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EV investment and innovation coming to SC

By Mike Switzer

Published October 24, 2022 at 5:30 AM EDT

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Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Innoventure in Greenville, S.C. John tells us about Dash EV, an electric vehicle company that is moving its headquarters to Greenville, SC and about the big money coming soon to SC to support EV production at BMW’s plant in Greer, SC. Resources: Greenville Area Development Corp and BMW plans to invest $1.7 billion in U.S. to produce electric vehicles and McMaster executive order involving EVs.

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Mike Switzer

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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