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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Last July, our next guest’s statewide tech hub was one of only twelve across the country to receive federal grant funding as part of the previous administration’s initiative aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in critical technologies and industries. -
Last July, our next guest’s statewide tech hub was one of only twelve across the country to receive federal grant funding as part of the previous administration’s initiative aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in critical technologies and industries.
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Over the past several years, the residential real estate market has been defined by shortages of affordable housing and rising interest rates. What is the current state of that situation and what does it signal for South Carolina’s overall economic outlook? -
Over the past several years, the residential real estate market has been defined by shortages of affordable housing and rising interest rates. What is the current state of that situation and what does it signal for South Carolina’s overall economic outlook?
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Today's guest says that South Carolina started 2025 with over 1,000 unfilled teaching positions. -
Today's guest says that South Carolina started 2025 with over 1,000 unfilled teaching positions.
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Mike Switzer Mike interviews College of Charleston's Professor of Economics Frank Hefner about how current policies in Washington may affect our state.
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Mike Switzer Mike interviews College of Charleston's Professor of Economics Frank Hefner about how current policies in Washington may affect our state.
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Mike Switzer takes a look at current business issues that are trending across our state with reporter Jessica Holdman of the South Carolina Daily Gazette. -
Mike Switzer takes a look at current business issues that are trending across our state with reporter Jessica Holdman of the South Carolina Daily Gazette.
