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5 Things To Know When Starting a Business in Ontario
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Canadian Government helping businesses grow online: Canada Digital Adoption Program now open for applications
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When Do You Charge the GST/HST? Is Your Business Exempt?
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Using the Procurement Process as a Competitive Advantage
Let’s review the key steps to the procurement lifecycle and how technology can help along the way. Grouped into five broad stages, each step plays a role in producing higher margins and happier customers.
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Tools That Will Keep Your Cash Flow Positive
Maintaining a positive cash flow is what keeps your business afloat.
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Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Nova Scotia’s minimum wage.
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Manitoba Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Manitoba’s minimum wage.
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Saskatchewan Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Saskatchewan’s minimum wage.
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How to Create an Invoice — 5 Easy Ways
Here’s a step-by-step guide explaining how to create an invoice in Word, Excel or with an online invoice generator.
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How to Make a Budget for Your Business
Maybe you’ve decided to start your own business (congrats), or maybe you’re already running one (also congrats). In either case, you need to make a budget. But where to start? Our friends over at Xero share their top tips for making a rock-solid budget.
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4 Budgeting Methods for Business Success
Budgeting methods and tools can help you keep track of where your money is going and help you make decisions that help you meet your business’s financial goals. Here are a few types of budgeting methods commonly used by businesses.
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Why It Might Be Time to Update Your Salon’s Pricing Strategy In Tough Times
Reassessing your pricing strategy now may well yield results that see your services expanding, your customer base growing, and may ultimately drive more profitability for your business.
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Inventory Management 101: How to Manage Small Business Inventory
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.
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British Columbia Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about British Columbia’s minimum wage.
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Quebec Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Quebec’s minimum wage.
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Alberta Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about Alberta’s minimum wage.
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New Brunswick Minimum Wage Increases: Everything You Need to Know
Here’s everything you need to know about New Brunswick’s minimum wage.
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15 Top Side Hustle Ideas That Make Money for 2023
We’ve put together a list of some top side hustle ideas you can get into for 2023 to help put a few more dollars in your bank account.
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How to Create a Business Plan in 2021
A business plan outlines research you’ve done prior to starting a business and provides strategic direction. Here’s how to create an actionable business plan.
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What Is Mobile Commerce (and Why It’s a Strategy You Should Care About)?
What better place is there to meet your customers than on their mobile devices?
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What Is Two-Factor Authentication? And How Does It Help Secure Your Business?
Online security breaches are common but you can minimize your risk and protect your business with two-factor authentication. Here’s what you need to know.
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5 Cost-Effective Ways to Market Your Business on a Shoestring Budget
Here are 5 cost-effective ways to market your business on a shoestring budget.
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Bank Transfers: What They Are and How to Do Them
For business owners, moving money quickly to your bank account can make the difference in paying your bills on time or not. What is a bank transfer? Are there limits? How do you transfer money from one bank account to another?
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How to Take Card Payments Over the Phone
Need to take card payments on the phone? Square’s Virtual Terminal can help.
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How to Set Up Recurring Payments
Recurring payments help you get paid faster — and they’re always free with Square Invoices. Learn how to set up recurring payments so you get paid on time, every time.
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How Peterborough's Plant Goals is growing with Square Loans
Here, we speak with Désirée about how Instagram inspired her shop’s name, the supportive nature of the small business community in Peterborough, and how Square is helping her to achieve her Plant Goals.
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What Is ROI and How Do You Calculate It?
ROI is a powerful tool for measuring returns and making predictions for the future. Here is everything you need to understand about calculating and using ROI.
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What is Self-Employment Tax?
Here’s a beginner’s guide to self-employment tax and other key information you should know about taxes when you’re self-employed.
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What is Inflation and How Does It Affect Small Businesses?
Inflation is the greatest agitator of economic fearfulness — but what is it exactly? And how can you and other small businesses make it through a rough patch?
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How to Understand Your Overhead Costs
Understanding your overhead costs is an important part of managing your business. Here are a few basics you should know.
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What Is Buy Now Pay Later and How Does It Work?
Buy now, pay later services have grown increasingly popular over the past couple of years. Here’s what you need to know about BNPL financing and how it works for businesses.
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How to Get a GST Number in Canada: GST Registration
Most businesses in Canada have to register for a GST number. In fact, registering for a GST number is mandatory for all Canadian businesses unless the Canada Revenue Agency deems the business a small supplier.
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Which Receipts Do You Need to Keep as a Small Business Owner?
Which receipts should you keep? And in what form? And for how long? We’ll answer all those questions in this post.
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3 Important Invoice Management Tips for Small Businesses in 2021
Good invoice management encourages regular cash flow, eases accounting woes and saves you time.
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The Future of Omnichannel
If you’re looking to keep tabs on consumers’ changing habits, learn what’s next in eCommerce, and see what the future holds for omnichannel retail, this post is for you.
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What is Drop Shipping and How Does it Work?
Drop shipping is a popular inventory method for online businesses. Learn everything about what drop shipping is and how it can work for your business.
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What to Know Before Becoming a Large Seller
It’s important to learn all about how to start selling things online. To make your growing business sustainable, becoming a large seller requires careful and thoughtful planning and precision.
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How to Write a Killer Bar Business Plan
When you open a bar, it’s crucial to set objectives and strategies to achieve them. Here’s how to write a bar business plan that will roadmap your success.
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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?
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