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Helping artists succeed

By Mike Switzer

Published July 10, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Sara Grambach, CEO at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts

Making a living as an artist can be a trying experience, as most artists will tell you. But there are resource and support organizations, such as the one run by our next guest, that can help with that process. Mike Switzer interviews Sara Grambach, CEO at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts.

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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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