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Terms of Use

Last updated: July 13, 2026

1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between you and StartBlox, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 470 W Broad St #17, Columbus, OH 43215 ("Company," "we," or "us"). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use of startblox.com and any related applications (the "Website"), including the diagnostic and scoring engine, action plan and dashboard, AI Advisor, vendor comparison features, and portfolio and advisor tools made available through it (the "Platform"), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to these Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, which can be found at startblox.com/privacy-policy and is incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

If you create an account and use the Platform beyond the public, unauthenticated portions of the Website, your access is also governed by our Subscription Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference, as described in Section 14.

2. Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Where a change is material and you hold an active paid Subscription, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to also notify you directly (such as by email or an in-Platform notice) before the change takes effect.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

3. Eligibility

(a) Age. You must be 18 years of age or older to create an Account, hold a Subscription, or otherwise act as the Subscriber under the Subscription Agreement. By creating an Account, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company.

A parent or legal guardian may create and hold an Account and use the Platform together with, or on behalf of, a minor under their supervision, including by adding the minor as a Workspace Member on a Business the parent or guardian owns. In that case, the parent or guardian remains solely responsible for the minor's use of the Website, for all Fees, and for any legal, financial, or other binding action taken through the Account (for example, forming a business entity, opening a bank account, or purchasing software or services). StartBlox does not knowingly collect personal information directly from a minor independent of a supervising adult's Account, and a minor may not create or hold an Account of their own.

(b) Location. The Website is currently available to users located in the United States and in the other countries listed at the point of signup on the Website. The Platform's content — particularly guidance involving business licensing, entity formation, tax, and other regulatory matters — is written around United States law; users located outside the United States should treat this content as general reference only and confirm requirements with a locally qualified professional. The Website is not currently available to users located in the European Union or the United Kingdom, pending additional disclosures StartBlox is developing to meet those jurisdictions' consumer-contract requirements.

By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you meet the requirements of this Section 3. If you do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

4. Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

  • Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
  • Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

Using the Platform requires creating an account; StartBlox does not offer anonymous access to the Platform's diagnostic and dashboard features (public marketing pages and the founder-readiness quiz remain accessible without an account). It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website, or otherwise, including through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your credentials. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your account or any other breach of security related to the Website. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, Subscription Agreement, or other agreement.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and Platform and their entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, audio, the diagnostic and scoring engine, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal or internal business, non-commercial-resale use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
  • You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes.
  • You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal or internal business use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
  • If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal or internal business use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.

You must not: modify copies of any materials from this site; use any illustrations, photographs, or graphics separately from the accompanying text; or delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website other than your own internal business use as a founder or advisor managing your own Business or Businesses through the Platform.

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

6. Trademarks

STARTBLOX® is a registered trademark of StartBlox, Inc. (U.S. Reg. No. 8,209,678). The Company name, the StartBlox logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

7. AI Advisor and Founder-Readiness Quiz

The Website's public founder-readiness quiz and the Platform's AI Advisor each generate guidance based on the information you provide. As with the fuller disclosure in the Subscription Agreement that applies once you hold a Subscription: this guidance is provided for general informational purposes only, is not legal, tax, financial, accounting, or other professional advice, may be incomplete or inaccurate, and should not be relied upon without independent verification or consultation with a qualified professional. Section 18 (Disclaimer of Warranties) applies fully to this guidance.

8. Affiliate Disclosure

The Website and Platform may include links to, or comparisons of, third-party vendors and service providers. StartBlox may receive referral fees, commissions, or other compensation when you engage some of these vendors, as described more fully in the Subscription Agreement's Vendor Recommendations section. These comparisons reflect a limited set of vendors StartBlox has a relationship with, not a comprehensive survey of the market, and inclusion is not an endorsement of suitability for your particular needs.

9. Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

  • In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
  • For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
  • To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity.
  • To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

  • Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website.
  • Use any robot, spider, or other automated means to access the Website for any purpose not expressly permitted by Section 2(c) of the Subscription Agreement.
  • Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of the Website or any server, computer, or database connected to it.
  • Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

10. Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any content you can access through the Website (including content another user has uploaded, such as a business logo or profile photo) infringes your copyright, please contact us at hello@startblox.com with: a description of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed; the material you believe is infringing and its location on the Website; your contact information; and a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

11. Reliance on Information Posted; Third-Party Content

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information, including any AI Advisor output as described in Section 7. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users and third-party licensors. All statements and opinions expressed in materials not provided by the Company are solely the opinions and responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

12. Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up to date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

13. Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

14. Subscription and Other Terms and Conditions

Access to the Platform's paid and free-tier features, including all purchases and subscriptions through our site, are governed by our Subscription Agreement, which is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

15. Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, and you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part. This Website may provide certain social media features (for example, linking to or sharing certain content). You may use these features solely as they are provided by us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with; you must not frame, deep link, or in-line link the Website, or otherwise cause it to appear to be displayed by another site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission, and to disable any social media features, without notice.

16. Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties — including Recommended Vendors described in Section 8 — these links are provided for your convenience. We have no control over the content of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you access a third-party website linked from this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to that site's own terms and conditions.

17. Geographic Restrictions

The Company is based in the State of Ohio in the United States. Which countries the Website is currently available in is described in Section 3(b) (Eligibility) and the Regional Availability provision of the Subscription Agreement. Regardless of your location, your use of the Website is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio as described in Section 21, and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of the location from which you access the Website.

18. Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, THE PLATFORM (INCLUDING THE AI ADVISOR AND FOUNDER-READINESS QUIZ), AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE, OR THAT ANY GUIDANCE OR OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

19. Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR PLATFORM, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, OR ANY BUSINESS, LEGAL, TAX, FINANCIAL, OR REGULATORY DECISION YOU MAKE IN RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE OR PLATFORM, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IF YOU HOLD A SUBSCRIPTION, THE LIABILITY CAP IN SECTION 9 OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT ALSO APPLIES.

20. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including any content you upload and any use of the Website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use.

21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule. Subject to Section 22 (Arbitration), any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms of Use or the Website will be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Ohio located in the City of Columbus and County of Franklin, and you waive any objection to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

22. Arbitration

Except for claims that qualify for small-claims court, or claims seeking injunctive relief for misuse of intellectual property, you and the Company agree to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the Website through final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual action in small-claims court. This arbitration agreement is mutual and applies equally to claims the Company brings against you and claims you bring against the Company.

  • Informal resolution first. Before filing an arbitration, the party bringing a claim must send the other party a written description of the dispute and a proposed resolution, and the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.
  • Class action waiver. Disputes will be arbitrated only on an individual basis and will not be brought as a class, collective, or representative action.
  • Right to opt out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to StartBlox at the address in Section 24 within 30 days of first accepting these Terms of Use. If you opt out, neither you nor the Company will be required to arbitrate disputes under these Terms of Use, and Section 21 governs instead.

If you hold a Subscription, this section is intended to operate consistently with, not in addition to, Section 11 of the Subscription Agreement; you need not opt out of both separately if you send a single opt-out notice referencing both documents.

23. Limitation on Time to File Claims; Waiver and Severability

Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues, otherwise such cause of action or claim is permanently barred, except where applicable law requires a longer period.

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use is a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use continue in full force and effect.

24. Entire Agreement; Contact

These Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and the Subscription Agreement (if applicable) constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and StartBlox, Inc. regarding the Website and Platform, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the same. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms of Use and any other documents referenced or incorporated herein, the following order of precedence governs: (i) first, the Subscription Agreement, (ii) second, these Terms of Use, and (iii) third, the Privacy Policy.

This Website is operated by StartBlox, Inc., 470 W Broad St #17, Columbus, OH 43215. All notices, copyright infringement claims, feedback, and comments should be directed to hello@startblox.com. Requests for technical support should be directed to support@startblox.com.