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SC Filmmaker Finds Success With Monster Flick

  How often have you heard “Some day I'm going to write a book”? A lot of people used to dream of becoming a novelist. These days, a lot of people dream of making a movie. Our next guest is living that dream, or at least pursuing it while at the same time making money and crafting his skills as a free-lance film-maker.

Mike Switzer interviews Robert McLean, a Blythewood, SC native who is currently living and working in Charleston. His critically acclaimed independent film project is Hellyfish .​

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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.