Connecting Students with Opportunities

By Mike Switzer

Published March 28, 2019 at 5:13 AM EDT

Although South Carolina continues to receive bad press on national education rankings, our next guest says there’s more to these students than just test scores. Which is why he has created an online platform connecting students and young professionals with opportunities for college scholarships, apprentice programs, jobs, and mentors.

Mike Switzer interviews Casey Welch, president and CEO of Tallo in Mt.Pleasant, SC.

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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.

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