Thank you. 

I appreciate your response. Also on a side note my daughters name is piper. I’ve been an executive chef since 2004 of under food service contract group called Sustain LLC since 2015. Our first four years were amazing and I really could of never predicted Or even imagine how hard things are currently have not taken a single day off since we first closed from Covid had to penny pinch every corner/ I’m doing everything I possibly can to dig out. I’m exhausted and really trying to see any sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Seems like I’m speeding towards the edge of a cliff here and don’t ever have a brake available to slow down. I’m pushing myself past my threshold every single day and barely making it. I’ve looked into everything imaginable as far as financial loans/lines of credit anything And none of it makes sense except for Square. So I guess I just keep my head down and hope I don’t fall out prior to getting an offer

Piper seems to be a popular name these days.  Our name is based upon the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.  In our city, there is a clock tower a block from us that has a mechanical puppet show of that story.  So we decided to go with the iconic building in our midst when we named it, and to incorporate that imagery in our logo.

I looked at your website.  May I say that your food looks very creative and nothing short of amazing!  Though I am an ice cream man these days, my second career was a chef (life long passion, total fear of it when I was coming of age in the 70s.  Lol). These days, I too old for that young person’s game — so now I’m a foodie in a city with amazing food and amazing chefs.

Are you really in Huntsville/Decatur, as your area code implies?  I spent quite a few years there in my first career.  In the 80s and early 90s, I was a computer geek working for aerospace contractors at Marshall Space Flight Center, on various parts of the Space Shuttle and its payloads.  I absolutely love that part of the country.  Anyway, small world, as they say!

I wish I could give you more than just cheerleading and empathy, Chef.  From my vantage point as a 61-year old man trying to postpone retirement, I still have memories of the lean years, of struggling and wondering if my break was ever going to come.  What you are doing is a lonely path, for certain, no matter how much support you might have around you from family and friends.  I’d tell you not to take it all too personally, not to get overwhelmed, that opportunities will come and they will go, that life was too short, etc, etc, etc.  What would be the point?  You sound as focused and driven as I’ve been in my two careers, so who am I to dispense advice!

But I’ll close by saying that (other than your family) you have someone you can talk to and vent about all of this turmoil and stress.  It sounds like you know what is important to you, and what you want to be important to you (your family).  You just need to find that path.  (And for the record, if you want to vent, my number/email is on my web site, which you can find below.)

None of this can help you financially, I know.  But I am reading something in your posts that made me want to say it all.  I hope I didn’t overstep.

Be well,Chef.

Appreciate it and yes I’m a huntsville Alabama local and actually contracted at quite a few of the aerospace companies here In town. We are a business dining company/catering so huntsville is ideal for what we do.. worked or are working with teledyne brown engineering, ppg aerospace and plan to bid on lockeed Martin, Northrop Grumman soon 

Thanks I have only used square for my business checking and when I’ve looked into lines of credit through traditional banks I’ve been declined. 

Im going to check out a local federal credit union today in hopes of them possibly picking up a line of credit or loan.... my business has excellent credit but personally mine has taken a bit of a dip... Anyway.. thank you for the feedback. hope all is well 

Did the credit union help? I know the frustration of waiting on a loan.

No. Pretty well tried everything I’m honestly sick with stress 

No  need , I’ve just seen other people post on here and just curious ! Thanks for the information!

You’re welcome.  I’ll add one more thing I forgot in my original reply.

When we use “sales” in this context of loans, we mean card sales.  Obviously cash sales won’t help you pay off your loan any faster, unless you make extra payments from that cash.  I say this because another thing I noticed that when I was a 50/50 (cash vs. card sales) business, my loan offers were less than they are now, post pandemic.  Now I am an 80/20 card-heavy business, and that has been consistent for a few years.  That means that Square can have more confidence that I’ll be able to handle larger loans without having to make extra payments, I’ll bet!

Regards,