Puno is a UX designer, art director, and Squarespace Authorized Trainer based in Los Angeles, California. She’s the founder of ilovecreatives, a hybrid toolkit offering classifieds, profiles, courses and other tools to help creatives connect and create.

From how we find important information to the ways we navigate the world around us, here are five innovations by Black inventors who influenced the way we interact online and IRL today and likely well into the future.

Circle member and entrepreneur, Kerstin Martin, discusses how she started and runs her business as a Squarespace web designer in this member Ask-Me-Anything.

Christy Price is a Circle member based in Austin, Texas. She develops websites for small business owners and enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs to bring their web presence to life.

Li Wang is a Jersey City-based Squarespace Expert and founder of Little Ox Workshop, an agency that offers Squarespace websites, content marketing, SEO, and customer relationship services.

Fabien Pochez is a France-based Circle member and the co-founder of Midnight Club, a creative studio dedicated to creating engaging experiences for the digital age.

Allie Astell is a UK-based Squarespace Expert and founder of Manage My Website, a virtual agency that helps brands build their online presences.

Armin Braunsberger is a media professional and web designer based out of Austria. He is one of the most prolific Experts in the Squarespace Marketplace having completed over 300 projects and received over 200 five-star ratings.

Cody is an Orange-county based founder of Moov Labs and Ghost Plugins, both of which support designing on Squarespace. Through a unique pricing model, Cody empowers small businesses to create a beautiful online presence on a budget. 

Elwyn is a Wales-based web designer and founder of PixelHaze. He builds sites for rural businesses on a budget, and uses workshops to empower those clients to continue growing their online presence.

Maggie is the founder of M-Power Studio, a design and online presence management business. She helps artists, performers, and small business owners take control of their online presence and focuses on empowering women in the design and tech spaces.

Kathleen and Richard are the husband-and-wife duo behind Designstaq, a San Francisco-based web design company that enables entrepreneurship by helping small businesses access high-quality design talent at an affordable price.

Chelsea is a Washington D.C.-based art director, web designer, Authorized Trainer, and the founder of 23&9 Creative, a web design company that brings women-run small businesses to life. She helps her clients’ brands shine by creating functional, beautiful, easy-to-use sites.

Yian is a visual creative, web designer, and the founder of House Digital, a design company that builds visual brands for interior designers. Yian helps his clients build a better business by building a better website.

Karl is a web developer and graphic designer based in Ottawa, Ontario. He founded Minimist Web Design and helps brands showcase their passions and stories through thoughtful website design.

Dave is a multidisciplinary creative based in Brooklyn, New York. He helps individuals and businesses from diverse industries build and manage their online presence with Squarespace.

Creative Squeeze is a digital media agency with an emphasis on branding, graphic design, web development, videography, and photography. They help businesses look their best by creating visuals that connect brands with their ideal customers.

Ben is the founder of Knapsack Creative, a web design agency based in Lynchburg, Virginia. He and his team have built hundreds of client websites on Squarespace.

Chelsea is the founder and creative director of Another, a creative agency based in Los Angeles, California. Her team helps companies develop and tell their brand stories.

David is a digital entrepreneur and orphan care activist based in Orange County, California. His work centers around the idea that “busy is not good,” so he helps businesses run profitably while creating time and space, and removing excess.