Welcome to Small Business Byte. These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”), and Small Business Byte, founded and operated by Ava Martinez (“we,” “us,” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of our website.
By accessing SmallBusinessByte.com, you agree that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with all of these terms, you are expressly prohibited from using the site and must discontinue use immediately.
1. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property. All source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by Ava Martinez and are protected by copyright and trademark laws.
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Limited License: You are granted a limited license to access and use the Site and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use.
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Prohibited Use: You may not copy, reproduce, aggregate, republish, upload, post, publicly display, encode, translate, transmit, distribute, sell, license, or otherwise exploit our content for any commercial purpose whatsoever without our express prior written permission.
2. User Representations
By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:
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All registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete.
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You have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
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You will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise.
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Your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
3. No Professional Advice
As detailed in our Disclaimer, the “byte-sized” strategies and business insights provided by Ava Martinez are for educational and informational purposes only. While Ava utilizes her Columbia Business School background to inform the content, the information on this Site does not constitute professional financial, legal, or tax advice. Reliance on any information provided by the Site is solely at your own risk.
4. Prohibited Activities
You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
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Systematically retrieving data or other content from the Site to create or compile a database or directory.
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Circumventing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with security-related features of the Site.
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Engaging in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site.
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Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information.
5. Limitation of Liability
In no event will Ava Martinez or SmallBusinessByte.com be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special, or punitive damages, including lost profit, lost revenue, loss of data, or other damages arising from your use of the site, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
6. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site or breach of these Terms and Conditions.
7. Site Management
We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:
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Monitor the Site for violations of these Terms and Conditions.
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Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms and Conditions.
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In our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable any of your contributions.
8. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the U.S., without regard to its conflict of law principles.
9. Contact Us
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:
Email: info@smallbusinessbyte.com
