It’s time for a new vibe to match how much Wave has evolved, so…🥁🥁🥁we’ve rebranded! Check out our site to experience the new Wave, learn about our latest products, and go behind the scenes of a real-life rebrand.
#bravelygo
#wavebrave
Ten years ago, a couple of entrepreneurs set out to make a dream a reality. As we celebrate our tenth anniversary, we’re proud to have helped millions of small business owners do the same. To those who’ve counted on us, we’re so grateful you’ve made Wave a part of your journey.
We know we must do more to become better allies to the Black community.
We waited to put out a statement until we had specific actions and commitments in place. 1/10
We’re beyond excited to announce our latest milestone: 3 million entrepreneurs have now joined Wave to run their businesses better. We’re honored to be a part of your 3 million journeys in the entrepreneurial world.
Congrats to
@tksimpson
who won
#Entrepreneur
of the Year at the
#SMEawards
! 👏 His passion for supporting & celebrating entrepreneurs is the backbone of everything we do. Congrats to the other nominees & winners tonight for your amazing contributions to the
#smallbiz
community!
We’re proud to be named 12th on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ list of the fastest growing Canadian tech companies. Thanks to the Wavers who helped us get here, and to any future Wavers—we’re hiring! 🙌
Exciting news: We've acquired business account startup
@heyitsevery
. Learn more about how we're joining forces to help entrepreneurs save time and money and get paid faster:
We're finalists for the Canadian Innovation Awards, in the Fintech category. Next step: Voting!
Please consider taking a moment to vote for Wave and your other favourite tech companies. Thanks for the votes, and for the nominations that got us here! ^rm
Hard work pays off! Wave has made the Deloitte Fast 50 and North American Fast 500 awards list for fastest growing tech companies! Congrats to a stellar list of winners. Great company to be in.
Investigating: We are currently investigating reports that our public site is unable to be reached. Our engineering team is on the case and we hope to have a resolution ASAP. Please stay tuned for updates and thank you for your patien…
Wave has been named one of "the 50 most intriguing ‘Emerging Stars’" among international fintech companies, by
@KPMG
and
@H2_Ventures
!
#Fintech100
In great, and very exclusive, company. Congrats to all, including
@JoinLeague
@Wealthsimple
and others!
Thanks to the 3 million (and growing!) entrepreneurs who have joined Wave to reinvent how small business finances work. We're thrilled to share this milestone with you!
.
@WaveHQ
wanted design flexibility and the ability to empower more of their team to manage site updates.
They turned to Webflow to reduce their developer dependency and bring their visual vision to life.
Learn more here:
Currently our public facing site is down. As our team works toward getting our site up and running again ASAP, we want to thank the majority of you folks for bringing this to our attention. Stay tuned! _BA
We are thrilled to announce two amazing honors.
We have won: Waterstone’s Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture for the second time running AND
@tksimpson
has been recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired CEOs!
#canadasmostadmired
#companyculture
It's
#InternationalWomensDay
and we wanted to give a shout out to some of Wave’s business owners who are powerhouses in their fields.
Meet
@kaleighf
, freelance writer.
Very pleased Joanne Bradford, CMO
@SoFi
, is joining the Wave board today — the same day she speaks at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit.
#FortuneMPW
A great addition to our leadership. Thx
@theBoardlist
for the intro.
#WomenOnBoards
What’s a great New Year’s resolution? How about finally getting your cash flow under control? We’re working on two new products—Invoice Advances and Instant Payouts—that will help you rock your cash flow in 2019!
✂️ We cut the ribbon this week on our beautiful new space on the 4th floor of Wave HQ. Amazing job by our P&C team for putting in the hard work needed to get this done!
#lifeatwave
We're doing some work under the hood in the next hour or two. Wave will remain operational throughout. We'll update here when we're finished, thank you for your patience!
What a year it's been here at
@WaveHQ
! To close off the year we have a message from our CEO
@tksimpson
reflecting on 2019 and sharing a look ahead to 2020. Exciting things are coming 🤫
For the second year in a row Wave made the list of Best Places to Work for Inclusion! Wave has also been recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Women, Best Workplaces in Technology & for Millennials. Want to join our team?
We just launched our Complete Playbook to Starting a Business, adding to our BravelyGo Guides series. 🚀👨💻Set your
#smallbiz
up for success and learn how to find inspiration, name your biz, write a business plan and more.
#startup
#inspo
#entrepreneur
We couldn't be prouder to see Wave staff engineer Nick Presta on BetaKit's top "30 Developers under 30" list. Nick has played key roles across Wave's products, and his work on tooling and dev environments has been invaluable. Congrats Nick!
1/2 To our beloved small business community: as you’re presented with new challenges to your business during a time of social distancing, know that you are not alone. Starting today, we’ll be using social to share resources & start conversations as we navigate through this.
We are excited to announce Wave has secured a spot on the 2018 list of Best Workplace for Millennials. Congrats to the Wave team and everyone who made the list! 🏆
We are committed to listening, educating ourselves, speaking out, and being allies however we can. And we welcome any feedback on how we can best make a difference.
Black Lives Matter.
If you're a Canadian
#smallbiz
owner you may be eligible for the Temporary Wage Subsidy from the Canadian government. If you're eligible you can opt-in right away through Wave Payroll to get money back into your business when you need it most. Read more:
We're finalists for the Canadian Innovation Awards! With your vote, we can turn that into 🏆🎖Winners🏆🎖! Voting happens here Thanks for your awesome support.
Pride. It means something different to everyone. As we celebrate
#pride2020
, we turned to the LGBTQ2IA+ staff and allies here at Wave to share what it means to them.
We're currently investigating reports of an unusual push notification. We have no reason to believe it's more than human error at this time, but will report more ASAP. Our apologies for any alarm this may have caused.
Hey everyone, we’re currently investigating reports of slowdowns on site & login issues. Our engineers are investigating and we will send an update when the status changes! Thank you for your patience and understanding in the meantime.
Our website is back up and running as expected. You should no longer see the 502 gateway error while accessing your account. Thanks again for your understanding and patience while we worked to resolve this.
Getting your house in order is important for Iron Throne contenders and small business owners alike—and here are 6 other lessons
#GameofThrones
can teach us about payroll:
🍋 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade–and that's exactly what Chris and Krista did when diagnosed with COVID-19. Being a filmmaker, Chris had an opportunity to document what living with this virus was really like, and so, Making Lemonade was born.
We're excited to be finalists in three categories (including Canadian HR Team of the Year!) in the fifth annual Canadian HR Awards! Our amazing People & Culture team (AKA The Unicorn Squad🦄) rocks talent recruitment, IT, communications, events, and facilities management.
We just launched our Complete Guide to Small Business Marketing. Learn how to market your small biz in 2018 with the right mix of information and practical exercises to build your skills fast. 👨💻
#startup
#entrepreneur
#smallbiz
#freelancer
#marketing
Interested in women’s experience in tech & startup culture? Want to feel empowered to start your own journey? We look forward to seeing you @ Wave HQ on March 27th!
#waveofwomen
#inclusivityintech
Our rebrand is about so much more than nice visuals (though they are pretty nice ☺️). Read a blog post written by Wave’s Creative Director, Grace Marquez, that explains what inspired us to tackle our biggest milestone yet.
#rebrand
#wavebrave
Congrats to our own Engineering lead
@rwilsonperkin
for snagging a spot on the Developer 30 Under 30 list. You earned it, Ryan! 🏆 And thanks for the shoutout
@itworldca
From expert coaching to building trust to product positioning, Wave’s VP of Business Development
@realax
's top six books he read this year are packed with valuable knowledge for small business owners.
🌟Calling all entrepreneurs 🌟Join us on Instagram/Facebook Tuesday October 16th at 11:45am EST for a live panel discussion on the ups and downs of starting a business, company culture and brand promotion.
@bdc_ca
#smallbiz
#entrepreneur
#startup
#growth
Any week with 2 big awards is a good week. Wave received the Great Places to Work in Technology award, and came in
#2
on the Growth 500 list for financial services! Congrats to all the winners, and to the Wave team that worked hard to get here
#Growth500