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South Carolina Business Review

Resources for industry in SC

By Mike Switzer
Published August 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT
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Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC
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Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC

Our next guest’s organization stays busy assisting not only entrepreneurs but industry in our state with the resources they need to grow and succeed. Mike Switzer interviews Catherine Hayes, director of industry solutions with the South Carolina Research Authority in Summerville, SC.

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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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