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South Carolina Business Review

Midlands company grows from pandemic start to national healthcare supplier

By Mike Switzer
Published July 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT
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Lance Brown, cofounder and CEO of Rhino Medical Supply in Columbia, SC
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Lance Brown, cofounder and CEO of Rhino Medical Supply in Columbia, SC

Our next guest’s company started during the pandemic, initially to help underserved local healthcare facilities, schools, manufacturers, and community agencies in their quest to acquire essential health safety supplies. We interviewed them during that time. They have since grown into a truly national operation. Mike Switzer interviews Lance Brown, cofounder and CEO of Rhino Medical Supply in Columbia, 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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