South Carolina Business Review

Making a living as an artist can be a trying experience, as most artists will tell you.  But there are resource and support organizations, such as the one run by our next guest, that can help with that process.  Mike Switzer interviews Sara Grambach, CEO at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts .

Our next guest’s company was recently named the “Rural Small Business of the Year” for South Carolina by the US Small Business Administration for their success at operating a small batch dairy.  Mike Switzer interviews Patrick Myers, CEO of Lowcountry Creamery in Bowman, SC.

Residential real estate development has faced a host of issues over the past few years, but most of them boil down to basic affordability.  When will that change?  Mike Switzer interviews Jasmine Murphy, owner of Atelier Design and Development Solutions in Greenville, SC.

We’ve stumbled across a new acronym recently, new to me anyway: DINK, which stands for Dual Income, No Kids.  It apparently originated in the 1980s during the rise of “yuppie” culture.  It’s a growing lifestyle trend that has caught the attention of financial planners.  Mike Switzer interviews John Cooper, a certified financial planner with Greenwood Capital in Greenwood, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina: MidlandsBiz , UpstateBizSC , and LowCountryBizSC .  Alan tells us about Columbia and Charleston working to grow affordable housing.

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, our state, which played a significant role in the revolution, is doing the same.  Which should mean a sizable bump in tourism business.  Mike Switzer interviews Rick Wise, executive director of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust in Camden, SC.  Resources: Liberty Trail and SC 250th Commiss...

Our next guest was recently named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Person of the Year for South Carolina for his achievements as a defense contractor.  Mike Switzer interviews Nat Durant, president and CEO of ND3 in Columbia, SC.

Everywhere you look these days, especially in our state, we see commercial construction activity.  It seems like every decent sized city has a crane or two or three reaching up into the sky.  How are these construction companies landing these jobs and are most of them going to out-of-state firms?  Mike Switzer interviews Steve Foushee, cofounder of Prescott and Foushee Construction in Fountain Inn...

Uncertainties continue to abound in our economy.  For example, the recent upward trajectory in inflation may cause interest rates to go back up.  But here in our state, the economy continues to chug along just fine. Mike Switzer interviews Bruce Yandle, Dean Emeritus at the College of Business & Behavioral Science and Alumni Professor of Economics Emeritus, both at Clemson University.  He is a...

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC.  Jessica tells us about the ports pausing activity at the Leatherman terminal and a GLP-1 pharma company in Aiken is expanding.

A Midlands communications firm was recently honored as the 2026 woman-owned business of the year by the South Carolina district office of the US Small Business Administration.  In the announcement, the firm was recognized for two decades of innovation, leadership, and strategic communications in national government consulting.  Mike Switzer interviews Courtney Young, founder of Foresight Communica...

For a very long time, our state’s capital city has been one of the very few cities of its size or larger in the country with a relatively undeveloped riverfront.  But that is actively changing.  Mike Switzer interviews Daniel Rickenmann, mayor of the city of Columbia, SC. Resource:  City of Columbia Congaree Riverfront District

Ten years ago there were several top, private law schools in the country, including one in our state.  But they have almost all now converted to nonprofit status, including the one in our state, where our next guest joins us now by phone.  Mike Switzer interviews Jon Marcantel, dean of the Charleston School of Law .

We’ve seen a lot of ups and downs in the stock market lately, which can make investors nervous.  But is it really something they should be concerned about?  Mike Switzer interviews Becca Mathis, a certified financial planner with Jeter Hrubala Wealth Strategies in Spartanburg, SC.  

Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.  John tells us about: Developer scuttles plans for a data center in rural Marion County Volvo's SC plant manager and manufacturing boss has left at a critical time for the Ridgeville factory SC Ports sets timeline for the WestRock paper mill demolition, which is tied to major long-term changes for it...

30 years ago our next guest’s engineering firm got its start in the Upstate and during that time, many facets of the business have changed.  And now with AI, even more changes are on the horizon.  Mike Switzer interviews Prescott May with Bunnell-Lammons Engineering in Greenville, SC. 

With this year being the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, many events are happening across the country and our state to celebrate this momentous occasion.  Our next guest’s Upstate museum is doing this through art.  Mike Switzer interviews Ellen Westkaemper,  head of education at the Greenville County Museum of Art .

Ever since the Internet came along a few decades ago, the PR/marketing business has faced a multitude of challenges within a rapidly changing landscape.  Now there’s AI.  What will this do to the industry?  Mike Switzer interviews Matt Lochel, president and CEO of JDPR in Greenville, SC.

Last year’s tax law changes included a big new deduction for seniors.  Our next guest is going to tell us what that means for this tax year and how to prepare before you file next year.  Mike Switzer interviews Jeremy Finger, a certified financial planner with Riverbend Wealth Management in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina: MidlandsBiz , UpstateBizSC , and LowCountryBizSC .  Alan gives his take on the recent announcements of the Dominion Energy-NextEra merger and USA Rare Earth building a plant in the Upstate.

We have featured many South Carolina-based food companies on this show before: from potato chips to biscuits to BBQ sauces.  And now we’ve learned about one in the baby food category.  Mike Switzer interviews Meghan Rowe, co-founder of White Leaf Provisions in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

For decades now our next guest’s organization has been busy working on enhancing economic growth in our state mostly through providing resources for certain industry clusters.  It’s been a while since we’ve talked to them so today we’re going to get an update.  Mike Switzer interviews Susie Shannon, president and CEO of SC Competes , also known as the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness.

After a series of unfortunate setbacks, our next guest decided to run his restaurant business out of what is known in the industry as a ghost kitchen.  Since that has proven to be successful, he will soon be once again moving into his own brick and mortar restaurant sometime this summer.  Mike Switzer interviews Kipp Shives, owner of Granby Burger, currently operating out of Lucky’s Bar in Columbi...

It’s that time of year when college graduates are about to start their careers.  But recent reports are indicating that job offers for college grads are not as promising as they used to be.  Which is why our next guest says that, when comparing offers, they shouldn’t focus solely on starting salary but the entire package.  Mike Switzer interviews Carman Young, a certified financial planner with Ab...

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC. Jessica tells us about a new magnet factory coming to the Upstate, where there will also be some layoffs this summer. Then she tells us about new tax breaks for companies turning landfill methane into energy and new taxes on vapes.