by Ronny | Aug 23, 2012 | event, San Francisco
At GoPago we get our livelihood from local small businesses, good food and the entrepreneurial spirit. Those three things were alive and well this past Saturday between the 20th and 26th blocks of Folsom Street at the 4th Annual San Francisco Street Food Festival. The event was presented by La Cocina, “a non-profit incubator kitchen providing affordable commercial kitchen space and industry-specific technical assistance to low-income and immigrant entrepreneurs who are launching, growing and formalizing food businesses.” We heard amazing stories and tasted some delcious food from across the city. One of our favorites was from Maria of Estrellita’s Snacks. She was an immigrant from El Salvador, who was lucky enough to live right across the street from La Cocina, she wandered in and started a business with $20. She now has packaged yucca and plantain chips, sells tamales and pupusas at the Alemany farmers market and is opening up a restaurant that has already been home to Woody Allen, A-list actors and the rest of the production crew. She told us in Spanish to wait till the movie gets released because her and her restaurant will be making a cameo. The dream was so tangible and actuated that we could taste it! We actually started the food festival a bit early on Friday with the first ever Night Market, it was a bit chilly out but we found comfort in our office neighbor Soup Junkies’ Crab & Tomato Noodle Soup. It’s always surprising how sometimes you wait a while to try great food that is so close by. The next day at the event we had some terrific...
by Ronny | Aug 17, 2012 | San Francisco
Our community has grown so rapidly in the last month that we now have over 75,000 users in San Francisco! We are thrilled to have you all as fellow line skippers, but we want to get to know you better. We want to know what you look like and which one of the venues in our network is your favorite. If you share all this awesomeness with us you will be automatically entered to win a $50 credit, which will be awarded to one lucky user. Here is what you have to do: 1. Add your photo to your GoPago account. It’s as easy as opening the app, clicking profile and then clicking the camera icon where you can snap a new shot, upload from your gallery or use your Facebook profile picture. 2. Leave a review for your favorite venue. Go to your receipts, if you haven’t yet clicked “I received my order” do so and then you will be directed to “Write a review.” No need to write a novel, we just want to know what you liked about the location and maybe even what you ordered. We love your suggestions. If you want to up your chances of winning the credit, leave multiple reviews! Bonus Points: show us your face and let us hear your voice at the same time! Make us a short, 30 seconds to 1 minute long, video on why you use GoPago and email it to media@GoPago.com. Alright folks, don’t remain faceless and wordless! You have until Monday August 20th, 2012 at 5pm to get your profile all jazzed up. The...
by Ronny | Aug 8, 2012 | news
We are extremely excited by this week’s announcement of GoPago LIVE -a tablet based POS system equipping brick-and-mortar merchants with the payment and business tools necessary to run a modern business. The reception by brick-and-mortar merchants nationwide has been overwhelmingly positive. This marks a truly exciting time for brick-and-mortar merchants and GoPago. Our CEO and founder Leo Rocco says, “We think GoPago LIVE will turn the payment industry on its head. This is so much more than POS. It’s a total solution for brick-and-mortar business owners. We’re redefining and re-setting the bar for modernizing business payments and loyalty programs.” GoPago LIVE makes us the first payment-as-a-service (PAAS) provider to offer a 100% free service. We are so happy to offer our merchants a system that levels the playing field between industry giants and independent sole proprietorships. Our free plug-n-play solution delivers “your business in a box” with the tablet, tablet stand, cash drawer, receipt printer, credit card reader, software and 24/7 merchant support services with zero startup costs or monthly fees. One of our merchants, Lucky Dogs, has already seen the difference and the results. Co-owner Aric Doo reports, “As a small business owner, my payment system is just a tool that helps me get through the day. I don’t want to worry about it, and it just needs to work. I tried a different tablet system, but it cost me $700 not including the iPad, and I had to hire my own tech guy. I’ll never go back. GoPago LIVE is easy, no money out of my pocket, and the 4G makes each transaction super fast.” GoPago LIVE...
