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Sarthak Bhandari's document discusses Square, a financial services and digital payments company. It outlines Square's hardware like card readers and stands, software for food delivery and analytics, finances with a market cap of $1.46B but not profitable, and business model of free marketing and percentage cuts. The history notes it was founded in 2009 by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and has since cut losses by moving to single point of sale. Competitors include PayPal, Intuit, and VeriFone, and the prediction is that Square will succeed by reducing losses, expanding software, and building their brand.
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- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing Days
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
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- 2. Products ● Hardware ○ Card Reader ○ Stand ● Software ○ Food delivery ○ Analytics ○ Payments
- 4. Software Free? Percent cut Mobile apps + web interface
- 5. Finances Market Cap: 1.46B Profitable? Not exactly Stock slowly climbing up
- 6. Business Model Freebie marketing Percent cuts Per user model
- 7. History Founded by Jack Dorsey (CEO of Twitter) in 2009 Originally transmitted unencrypted information Cut down their losses - moving to single point of sale
- 8. Secret Hot Sauce The ability to use cards anywhere A single point of payment for small business
- 10. Prediction They’re going to make it ● They’ve cut their losses ● They’re expanding their software business ● They’ve built a brand
- 11. Questions?