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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Most estimates show that a woman’s income is cut by 40% after divorce. Most studies also show that women are less likely to feel confident about investing than their male counter-parts and especially in the South where they are traditionally not the primary breadwinner.
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Most estimates show that a woman’s income is cut by 40% after divorce. Most studies also show that women are less likely to feel confident about investing than their male counter-parts and especially in the South where they are traditionally not the primary breadwinner.
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Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John talks about how he sees AI affecting business and industry in our state.
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Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John talks about how he sees AI affecting business and industry in our state.
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Mike Switzer interviews Benjamin Means, the John T. Campbell Chair in Business and Professional Ethics and director of the Family and Small Business Program at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
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Mike Switzer interviews Benjamin Means, the John T. Campbell Chair in Business and Professional Ethics and director of the Family and Small Business Program at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
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Mike Switzer interviews Bob Moran, tournament director of the Credit One Charleston Open coming March 30th through April 7th to Daniel Island, SC.
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Mike Switzer interviews Bob Moran, tournament director of the Credit One Charleston Open coming March 30th through April 7th to Daniel Island, SC.
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Effective coordination and communication need to take place between general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and of course, the customer. Our next guest’s Upstate company came up with a software solution to do just that.
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Effective coordination and communication need to take place between general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and of course, the customer. Our next guest’s Upstate company came up with a software solution to do just that.