Founding History of Square
Founded by Jim McKelvey and Jack Dorsey.
Started design and development work in February 2009.
Incorporated as Square Inc. in June 2009.
Purchased the squareup.com domain name in August 2009.
Launched in closed beta in December 2009.
Launched commercially in May 2010.
Raised about $600 M USD in several rounds of funding.
Started trading on the NYSE in November 2015.
Headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
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Year 1 of Square
Version 1 of Square (Hardware)
Version 1 of Square (Mobile App)
Stats of Square (Pre-IPO)
Full Year 1 of Square

FEB 2009 to JAN 2010
Extras of Square
Jack Dorsey's Square In Action
Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey, the idea for Square
Jack Dorsey, show investors a working product
Jack Dorsey: Marketing by Surfacing the Product
Jack Dorsey, payment is a form of communication
Jack Dorsey: One Startup With Many Startups Inside

Form S-1