South Carolina Business Review

  You may have heard about Greenville's 18-mile bike trail, known as the Swamp Rabbit Trail that has become an economic engine for the area, connecting downtown Greenville with Furman University and the town of Travelers Rest.  This former railway is part of a nationwide trend known as rails-to-trails and it's paving a path for many new businesses along the way.  Our next guest recently opened one of the newest of these businesses.

Mike Switzer interviews Wendy Lyman, founder of the Swamp Rabbit Inn in Greenville.

  A recent retirement readiness report showed that one third of the people between the ages of 55 and 64, haven't saved anything for retirement.  Our next guest says that though some of these people may feel their retirement situation is hopeless, there are many actions they can take to get themselves back on track.

Mike Switzer interviews Roy Janse, a certified financial planner with Dehollander and Janse Financial in Greenville, SC.

  A weekly update of the news, events and issues facing South Carolina's business community.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner founder and CEO of Innoventure, and its Swampfox business news service, based in Greenville, S.C.

Our next guest says there are thousands of job openings right now across our state and thousands of people looking for work, yet most of those jobs continue to go unfilled due to the lack of training most of these jobs require.

Mike Swiitzer interviews Sonny White, president of Midlands Technical College in Columbia.

Our next guest has been reporting rosy statistics for South Carolina's economy for some time now on this show.  But recently, our regular guest, John "Swampfox" Warner, pointed out that while the state has been making positive jobs announcements, it doesn't announce when jobs are lost, such as Sealed Air's recent move to North Carolina.  The Swampfox also pointed out that our state's GDP growth is actually lagging behind that of Georgia and North Carolina.

A weekly update of the news, events and issues facing South Carolina's business community.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner founder and CEO of Innoventure, and its Swampfox business news service, based in Greenville, S.C.

Successful businesses not only use patents but also trade secrets to protect their profits.  However, our next guest says many companies do not know how to incorporate trade secret protection into their business practices and that businesses of all sizes can utilize this strategy.

Mike Switzer interviews Connie Jones, an intellectual property attorney with Altus IP in Greenville, SC.

A weekly update of the news, events and issues facing South Carolina's business community.

Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina: MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC, and LowCountryBizSC.

Not everybody is born with the skills necessary to become a dog whisperer, which is why most people who aspire to becoming one, attend a dog training school.  Our next guest runs just such a facility in the Upstate and is legendary in her field, training the first two retrievers to earn *both* field and obedience championships.

Mike Switzer interviews Connie Cleveland, founder and CEO of Dog Trainers Workshop in Greenville, South Carolina.

A South Carolina partnership that is training Greenville County job seekers to fill high-skill manufacturing positions is one of just two programs from across the nation that was honored recently by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.

Mike Switzer interviews John Baker, executive director of the Greenville Region Workforce Collaborative.