New industry, new venture for us.... but we're excited!!

[CareyJo]

I've had a little bit of chit-chat with @Lovewell and @TheRealChipA about our upcoming venture and we're getting much closer now to making it a reality, so I finally decided that I should join this group and start learning some things.  So, I'm looking for input.  On all the things.  But, first.... here's what I know and what I need to learn.

1.  I've got some experience.  I was a shift leader in a pizza restaurant for more than 3 years.  I ran the inventory there and the inventory in our current business.

2.  I've got over 35 years experience being self-employed.

3.  I ran the food program for 8 daycare locations in Phoenix many years ago and know how to shop in bulk, price shop and create menus.

4.  I've taught classes on how to make 30 meals in a day and shop for it.

5.  I was a manager in Tupperware and sold for about 5 years, I'm super at storage and organizing.

6.  I run our current business.  I manage every aspect of it but I know there will be new things that I need to learn.

What I know I need to learn, here in Square, that I haven't yet researched:

1.  Having a second business after already having one here.... something about more than one profile???

2.  Getting our POS system and learning all of the tools that Square offers, that will help me run our new business.

3.  Learning which of those tools will be most beneficial to us and how to utilize them to our greatest advantage.

4.  Lastly, what I don't know that I need to know.  For those of you in this industry, if you were to start over today, with what you know, what would you have done differently?  

Tell me... All. The. Things.

[VanKalkerFarms]

Congrats on the new adventure.

1. Sign up with a new email, create a Gmail account for the new business.
2.  I am fond of the Square stands with iPads, as you aren't locked into Square-specific hardware, as the iPad can be useful if the stand is phased out, but you can't use the fancy Square register for anything else other than Square.
3. and 4. Our bakeries aren't on Square, so I can't really help there (the Franchise has a mandatory POS (that is a true piece of S#..) but I would love to use Square in there and save thousands and thousands.

[CareyJo]

Thanks for the info.  We're an Android family and I hate Apple, so I may not go the route of an iPad but will consider it.  At least for us, if we don't use one, it would be no biggie because we wouldn't use it for anything else, so being 100% Square would be okay.  Sucks that you can't use Square at the bakeries!  I'm seeing more and more Toast systems in stores now that I'm paying attention.  The shop we're purchasing has an older Toast system in it that they want to sell with the building.  I said I don't want it because I don't think I could sell it and I fully intend to use only Square!