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Terms of Service

Last Updated: March 19, 2024

Welcome to Founders Hut (https://foundershut.com), a platform dedicated to sharing real-world startup stories, case studies, and interviews with entrepreneurs to inspire and educate the next generation of founders. By using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). Please read them carefully.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Founders Hut, including creating an account or purchasing a membership, you agree to these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and Cookies Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our website.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use our site. If you are under 18, you must use the site under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

3. Accounts, Authentication, and Membership

You may create a free or premium account. We use Clerk to manage user authentication and identity. Clerk securely handles account creation, sign-in, and session management on our behalf.

By registering, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information, and to keep your login credentials confidential. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

Premium memberships are billed via Stripe or a similar third-party processor. By subscribing, you authorize us to charge your payment method according to the plan terms.

4. Intellectual Property

All content on Founders Hut—including articles, interviews, branding, and design—is the property of Founders Hut or its contributors and is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, or distribute content without prior written permission.

You may share links to public pages for personal or educational purposes, provided proper attribution is included.

5. User-Generated Content

If you contribute content (e.g., case studies, testimonials, business data), you grant Founders Hut a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute it on our platform and in related marketing.

You represent that you have the right to share any content submitted and that it does not infringe on any third-party rights or violate laws.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Use Founders Hut for any unlawful or harmful purpose
  • Impersonate others or misrepresent your identity
  • Attempt to bypass, disable, or interfere with site security
  • Upload malicious code or content
  • Scrape, harvest, or extract data without permission

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

7. Analytics, Cookies, and Tracking

We use tools like Google Analytics and Plausible to analyze how users interact with our site. This includes collecting IP addresses, browser type, pages viewed, and referring traffic sources.

We also use cookies for:

  • User authentication (via Clerk)
  • Saving preferences (e.g., filters, reading history)
  • Performance and analytics
  • Potential ad retargeting

For more details, refer to our Cookies Policy.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

Founders Hut is provided “as is” and “as available.” We make no guarantees about uptime, functionality, or the accuracy of any content. Use of the site is at your own risk.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, Founders Hut and its team will not be liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including data loss, revenue loss, or reputational harm, arising from your use of the site.

10. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms periodically. If changes are material, we'll post a revised version and update the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the site means you accept any changes.

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom. Any legal disputes will be handled exclusively by the courts of England and Wales.

12. Contact

Have questions about these Terms? Please contact us.