TECH TALK Tuesday | Build Your Own Thing: Side Hustles and Startups in the AI Era
It has never been easier for one person to start something real. This roundtable is for anyone running a side project, testing an idea after hours, or already out on their own. Founders and freelancers in the room will get into picking something people will pay for, landing the first customers, and using AI to run lean and move fast. Come with a question. Leave with a next step.
Request-to-join. Seats are limited. Priority goes to practitioners actively building products in the Myrtle Beach region.
Lunch provided. Curiosity required.
TECH TALK Tuesday is a biweekly roundtable that brings the Myrtle Beach tech community together for fast, honest conversation about the real problems of building and running modern products.
Facilitated by Daniel O’Sullivan, CTO Crave Retail, each session centers on a single theme – from product strategy and UX patterns to platform choices, AI workflows, delivery practices, hiring, and leadership trade-offs. It is a casual, no-slides roundtable where peers share what they are building, breaking, and testing in real time.
TECH TALK Tuesday works best when the room is full of people who build. This is a working session for practitioners, not a stage.
Who it is for
Product managers, designers and UX researchers, engineers, data folks, technical founders/CEOs, and anyone actively shaping tech in our region.
What to expect
No slides. No fluff. Just sharp minds, good food, and real talk.
Every other Tuesday at noon with lunch!
Format (60 minutes)
5 min – Welcome and quick intros (role + one current challenge)
35 min – Roundtable on the theme (the messy middle, not just highlights)
15 min – Open troubleshooting and resource swap
5 min – Takeaways and topic nominations
House rules
Be candid, not promotional.
Share specifics; anonymize as needed.
Chatham House Rule: insights leave, names do not.
Everyone talks; nobody dominates.