✨ Welcome + Introduce Yourself

[Ani_]

You made it! Welcome to Square’s togetHER community 🙌

Our purpose is for you to find connection, advice, encouragement, and community with fellow women in business and allies. This community is built for and by you, so make it your own.

First step: Introduce yourself in this thread! We want to get to know each and everyone one of you here. Stuck on how you should introduce yourself to other lady bosses? Here are some things to cover: Tell us who you are, what you’re working on and what type of business you own. If you have an online store, feel free to share with the group!

Our guiding principles

We all want productive, friendly conversation propelling us forward. Keep these in mind when posting:

• Share actionable information/material. We want this group to provide advice and actions that you can implement immediately to improve your business. Give context when asking questions and be detailed in your responses. Post about the difficult things so we can figure out an answer together as a community.
• Assume good intent. Tone on the internet is very difficult to convey. Let’s assume that everyone posting here comes from a place of good intention, so we can do the same. If anything feels amiss, please report it to our moderators.
• Treat your fellow sellers with respect. We all come from different backgrounds and may not always agree with one another, but we can always treat each other with respect. We have a zero tolerance policy for harassment or abuse of sellers or moderators because this should be a happy place on the internet.
• No spam or excessive self promotion. We’ve all seen those groups with the same people posting the same thing every single day. Let’s respect each other’s time and refrain from this type of excessive self promotion. But, by all means, when it’s time to celebrate you, shout that accomplishment from the rooftops!

Can’t wait to see your posts and celebrate you! 🎉

[scastrotattoo]

Hello everyone! My name is Sam Castro, I've been a self-employed/independent contractor for over 10 years as an artist.  My main medium is tattooing, in addition to selling original paintings, fine art prints and merch like t-shirts, pins and stickers. I recently opened my own studio this past May, called Gold Hand Gallery. It's located in Chapel Hill, NC.  I'd love for anyone who is interested to check out our website and social media https://goldhandgallery.com/ and if you're local to the area, feel free to stop by!

[Helen]

Welcome @scastrotattoo! Congratulations on your new studio! 

[scastrotattoo]

Thank you! I feel very fortunate to have an amazing business partner and wonderful shop family 🙂

[Down2Shine]

Hi everyone my name is Angel,

im new to square i started a small san diego local mobile detailing business. Its kind of scary because i am the first person in my family who starts a business and business has been slowly growing but it is upward trending in sales yay! Im 38 years old LGBTQ+ community member as well. And im just here looking for mentorship and advice to help me be successful 

[Breffni]

Hi Angel 🙂 👋 

Welcome to the Seller Community and congratulations on starting your new business and seeing positive growth in sales – that's fantastic news!

It's great that you're reaching out for mentorship and advice. Starting a business can be both exciting and challenging, and having a supportive community can make a big difference.

You can take a look at our Orientation page for some Community tips and tricks here if you haven't already seen it. 

Feel free to share any specific questions or concerns you have, and the community here will do our best to provide guidance. @Down2Shine 

[Jayslugs]

Hello I'm Jamel and I'm a personal trainer in Virginia by company name is gettightgetrightfitness you can find me at gettightgetrightfitness.com and my website wordsofwisdomandinspiration.com for my poetry 

[Breffni]

Welcome, Jamel! 😊 🥳 I love what you have going on with both sites - so glad you've decided to incorporate Square! @Jayslugs

[Jencasper1015]

Good Morning, Wonderful Ladies!

My name is Dr. Jen Casper.  I am a Spiritual Counselor who helps others change their world from the inside out.  I help others heal their bodies, minds, and souls.  By changing our belief systems, we change our world.  I have helped my clients find inner peace, and joy in life, and discover what they want from life.  I have traveled the world and been certified in over 30 holistic healing modalities.  I have been helping others for over 13 years in my private practice.  What I am presently working on is two books.  The one book is called Finding Your Light.  It is a tool for finding yourself within a relationship with someone who is challenged (addicted).  I have worked with family members of challenged loved ones for over 6 years and I have been in healing recovery with my challenged daughter since she was 15 years old.  I am revamping my Journey to Gratitude Journal.  Journey to Gratitude is an angelic prayer journal.  I am including meditations within the journal and expect to re-release the journal in February 2024. 

I am looking to share my recovery story with more family members who have challenged loved ones.  I desire to reach more families and loved ones of challenged loved ones to let them know “You are not alone.  You can recover, even if your family member does not.” 

I am also on a Gratitude Tour.  As I travel and meet random people, I ask my new friends if they want to sign my book.  I ask them, “What are you grateful for?"  They then choose a page and write what they are grateful for.  I have heard many heartfelt stories and shared tears of joy recounting what people are grateful for. It is the few moments we share that bring joy back into their lives as they document for others to see gratitude is everywhere!

Thank you for having me.  If I can help you or a friend, please reach out at [email protected].  www.jencasper.com

If you would like to virtually sign my Journey to Gratitude book, please email me "What you are grateful for?", your favorite number between 1-130, your name, city, and state.  I will put you in the book and then send you a picture!  You can email me at [email protected].

[Smellthis1919]

Hello to all the lovely women out there 

My name is Arline and i am the owner and Aromatherapist of Smell This! Aromatherapy in Richmond BC canada ...it is so very nice to be a part of women owned businesses group... i have been working at my business since 2005 ..love what i do  but still encounter business related challenges even 18 years later ... being creative which is an awesome trait in my business doesn't leave much time for say the important background parts of running the business ( accounting, social media etc.) I am a 2 person business which means i must wear lots of hats ....lol and sometimes they blow off

Thanks for listening and I look forward to meeting all of you 

Cheers Arline and wishing you a wonderful smelly day 😉

[JUYBoutique20]

Welcome Arline and congratulations on your 18-year journey.  I pray you have many more successful years in business and beyond.  I wear a ton of hats as well and they definitely get blown off at least twice a day 😆.  

[Jencasper1015]

My dearest Arline!  Welcome!  Congratulations on having the wonderful experience of 18 years and JUST BEGINNING THE JOURNEY!  It is a journey for sure!

Not everyone realizes their dream of owning their own business.  We are some of the few.  I am at 14 years and I LOVE the fact that I get to recreate what I do each day.

May your day smell like victory!

Forever grateful,

Dr. Jen

[CareyJo]

Hey Arline~

I'm glad you made it into this group!  Nice to have you here and 'see' a familiar face!!

[Smellthis1919]

Thank you Jen and Jacqueline for such a warm welcome 🙏 🤗 ❤️

[Lovewell]

Hey friends! 

So excited to be part of this group. 

We are Lovewell Tea and Coffee in Ventura County California! 

A coffee shop (now 2) owned by us sisters, Andrea and Emily. 

There is so much power in chatting with fellow women business owners. We have several in our local community IRL. 

We have a cat named Dublin (he is a big orange fluffy cat!) 

We love to travel. We love to meet people. We desire to share love and stories through a cup. 

We opened our first shop in May of 2020. About to celebrate FIVE years. Still is a shock to us haha. 

We gained inspiration while visiting family friends in Ireland to create a thirdspace in our community and that ended up being a coffee shop! Just opened our second spot a little over 6 months ago. 

Happy to be here 🙂 

[CareyJo]

My sister and I often talk about third spaces.  Not many people really know what that means or why we need them!  One of the reasons that we're thinking about doing the soda shop I told you about is for that reason!!

[Lovewell]

This is so awesome! I’ll have to come and visit one day. Montana is on my list! 

[CareyJo]

Yes!!!  You will probably get more info from me than you ever want to know about The Last Best Place!  But let me know when you're coming!!!  So fun!!!

[Deniseryan-67]

Good Morning! I own "Denise's Doggone Treats and Daycare" I just found out I was accepted to GCU for business management! I'm 57 and going back to school! (am I crazzy?) I have been taking my Organic treats and dogfood to local craft shows but I want to be wholesale. I started my business in September 2024. I need to find a Inveter who would help me get the Capital I need to open a store. Right now everything is online. I would welcome any advice??

[Moneymaster]

So proud of you. I will be 57 in a few days. My memory is actually improving with age. All the caffeine helps me. 

Humble opinion dont give to much of stock away for a small investment. You will find the right person it just takes time.

Teresa 

[CareyJo]

Our birthdays must be close... I'm 57 also.  Feb. 16

[CareyJo]

10 Pages in this thread - going way, way back!!!  How many in this thread are still active?  Let's give a shout!  I thought it would be good to revive the thread and see who's still around and how we're all doing.  Give an update!