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Each year, Inc magazine ranks 5,000 companies in the US according to percentage revenue growth over a 3 year period. And each year, many companies in our state make the list of these fastest growing enterprises. Our next guest’s company made the list with an average annual growth rate of 158% due to the demand for their diesel engine diagnostic software. Mike Switzer interviews Tyler Robertson, CEO of Diesel Laptops in Irmo, SC.

The financial markets have been doing really well since the short, sharp drop caused by the pandemic last year. Is anybody concerned about the stock market and interest rates anymore? Our next guest is. He says there are several indicators pointing to overvaluations and pending corrections. Mike Switzer interviews Tyson Halsey, a chartered financial analyst with Income Growth Advisors in Charleston, SC. He is also a member of the SC Chapter of the CFA Society.

Most colleges and universities try to help students connect with businesses through internships so they can get some exposure to the business community which might help them with their career decisions. But how about connecting them directly with successful entrepreneurs? A program in the Upstate was created last year to do just that. Mike Switzer interviews Chris Manley, CEO and founder of Engenius, a digital marketing agency in Greenville, S.C. that has partnered with Clemson University‘s Center for Career and Professional Development and NEXT, a Greenville entrepreneurial support organization for the NEXT and Clemson Internship Program.

By now, we’ve all heard about and many of us have experienced the problems caused by supply chain issues. Our next guest says this is also causing marketing headaches for the business community. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Bob Riggle, a marketing professor at The Citadel in Charleston, SC.

“I have never seen a musician whose feeling for music filled him to the very finger-tips and flowed directly out from them, as it does with Liszt.”

"S” is for St. Michael’s Church (Charleston). The cornerstone for St. Michel’s was laid in 1752, but the church was not completed and open for services until 1761.

“B” is for Barbados. South Carolina’s origins are so closely tied to the British West Indian colony of Barbados that it has been called a “Colony of a Colony.”

“R” is for Ravenel, St. Julien (1819-1882). Physician, chemist, inventor.

“D” is for Davenport, Guy (1927-2005). Writer, educator, illustrator.

“T” is for Textile industry. From the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth century, the textile industry dominated South Carolina manufacturing.