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Should young people mind their own business?
By Glenn Burkins | Special to The Observer | May 13, 2013

Two proposals in Charlotte would teach would teach students the more subtle skills needed to run a successful business – how to negotiate deals, how to make a good impression, how to maintain financial accounts.

Build your brand through social media
By Glenn Burkins | April 30, 2013
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Social media works best when it is part of a larger effort to build your brand.

Social media: Which site is best for your business?
By Glenn Burkins | April 16, 2013

We asked two Charlotte experts to offer a primer on the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

Win over your customer’s head and heart
By Glenn Burkins | April 2, 2013

Columnist Glenn Burkins says to get customers to spend with you, they first have to like you.

Debt vs. equity: Which works best for you?
By Glenn Burkins | March 19, 2013
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Launching or growing your company takes cash – and plenty of it. What’s an entrepreneur to do?

Black businesses and the CIAA pie
By Glenn Burkins | March 6, 2013

Why has so little been done to make the annual basketball tournament a tool for economic empowerment in the black community that supports it?

CIAA sues promoters over trademark
Business owners need time to think
By Glenn Burkins | February 5, 2013

Quality thinking and planning time are as important as cash flow to a business.

Small business lending crunch shows signs of easing
By Glenn Burkins | January 22, 2013

While lenders still demand solid financials, bankers are learning to say yes again.

Time to hire a business manager?
By Glenn Burkins | January 8, 2013

Most small business owners wear three hats. That’s often a big reason they fail.

Looming fiscal cliff leaves biz owners anxious
By Glenn Burkins | December 25, 2012
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Few things are more vexing to business owners than uncertainty. For all of our risk-taking bravado, we still crave an economic environment where the rules are basically known.

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Glenn Burkins
Glenn Burkins is editor and publisher of Qcitymetro.com, an online news site targeting Charlotte’s African American community. He is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and Charlotte Observer business editor.
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