Business Good for Clean Energy

By Mike Switzer

Published October 4, 2018 at 5:52 AM EDT

More electric vehicles are on the road than ever before, more solar panels are on roofs than ever before. These trends mean there are more business opportunities for clean energy focused companies than ever before. Which is why our next guest’s organization puts on an annual summit in our state on this topic.

Mike Switzer interviews Bonnie Loomis, executive director of the SC Clean Energy Business Alliance in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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