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 interviews Joy Watkins, a certified financial planner with Anchor Investment Management in Columbia, SC. -
Mike Switzer interviews Joy Watkins, a certified financial planner with Anchor Investment Management in Columbia, SC.
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Mike Switzer interviews Ross Norton, managing editor of SCBiz. -
Mike Switzer interviews Ross Norton, managing editor of SCBiz.
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As of the first of this year, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance are now one entity. What was the impetus for this merger? -
As of the first of this year, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance are now one entity. What was the impetus for this merger?
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While the certificate of need requirement for new hospitals to be built in our state was mostly repealed a couple of years ago, our healthcare system still faces significant challenges. -
While the certificate of need requirement for new hospitals to be built in our state was mostly repealed a couple of years ago, our healthcare system still faces significant challenges.
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One of the most popular film festivals in the country is set to begin soon in the Lowcountry, signaling the beginning of film festival season across our state. -
Mike Switzer interviews Bruce Yandle, Dean Emeritus at the College of Business & Behavioral Science and Alumni Professor of Economics Emeritus, both at Clemson University.
