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SC Business Review

South Carolina Business Review, with host Mike Switzer, features news and interviews from South Carolina's public companies and business leaders.

For questions, comments, or information about underwriting E-mail Mike Switzer.

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The week of 08/30/2010

Monday, August 30, 2010
Narrative: The pulse of the SC business community and the Southeast Innovation Corridor is being monitored through news, blog comments, and events at www.swampfox.ws, a weekly feature on the SC Business Review.
Description: Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, founder and publisher of www.swampfox.ws based in Greenville, SC.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Narrative: Our SCORE success story this month involves an on-campus elementary school golf program.
Description: Mike Switzer interviews John Walton, co-owner of OK Golf in Charleston, SC, recognized as the top minority-owned small business in the nation by the SCORE Foundation. www.myokgolf.com and www.score.org

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Narrative: Two University of SC business majors have launched a new business in the USC Technology Incubator with a vision to change how students shop for groceries.
Description: Mike Switzer interviews Ben Frear, co-owner of YourSmartCart.com in Columbia, SC. www.yoursmartcart.com is our SC Web Site of the Week.

Thursday, September 2, 2010
Narrative: Our state’s economy has been improving this year, but a double dip back into the recession is a possibility.
Description: Mike Switzer interviews Doug Woodward, director of the Division of Research at USC’s Moore School of Business.

Friday, September 3, 2010
Narrative: Widows, widowers and divorced people have different social security options.
Description: Mike Switzer interviews Jeb Zoller, a certified financial planner with First Command Financial Planning in Columbia, SC. www.firstcommand.com

Mike Switzer is a Chartered Retirement Plan Consultant and Certified Portfolio Manager, recently retired. He is also the SC Small Business Journalist of the Year for 2000 and 2004 and the Southeast Regional Year 2000 Small Business Journalist of the Year.


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09/01/10

www.yoursmartcart.com

YourSmartCart.com is an online grocery store run by two USC students in Columbia.

08/25/10

www.newcarolina.org

New Carolina is based in Columbia, SC and was formerly known as SC's Council on Competitiveness.

08/18/10

www.preparemybusiness.org and www.ready.gov

Two disaster preparedness websites sponsored by the US Small Business Administration.

08/11/10

www.leonardstrategicadvantage.com

Tom Leonard, a retired corporate executive, now runs a business consulting firm in Folly Beach, SC.

08/04/10

www.grawnola.com

gRAWnola is a Hanahan, SC-based manufacturer of raw granola.


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08/31/10

Which SC state park was our first state park?

You must include your mailing address in your entry. Only one entry per household.

This week's winner will receive a copy of the book: "Tales from the SC Upstate" from The History Press in Charleston, SC.

Answer this week's question

Here is the answer to last week's question:
The Great Flood of 1916 wreaked havoc in NC and SC, mostly along the Catawba River.