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The Business Side of Attending a Funeral

Most of us probably would not hesitate to attend the funeral of a business associate or client.  However, our next guest says that with today’s diverse working environment involving race, religion, ethnicity, and even age, she herself has seen that hesitancy.  And that’s why she says it’s not a bad idea for a company to have a procedure in place when a client/customer/business associate passes away.

Mike Switzer interviews Catherine Latto, a certified financial planner in Charleston, SC.

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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.