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After graduating in Machine Design and Dynamics of Performance Vehicles at Clemson University, and then receiving an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, also from Clemson University, our next guest decided to work on a product idea he has had since working as a grease monkey at a local car dealership: a tool that could make the vehicle oil changing process easier, cleaner, and faster. Mike Switzer interviews Steven Owens, founder of Last Drop Wrench in Gaffney, SC.

It occurs to me, when considering the history of music, that the endlessly recurring and often bitter fights over musical styles and trends have actually been quite productive, if only because they’ve acted as spurs for composers in supposedly opposing camps to produce their best work.

In The Barber of Seville and his many other operas, Gioacchino Rossini gave singers plenty of opportunities to show off their talents. But in a letter he wrote in 1851, Rossini made it clear that he didn’t have much patience for the cult of the great singer.

Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers, beach hoppers, or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapterans (true fleas), do not bite people, and are not limited to sandy beaches.

Tetracha carolina is a species of tiger beetle in the genus Tetracha. Its common name is the Carolina tiger beetle, or the pan american big-headed tiger beetle.

“A” is for Allendale (Allendale County; 2020 population 2,953).

“R” is for Revolution of 1719. A popular, almost bloodless coup, the Revolution of 1719 ended proprietary rule in South Carolina.

An update of the news, events and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community. Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews, the company that publishes the Columbia Regional Business Report, Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business and SCBizNews magazine.

Cryptocurrency has been in the news a lot lately as values have tumbled. Many are still believers though, and may continue to be until the day they die. So what does happen to cryptocurrency assets when someone passes away? Allen Gillespie is our resident crypto expert and managing partner at FinTrust Capital Advisors in Greenville, SC.

After experiencing success as an entrepreneur himself, our next guest turned to teaching and was named one of the top 100 entrepreneurship professors in the world while at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also led their entrepreneurship program to being ranked #1 in the world by Inc. Magazine in 2019. After retiring from teaching, he is now bringing his expertise to our state. Mike Switzer interviews Cliff Holekamp, a board member at SC Launch and co-founder of Cultivation Capital in Greenville, SC.