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Guiding nonprofits to successful fundraising

SC Public Radio
Mike Switzer, host of the South Carolina Business Review

There’s no doubt that nonprofits play a key part in the growth of our state’s economy.  Our next guest’s Upstate organization is working toward that end by helping the nonprofits in their area become more resilient and innovative through a five month program that recently culminated in a pitch event for investors and donors.  Mike Switzer interviews Katy Smith, executive director of Greater Good Greenville.

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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.