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How El Rio Is Honoring A Legacy and Fighting for Their Community

El Rio, a bar and neighborhood institution in San Francisco, does everything in its power to be a home for members of its community. 

The Complete List of Apple Pay Retailers

Find stores that accept Apple Pay. Includes major retailers, restaurants, and gas stations. Accept Apple Pay at your business with Square.

How WTR Cooler Studio is Building a Different Kind of Creative Space in Tampa

The WTR Cooler owners are intentionally investing in the local creative community, knowing that as the Tampa art scene grows, so will the studio.

How to Get Media Coverage for Your Business

Media coverage can change the game for your business. Here are basic steps you can take to get noticed by the media, even if you don’t have the resources to hire a PR person.

How Ice Cream Social Modernized a Vintage Ice Cream Truck Just in Time for Summer Sales

After being laid off from their respective jobs, Michael Weiss and Victoria Roedel purchased and restored a 53 year old, Good Humor truck. This was just the beginning for their newfound social media agency and ice cream truck business, Ice Cream Social.

4 Ways To Optimize Your Accounts Receivable

Cash flow is the life blood of small businesses, but enforcing accounts receivable bills can be difficult. From when to bill to when you should collect, it can be tricky to recoup money you need for your business in time to reinvest it or spend it.

10 Tips on Starting A Business Against All Odds From Harlem Biscuit Company

Square recently partnered with Harlem Biscuit Company for a Q&A in Square’s Community where Boots and Warren shared their advice and words of wisdom for how they started a business against all odds. Here’s their top advice for business owners:

LGBTQ+ Employees Are Less Satisfied at Work: 7 Ways to Be More Inclusive

While the pandemic has helped increase awareness of diversity, equality, and inclusion, challenges persist for LGBTQ+ employees. Here’s how to create a positive work environment for all employees, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Credit Card Authorization Form Templates [PDF & Word Downloads]

Taking payment by credit card when the card isn’t present, can be risky. To safeguard against that risk, try this credit card authorization form.

eGift Cards Could Mean Big Business For Small Business Owners in 2021

The U. S. gift and incentive card market is projected to cross $221 Billion by 2024 despite COVID-19 challenges, according to a new study by Research and Markets. eGift cards saw a substantial boost with signs of continued success through 2021.

How to Create A Memorable Restaurant Experience in 2021

Restaurants have become a hub for date night, celebrations, and treating ourselves. Right now those occasions might not be happening on-premise, but you can still create a memorable experience that will keep your customers engaged. Here’s how.

Profit and Loss Statement [Downloadable Tool]

Square has partnered with Bench Accounting to bring you a profit and loss template that you can download, input financials specific to your business, and help you see a clearer picture of your profits and losses.

5 Ways eCommerce Inventory Location Impacts Business

Supply chain issues have caused businesses to rethink what it takes to recover, adapt, and grow. For many, the response has been to reorganize operations, and in light of growing eCommerce activity, optimizing inventory location is a key factor.

Why 3 Atlanta Small Businesses are Embracing Partnerships and Collaboration

Black-owned businesses are building what comes next — today and every day. Here’s how three companies shaping the future in Atlanta are building off what they’ve learned from the past year as they look ahead.

What You Need to Know About The Restaurant Revitalization Fund

As restaurants start to focus on recovery, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund offers a lifeline. Here’s what you need to know about the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.

Break-Even Point Formula and Analysis: How to Calculate BEP for Your Business

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

Why Gen Z Is So Keen on Entrepreneurship, and What That Means for Employers

Who do members of Gen Z want to work for most in the future? Themselves. Learn more about what Gen Z wants in the workplace and how you can best attract and manage this highly independent generation.

How Using Buy Buttons Can Help Launch and Grow Your Business

Want to help your customers purchase products and services online quicker and easier? Creating a buy button is key! Read more.

The Small Business Guide to Safe Harbor 401(k)

Offering a 401(k) plan is a great way to retain great employees or hire new ones. Be sure you’re doing it the right way.

Top Digital Beauty Trends for 2021

Now more than ever, beauty and wellness sellers have a complex set of needs ranging from communication tools, in-person and online booking, sales, and contactless payments. These are the trends they’re looking at to take their business to the next level.

Nail Your Unboxing Experience with These 4 Tried-and-True Strategies

What does a creative unboxing experience look like? Learn what unboxing means and how small businesses are using it to make their brands come to life.

How SMS Can Help Grow Your Business

Learn how text message marketing can help you reach your customers more efficiently and grow your business.

What’s Next for Live Events? 3 Event Planners’ Predictions for the Future of Their Industry

In 2020, the live events industry pivoted to virtual events and shifted their businesses online, while staying optimistic for the future. Hear 3 event company founders share where they see their industry heading next.

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.

7 Features of Successful Beauty and Wellness Websites (and Why They Work)

When you’re in the health and beauty space, your website needs to speak to the personal nature of what you provide. Here are the top health and beauty website features that are driving customers to these business owners’ salons, spas, and stores.

What Is Refinancing and How Does it Work?

Refinancing should create a better financial circumstance for you and your business. If you’re thinking of refinancing, it’s important to understand the process. Read more!

Why Sustainable Food Packaging is Good for Business

From minimizing packaging to asking your diners to opt into using less plastic, here are the ways you can balance cost and demand challenges to incorporate more eco-friendly strategies.

Consumer Demand for Sustainable Packaging Holds Despite Pandemic

Despite the pressures of the pandemic, sustainable packaging has emerged as a top priority as consumers show more interest in their environmental footprint and that of the overall food system.

What The Return of The Road Trip Means For Your Business

40% of Americans say their first post-COVID trip will be by car, within 100 miles of home. Here’s how you can leverage this trend to open up new opportunities for your business.

QR Codes: What They Are And How to Generate One - 2021

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

Multichannel Retailing: How to Sell Your Products Online and Offline

Selling your products in more than one place, or multichannel selling, dramatically increases the odds that you’ll make a sale. Learn how multichannel retailing can help you reach more customers and increase sales.

How to Create A Restaurant Delivery Experience That Satisfies Customers From End-to-End

Customers also want to order directly from you. Here’s how to ensure those customers have a great delivery experience from end to end, and add your business to their list of favorite places to order from.

What We’ve Learned About Consumer Trends So Far in 2021

There is little precedent to help us understand how COVID-19 might shape consumer trends. Now that the end of the tunnel is in sight, here are some emerging trends expected through 2021 and beyond.

How to Use Instagram Shoppable Posts to Sell on Social Media

With Instagram shoppable posts, you can sell products directly from shoppers’ feeds. Users can browse, buy, and check out without leaving the app. Here’s how to get started.

The Ultimate SEO Guide for Any Stage Business

Search engine optimization (SEO) is key to helping customers discover your business online. This guide takes you step-by-step through what you need to know to get started.

How to Start a Cleaning Business

You can clean a residence or commercial space in a timely manner, but that’s not all it takes to start a cleaning business. Here is everything you need to know about launching a successful cleaning service.