golf Myrtle ...
10/09/2026

FLASH Weather wins Best in Show at the 2026 eMYRge Golf Tech Accelerator Challenge (GTAC) supported by Play Golf Myrtle Beach, Coastal Carolina University, and Golfweek.

TenFore Golf named honorable mention.

GTAC was a national event that took place October 6-8 designed to identify and elevate emerging companies shaping the future of golf while advancing innovation in Myrtle Beach, the Golf Capital of the World®.

The three-day accelerator and showcase brought together entrepreneurs, early-stage innovators, investors, industry leaders, students, and media to explore technologies and business models transforming the golf industry.
Supported through a Relentless Challenge grant from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the program featured a community tour, product demonstrations, mentorship, industry dialogue, and investor connections. All culminating in a live streamed pitch showcase highlighting companies developing the next generation of golf experiences.

The 2026 cohort: Flash Weather AI (Best in Show), TenFore Golf (runner-up), Groove Golf, SmashSwing.Golf, CourseRev.ai, Clubhaus, Golf District, and Leaderboard Golf.

Flash Weather AI will receive four complimentary community memberships at eMYRge and enhanced promotion from Golfweek and Play Golf Myrtle Beach (Golf Tourism Solutions).

All participating companies received a complimentary community membership at eMYRge so they can continue their journey of growth and innovation in The Golf Capital of the World®.

Photos by Drew Amato

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Three free rooms next week, and one comes with lunch.TUE, OCT 13 • 12-1PMBring Your Blocker: A Builder's Working LunchBr...
10/08/2026

Three free rooms next week, and one comes with lunch.

TUE, OCT 13 • 12-1PM
Bring Your Blocker: A Builder's Working Lunch
Bring your laptop and the thing you're stuck on, from app store deployment to a database problem. Work through it with other builders and founders. Lunch provided.
https://luma.com/emyrge-r35b

WED, OCT 14 • 9-10AM
1 Million Cups Myrtle Beach
Founders present, then the room jumps in with Q&A and great feedback!
https://luma.com/a21g9sp6

THU, OCT 15 • 11AM-12PM
Present & Pitch | Founders Series Workshop
Session three of four, led by Mckean Nowlin. Build a pitch, deliver it live, and get coaching and peer feedback. Seats are limited.
https://luma.com/t9x158nv

Ten in the morning to seven at night. One room, one day, whatever you decide to build.Here's how a hack day actually run...
10/07/2026

Ten in the morning to seven at night. One room, one day, whatever you decide to build.

Here's how a hack day actually runs. You show up, pitch a project or join someone else's, then spend the afternoon building it with people who know what they're doing. Short workshops early. Judges at the end. Something real to show for it by dinner.

That's Myrtle Beach's first in-person Hacktoberfest Hack Day, Saturday, October 24 - eMYRge at the HTC Aspire Hub. Open source, AI, and the Myrtle Beach tech community in one place for a day.

Registration link in comments.

Martina Wilson is the kind of founder people want to come out and support. This happens week after week at 1 Million Cup...
10/06/2026

Martina Wilson is the kind of founder people want to come out and support.

This happens week after week at 1 Million Cups Myrtle Beach .

Who's a founder you'd show up for on a Wednesday morning to support?

Martina Wilson of Inner Mixologist knows every good drink has a story behind it. This week, in front of a packed room at 1 Million Cups Myrtle Beach, she poured hers.

The room filled with familiar faces and a few who don't usually make it to 1MC, all there to support Martina. She's a regular at eMYRge sessions, and she didn't wing this one. She worked through coaching sessions, built around this exact presentation. The prep showed. She stepped to the front with confidence, apron on and a kit of supplies in hand, surrounded by people rooting for her.

Her ask: help with internal operations. She knows she has support, but she's new to this side of the business and wants to learn from people who've done it.

When a founder is that open about what she needs, this is the room you want to be in. Coffee, donuts, and a few dozen people who want to see a startup win. That's a Wednesday at 1MC.

Martina's advice to the next first-time presenter: let go of the nerves, because this community is always welcoming. Then she did exactly that. Calm, clear, and completely in her element.

Thank you, Martina, for sharing your story with us. We're glad you came!

Next week's 1 Million Cups on Wednesday, October 7 is CANCELLED.

We're back Wednesday, October 14 at 9AM with another founder and a full pot of coffee.

Register here: https://luma.com/a21g9sp6

You know the feeling of sitting through a presentation that goes nowhere. Someone clicks through slides, name-drops a fe...
10/05/2026

You know the feeling of sitting through a presentation that goes nowhere. Someone clicks through slides, name-drops a few tools, and by the Q&A everyone is checking their phone. You leave with a notebook full of things you will never look at again.

Our TECH TALK Tuesday does not run that way, and it's back this Tuesday, October 6 at noon.

The topic: Napkin to Launch, on turning an idea into a working product, facilitated by Daniel O'Sullivan. The conversation covers taking something from a rough concept to something actually shipped using tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, and Replit, and just as importantly, where those tools stop being enough and a human engineer still has to step in.

Trent Robinson, founder of PlaQRd and Robinson House Company, walked out of the last session still thinking about it. What he saw: people actually showing what they use instead of just talking about it. One founder walked through automation built around Kiva that cut out major hours of manual work. Someone else showed how they update a PRD straight from a meeting transcript instead of writing it up later.

"What made it different was that it became more of a collaborative roundtable than a normal presentation," Trent said. "People weren't just listening, they were contributing, demonstrating, comparing workflows, and learning from each other."

Bring whatever you are building, half-built or fully stuck, and leave with people who can help you move it forward.

Lunch is on us. Seats are limited, request to join,

Registration link in the comments.

Some of the technology being built by eMYRge members could shape how everyday products are made, and CARL SafeSense is o...
10/02/2026

Some of the technology being built by eMYRge members could shape how everyday products are made, and CARL SafeSense is one example. Nikki Kintz and her husband Tyler credit the connections they've made with getting them in front of the right people faster than they expected.

The problem they're working to solve is entrapment. These incidents are more common than most people assume, often the kind of preventable accident that barely makes the news before it happens again somewhere else.

Nikki now chairs a new ASTM task group writing safety standards for connected consumer products, the kind of technology categories that will define how manufacturers build for years to come. She and Tyler are building the technology behind that standard: a system that can detect a living being and stop equipment from operating before it causes harm.

The prototype is now in development with students at Coastal Carolina, moving past the early cameras and sensors Nikki showed off at a previous 1 Million Cups Myrtle Beach toward something built to prove the concept holds.

CARL SafeSense isn't waiting for a finished product to start that conversation. Nikki and Tyler are already building a community around it, sharing real stories that give people one extra second to check a machine before switching it on. That one second is the whole point, and it is already making a difference. As Nikki puts it, "Even if it doesn't work, we still did and accomplished so much." The rest they're building in public, one story at a time.

The best part of a hack day is the people who show up to help others build.For Myrtle Beach's first in-person Hacktoberf...
10/01/2026

The best part of a hack day is the people who show up to help others build.

For Myrtle Beach's first in-person Hacktoberfest Hack Day, we are looking for mentors to help teams get unstuck, judges to review the projects, and a few hands to keep the day running. If you have built software, run a business, or spent time in open source, a few hours on a Saturday makes a real difference for someone making their first contribution.

If you're interested in volunteering as a mentor, judge or event support DM us.

Saturday, October 24, 10 to 7 at the HTC Aspire Hub.

Got an app idea you keep putting off? Next Tuesday at noon is for you.TUE, OCT 6 · 12-1PMTECH TALK Tuesday | Napkin to L...
10/01/2026

Got an app idea you keep putting off? Next Tuesday at noon is for you.

TUE, OCT 6 · 12-1PM
TECH TALK Tuesday | Napkin to Launch
Learn how to turn an idea into a working product with AI tools. Seats are limited, and lunch is provided.
https://luma.com/zkzrky7e

WED, OCT 7 • 1 Million Cups Myrtle Beach | Cancelled this week

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