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The Key to Scheduling Employees — Tips from the Experts

Employee scheduling may be harder because of COVID-19. Learn expert staff scheduling techniques that can keep your business moving in unpredictable times.

5 Tips for Business Owners to Manage Their Cash Flow

Whether you’ve just opened your business or you want to learn how to run an existing business as efficiently as possible, here are four tips for handling cash flow problems.

How to Track Your Transfers and See Where Your Money Is

Your Square Point of Sale (POS) account’s activated. You’ve linked your business’s bank account. You’ve got your first day of sales under your belt — congrats! But where’s your money?

Why You Should Separate Your Business and Personal Finances

Whether you’re just starting out as a new business owner or you need to reevaluate your business structure, separating your business and personal finances is a must.

Get Your Money in Seconds — 24/7 — with instant transfer

Get your money faster than ever before.

What Is an Invoice? A Guide for Business Owners

This guide walks you through the ins and outs of invoicing—everything from invoice templates and workflow to handling late-paying clients.

Important Cash Register Features for Small Businesses

Before you head on over to buy the latest cash register, you should become well-acquainted with the features that will support your business.

Introducing Square Register: An End-to-End Integrated Point of Sale

Built from the ground up to integrate hardware, software, and payments, Square Register is a more reliable and more intuitive POS than ever before.

Customer-Facing Display: What it is and Why You Need One

Customer displays allow customers to view their order, tax, discounts, and loyalty information during the checkout process.

Invoice Examples for Every Kind of Business

Getting paid on time is crucial to keep your cash flow healthy, no matter the size of your business. Keep your accounts organized and get paid faster.

How to Start a Business in 2021: A Simple Guide for New Business Owners

Learn how to start your business with this guide—covering everything from business plan creation to permits and legal obligations.

How to Start a Consulting Business

If you’re passionate about entrepreneurship and you have a following in your industry, the consulting field could be right up your alley. The following guide can help you learn how to start your own consulting business.

11 Benefits of Mobile Invoicing

Here’s a rundown of what mobile invoicing is, its benefits to your business, and how to send mobile invoices free within the Square Invoices app.

How to get invoices paid faster

The invoicing process will probably never be 100 percent headache-free, but with these strategies, you can make it as seamless as possible.

New tools from Square help fuel reopening of beauty and personal care businesses, ensuring good hair days ahead for Canadians

Square launches new tools in Canada to aid business recovery

Protecting Patient Information With Payment Software

Every aspect of the office visit adds to patient experience – and determines if they’ll return to you for future care.

How to Start Accepting Apple Pay Today

As the payments industry continues to evolve, your business need to stay up to speed. Here’s why you should start accepting Apple Pay with Square.

How to Use Healthcare Payment Processing Tools

Allowing your patients multiple ways to pay helps your clinic, its cash flow, and your patients all at once. Easy payment processing improves the patient experience.

How function health + wellness is empowering their patients and fellow small business owners to focus on their well-being

Here, we speak with Dr. Andrew Thomson and Dr. Steph Romero about the challenges of starting a business during the COVID-19 pandemic, their relationship with their community, and their goals for their practice.

The Importance of Healthcare Payment Software Security

Because of ongoing risks, healthcare practitioners must stay updated on security technologies, including those in the payments sector.

Growing Your Business Online vs. In-Store

The shutdowns in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic sent online shopping into overdrive. When customers could no longer access in-store shopping, they turned online.

Communicate with Your Customers Better, Digitally

Connect your communications digitally. It’ll help you unify customer experiences and make them personalized to each customer, which is vital as digital interactions continue growing.

How to Successfully Scale Your Business Online

Ensuring your business remains on the path to greatness—planning for your eCommerce store’s growth in the future—is essential.

How Lucky Bug Farm Grows Food with a Focus on Equity and Sustainability

We speak with Aliyah Fraser of Lucky Bug Farm about the intersection of issues regarding housing and food, her work as an advocate and educator, and her dreams for the future of her business and her community.

Developer Spotlight: Copper CRM

In our chat with our newest collaborator, Copper CRM, we talk about how the partnership with Square Invoices will help relationship-focused businesses.

Skills Needed for Growing Your Business Online

Take a look at some of the most important skills you’ll need to hone to grow your business online.

How to Grow Business Online

Learn about eCommerce sales and how you can boost your sales online

5 Restaurant Marketing Ideas for Reopening Your Business

As businesses reopen, customers are ready to get back out into the world and are looking for places to go. Here are 5 ways you can market your restaurant and catch customers’ attention.

How Good Fortune Barbershop is Making Haircuts More Inclusive

We speak with Good Fortune Barbershop about their work, their commitment to their customers, and the impact hair can have on one’s identity.

The Future of Retail in Canada 2021

In this guide we explore how businesses are embracing emerging technology and changing customer behaviours to meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive retail landscape.

Credit Card Authorization Form Templates [Download]

Whenever you are taking payment by credit card and the card isn’t present, there is some degree of risk.

How Creating Professional Contracts Can Streamline Your Small Business and Boost Your Brand

Using Square Contracts is quick, easy, professional, and can foster trust with your customers

Break-Even Analysis Guide: How to Calculate BEP and Apply It to Your Business

A break-even analysis can help you determine fixed and variable costs, set prices and plan for your business’s financial future.

The Future of Restaurants in Canada 2021

In this guide we draw on expert analysis and insight into how restaurants are pivoting to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the food service industry’s future.

Inventory Management 101: How to Manage Small Business Inventory in 2021

Running out or having excessive stock are bad for your bottom line. Learn inventory management techniques to have the right products when you need them.

QR Codes: What They Are And How to Generate One

Wondering what a QR code is and how they can be used for your business? Square allows you to generate QR codes for payment. Learn more now.