Tips for Activating Bento Cards

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As a new employee, I had trouble activating my Bento card. That’s not a great look for a new employee here. When I talked to Laura Green of our support team, I learned that my mistakes are common ones. So, learn from me about activating Bento cards! Employee and utility cards are different First, employee […]

Bento, Trade Shows, and Small Business Expense Management

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Earlier this month, we showed people how our small business expense management systems work at the AccountexUSA trade show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston and the concurrent Think Forward Diversification without Assimilation meeting.  Bento has participated in a only a few trade shows, so it was a great opportunity to learn more about […]

Win the ultimate office makeover! Enter the Bento Loves Business Sweepstakes

Bento Loves Business Sweepstakes The sweepstakes is happening right now and we invite you to join. The Grand Prize? A $5,000 Bento Card that can be used towards purchases of office furniture, decoration, appliances and supplies—all the stuff you need to refresh or even fully update your office. Easy to enter Simply complete a transaction […]

Using Small Business Development Centers

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Do you want counseling about business problems? Advice about finding export markets? Find out how to become a government contractor? Well, there is a great resource for you: your local Small Business Development Center, or SBDC. These are community organizations, often affiliated with universities, that offer advice and training to prospective entrepreneurs and current business […]

Happy International Day of the Programmer

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September 13 is the International Day of the Programmer. It falls on the 256th day of the year because 256 distinct values can be represented with an 8-bit byte—so it’s a little programmer’s joke. At Bento for Business, we are all for honoring programmers, because they are responsible for making our products work and responding […]

How Bento for Business uses Bento for Business to Manage Employee Expenses

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Of course, all Bento for Business employees have Bento Cards. How else would we manage employee expenses?  One way that we use them is to enjoy one of our most popular employee benefits, free lunch. Each weekday, we are authorized an amount to spend at restaurants and food vendors. The limit resets each day, so […]