Mike Switzer
Host, ProducerAfter 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.
Since 2000, Mike continues to host and produce the South Carolina Business Review, heard each weekday morning at 7:50am on South Carolina’s Public Radio Network, which includes eight NPR affiliate stations. The 6-minute show features interviews with entrepreneurs, business owners, and business leaders from across the state.
In 2009, Mike and Maggie finished construction of their new “green” home in Blythewood, SC which was awarded Gold Certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program from the US Green Building Council. Mike is past chair of the Town of Blythewood Planning Commission and served as the executive director of the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce between 2014 and 2019. In 2011, Mike co-founded Voterheads.com, a nationwide, local-government-monitoring technology company and currently serves as the President and CEO.
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Mike Switzer continues his conversation about financial literacy and financial planning with Dave Turner, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC. -
Mike Switzer continues his conversation about financial literacy and financial planning with Dave Turner, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.
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Get an update of the news, events, and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community as Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews. -
Get an update of the news, events, and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community as Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews.
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Mike Switzer interviews Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC. -
Mike Switzer interviews Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC.
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As competitive as the restaurant business is, sometimes it takes thinking outside the box in order to stand out. -
As competitive as the restaurant business is, sometimes it takes thinking outside the box in order to stand out.
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As our population ages, health issues increase. One of these is incontinence, which at least to some degree, will affect almost everyone eventually. -
As our population ages, health issues increase. One of these is incontinence, which at least to some degree, will affect almost everyone eventually.
