Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the FounderFirst website at founderfirstpartners.co (the "Site") and any related communications. FounderFirst Inc ("FounderFirst," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Site and provides the Services described on it. By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms apply to your use of the Site and to inquiries and applications you submit. Any actual engagement of our services is governed by a separate written engagement agreement, which controls in the event of any conflict with these Terms.

2. Our services

FounderFirst provides fractional CFO advisory and financial-strategy services to businesses. The Site presents general information about those services. Nothing on the Site is an offer, guarantee of results, or commitment to provide services to any particular person or company.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and, where you act on behalf of a company, have authority to bind that company. The Services are intended for businesses, not consumers.

4. Acceptable use

You may use the Site only for lawful, business, and informational purposes. You agree not to:

• Use the Site in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
• Copy, scrape, crawl, harvest, or extract content or data from the Site without authorization.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Site or its security features, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any systems, accounts, or data.
• Submit false, misleading, unlawful, or infringing information, or misrepresent your identity, affiliation, or purpose in contacting us.
• Use the Site to transmit malware, spam, or harmful code.

We may suspend or restrict access to the Site at any time and for any reason.

5. Engagements, scope & fees

• Services are delivered only under a signed engagement agreement or statement of work that defines scope, deliverables, cadence, fees, and term.
• Pricing shown on the Site is indicative and subject to the terms of your engagement agreement.
• Certain work, such as running a live raise or sale, is provided as a separate, time-boxed engagement quoted when the need arises.
• Fees, billing, and payment terms are as stated in your engagement agreement.

6. Applications

We work with a limited number of clients and evaluate prospective engagements by application. Submitting an application or inquiry does not create an engagement, a client relationship, or any obligation for us to provide services. Do not send confidential or sensitive information through the Site unless we have expressly agreed to receive it or you are doing so through an approved intake process.

7. Client responsibilities

• Provide accurate, complete, and timely information and access needed to perform the Services.
• Retain responsibility for your own business decisions; we provide analysis and recommendations, and final decisions rest with you.
• Maintain your own bookkeeping, tax filing, payroll, and legal compliance, or engage appropriate providers for them.

8. Intellectual property

The Site, including its content, design, and marks, is owned by FounderFirst or its licensors and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, modified, or reused without permission. You may view and use Site content for your own internal informational purposes only.

Ownership of deliverables created during an engagement (such as financial models and dashboards) is governed by your engagement agreement; as a general matter, clients keep the models and dashboards built for them.

9. Testimonials & case studies

The Site may display client names, logos, testimonials, metrics, and case studies. These reflect the experience of specific clients under specific circumstances and are published with the applicable client's permission. If you are a client and wish to update or remove a testimonial or reference, email team@founderfirstpartners.co.

10. Confidentiality

We treat non-public business and financial information you share as confidential and use it only to provide the Services, subject to the confidentiality terms of your engagement agreement and applicable law.

11. No professional advice

FounderFirst provides financial-strategy and CFO advisory services. Except as expressly agreed in a signed engagement, the Site and our general communications do not constitute legal, tax, accounting, audit, or investment advice, and do not create a fiduciary relationship. We are not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, licensed CPA firm, or auditor. You should obtain advice from your own qualified professionals before acting. Any results, metrics, or testimonials described are specific to those clients and are not a promise or guarantee of future outcomes.

12. Privacy

Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and protect information and is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

13. Third-party links

The Site may link to or embed third-party websites and tools (for example, our scheduling provider and newsletter platform). We do not control and are not responsible for third-party content, services, privacy practices, or security. Your use of third-party sites is at your own risk and subject to their own terms and policies.

14. Disclaimer of warranties

The Site is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any defects will be corrected.

15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FounderFirst and its members, managers, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and service providers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or business interruption, arising from your use of the Site.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FounderFirst's total liability arising out of or related to your use of the Site will not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).

Liability arising from an engagement is governed by, and limited as set out in, the applicable engagement agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

16. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless FounderFirst and its members, managers, officers, employees, contractors, agents, and service providers from claims and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your misuse of the Site, your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law or third-party right, or any information you submit through the Site, except to the extent caused by our own misconduct.

17. Term & termination

These Terms apply while you use the Site. We may suspend or discontinue the Site, or suspend or terminate your access to it, at any time with or without notice. Termination of any engagement is governed by the engagement agreement; on termination, you keep the models and dashboards built for you as described there.

Sections intended to survive termination — including intellectual property, confidentiality, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law and dispute resolution — will continue to apply.

18. Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in New York County, New York, unless your engagement agreement provides otherwise.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and FounderFirst each waive any right to a trial by jury and agree that any dispute will be brought only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

19. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date reflects the latest version, and your continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance.

20. Miscellaneous

• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site. For clients, a signed engagement agreement governs the services and controls over these Terms in the event of a conflict.
• Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets.
• Electronic communications. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, including via email and through the Site.

21. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email team@founderfirstpartners.co or submit a request to: