Chase and Living Social /Mission: Small Business

https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/

Chase and LivingSocial want to help fuel that drive by awarding up to 12 individual grants of $250,000 to 12 small businesses.
Submit your Mission: Small Business℠ application today! Program ends June 30, 2012

Demonstrating their ongoing commitment to small businesses, Chase and LivingSocial are sponsoring "Mission: Small Business℠" a grant program awarding up to $3 million to small business owners nationwide.
The Program, which will provide up to 12 individual grants of $250,000 was developed to provide small businesses with resources needed to make a positive impact on their business.


Mission: Small Business℠ invites small business owners who have been in business for at least two years and have less than 100 employees to apply for a Grant for their business. Small business owners will be required to tell us why their business is unique, outline a proposed plan for utilizing the Grant to grow their business and describe how the business is involved with its community.


Consumers are encouraged to get involved by clicking the "Support" button at missionsmallbusiness.com and voting for their favorite registered small businesses. Each time a consumer clicks to support small business, Chase will add five dollars to the Grant Pool, up to a maximum of $3 million. Each registered small business must receive at least 250 votes to be considered for a Grant. The voting period is open from May 7, 2012 through June 30, 2012.
At the end of the Voting Period, small business applicants that have received 250 votes will have their applications evaluated and Grant Recipients will be chosen. Grant Recipients will be announced on or before September 15, 2012.

Program Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY; INTERNET ACCESS REQUIRED

What is Mission:Small Business℠?

Mission: Small Business℠ ("Program") is an effort by the Program Sponsors, Chase Bank USA, National Association ("Chase") and LivingSocial, Inc. ("LivingSocial") (individually or together "Sponsor" or "Sponsors") to increase awareness of the important role small businesses play in local communities and to help small businesses grow. As evidence of the commitment to small businesses nationwide, Chase will provide grants to eligible small businesses. These Program Rules govern the Program and set forth the terms and conditions between you, Chase and LivingSocial. Details about the Program are available at www.missionsmallbusiness.com (the "Program Website"). Please see the Program Website Terms of Use at www.missionsmallbusiness.com/termsofuse and the Program Website Privacy Policy at www.missionsmallbusiness.com/privacypolicy.

What is the Grant? What is the Grant Pool?

Chase has designated a minimum of $1 million and a maximum of $3 million ("Grant Pool"), with funds to be awarded to at least four (4) and up to twelve (12) small business owners ("Grant Recipient(s)"), each Grant Recipient to receive $250,000 ("Grant"), selected in accordance with these Program Rules. The Grant Pool will be at least $1 million ($250,000 to each of four (4) Grant Recipients), and may be increased by an additional $2 million - up to a maximum of $3 million (each additional $250,000 increasing by one (1) the number of potential Grant Recipients) based on consumer participation in the Program. To be considered as a potential Grant Recipient, small businesses must submit the Application, be deemed eligible and receive at least 250 Votes, all as described below. The purpose of the Grant is to enable a small business to execute a business plan that will result in expansion and growth of the small business, including for example, a new location, equipment, product or distribution channel. In addition to the Grant, LivingSocial shall offer Grant Recipients the opportunity to meet with its social media and sales executives, and will work with each Grant Recipient to design a LivingSocial promotion for the Grant Recipient's business. LivingSocial will waive its standard commission for such promotion services, and any such promotion will be subject to LivingSocial's merchant policies, timing and limitations determined in LivingSocial's discretion, as well as Grant Recipient executing LivingSocial's then current standard merchant marketing agreement. For all general inquiries about the Program email Sponsor at needhelp@missionsmallbusiness.com.

Who may apply for the Grant?

A small business that meets the following requirements ("You, Your, you, your or small business") may apply for the Grant through its owner or representative.
To be eligible a small business must:

• be a for-profit only organization organized and resident in the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia;
• have been actively engaged in its current business activity for at least two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding the start of the Program;
• be owned by natural persons who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia, and who are at least eighteen (18) years old (or as required by the laws in your state of residence)(Note: A sole-proprietor shall be deemed a business and not a consumer for purposes of the Program);
• have a valid employer identification number or taxpayer identification number;
• employ less than one hundred (100) employees for the duration of the Program;
• not be owned by an employee of Sponsors or a company wholly owned by a Sponsor or Sponsor's parent company (an "affiliate"); and
• produce evidence of the foregoing upon request.

A small business will not be eligible if, among other things, it or any of its owners, management or affiliated organizations:

• are, or have been, under any investigation for fraud, misconduct (financial or otherwise) or other criminal activity;
• promote or suggest, directly or indirectly, the illegal use of firearms/weapons, money remittance, check cashing services, use or sale of any illegal drugs (state or federal), prostitution or pornography, violence, or the underage use of alcohol;
• suggest or encourage, directly or indirectly, the taking up of arms against any person, government or entity or otherwise challenge or seek to overthrow any government;
• disparage or denigrate (in writing or otherwise) any race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, political orientation, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, veteran status or mental or physical disability or condition or otherwise discriminates (in an exclusionary way) against any of those groups based solely on being classified as fitting into those groups;
• disparage, denigrate (in writing or otherwise), or act by means of adversarial or confrontational tactics to impact a product, service, person, industry, or organization including, but not limited to, the Sponsor or any Program participant;
• participate in the Program, or otherwise conduct itself, in an unsportsmanlike or inappropriate manner;
• post Prohibited Content (see below); or
• violate these Program Rules.

How does a small business apply for a Grant?

If you believe your small business is eligible and wish to apply for a Grant, you must do the following:

• visit the Program Registration site at www.missionsmallbusiness.com/registration and provide your business name and information, business address, industry type as well as contact name, title and email address, which will be posted on the Program Website;
• read and agree to these Program Rules with the intent to be bound by its terms even if you are later found to be ineligible;
• complete the Application and submit your Application;
• obtain at least 250 Votes; and
• be deemed eligible by the Sponsors.

When you begin your Application your email address will become your User ID and a Password must be created so that you may create your Application until the end of the Application Period. Once you have submitted the Application you can no longer edit it. You are responsible for the safekeeping and appropriate use of the User ID and Password and you may be required to provide information sufficient to show that a user is your authorized representative.

What does the Application require?

In the Application, you will be asked to provide, at a minimum, the following information:

• business owner name;
• business email and phone number;
• business entity type (e.g., sole proprietor, partnership, corporation)and state of domicile;
• years in business;
• purpose of business;
• number of employees ;
• an Essay answering the questions described below detailing why you are applying for and how you would use the Grant; and
• such other information requested by Sponsor to verify eligibility in accordance with the Program Rules.

Essay Requirements

Your Essay, consisting of your response to the statements and questions below, (answered in 500 words or less for each question), will be used to determine whether you should be awarded a Grant. You may include any information you deem relevant. Your Essay may not contain Prohibited Content (see below).Here are the essay questions you should answer:

1. Tell us about your business; how successful is it and why is it unique?
2. How is your business involved with the community you serve?
3. What would the Grant mean to your business plan and how would you utilize the funds to ensure long-term growth and stability?
4. What types of challenges can you identify with your business plan and how will you overcome them?
5. Describe the talent on your team and how they make your business successful?

Important Notice Concerning Application Content

The following information may be posted on the Program Website:

• business name
• icon (based on industry)
• business address
• tag-line, of up to 150 characters, a key message for Consumers, which may be based on your Essay responses or other information you submit as part of your Application.

All Application information including your Essay and any additional information you provide will be used by the Panel to determine Grant Recipients and may also be disclosed to the public (including by posting on the Program Website) in connection with the Program and will not be held in confidence. Do not include any confidential, proprietary, competitive or trade secret information you wish to keep confidential. Content will not be kept confidential even if you designate it as confidential in your Application. While you may not edit your Application once you have clicked Submit, you have an affirmative obligation to notify Sponsors if any of the content has changed or is untrue. You must email the Sponsor at needhelp@missionsmallbusiness.com.
Sponsors in their sole discretion retain the right to determine eligibility of the Grant Recipients and reserve the right to disqualify an Application at any time for any reason. All content that has been posted on the Program Website referencing or related to a small business that is later deemed ineligible, may be promptly removed from the Program Website without prior notice. All decisions by Sponsors are final, binding and conclusive.

Consumer Participation: Support and Vote

Tell your customers, friends and neighbors about the Program and direct them to the Program Website to Support Small Business. You are encouraged to share information you think relevant through links to your website, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter pages or accounts. The Panel may review these sites if you include them in your Application or Essay. You are responsible for complying with all applicable terms of each third-party platform, and all applicable laws, in connection with sharing information about your business.

At the Program Website, Consumers will be asked to register their Support for the Program and then will be eligible to Vote for individual small businesses. Consumers must have an active Facebook account to verify their identity using Facebook Connect and may Support Small Business by clicking the SUPPORT box on the Program Website. A Consumer may click SUPPORT only one time. For each SUPPORT click Chase will add a minimum of Five Dollars to the Grant Pool until the Grant Pool reaches the maximum $3 million. The daily dollar value of each SUPPORT click may from time-to-time be higher than $5.00 as posted on the Program Website.
Consumers who Support Small Business will be given access to the list of eligible small businesses who have Registered for the Program. Consumers may Vote for an eligible small business by clicking the VOTE box on the Program Website; Consumers may vote an unlimited number of times but only once for each small business. You must receive at least 250 eligible Votes on www.missionsmallbusiness.com from Consumers to be considered for a Grant.

Voting Rules

You may not entice Consumers to Vote by offering any type of consideration, gift, award, or inducement, including merchandise, cash, online currency, discounts, vote trading or anything deemed to have value in exchange for Votes.

The count of eligible Votes by Sponsors shall be deemed final. Each Sponsor reserves the right to eliminate or disregard any or all votes cast by Consumers in excess of stated limits or otherwise not in accordance with the Program Rules or any instructions on the Program Website, including any voting instructions.

No Sponsor is responsible for, nor is either Sponsor required to count, in its sole and absolute discretion, late, lost, misdirected, unlawful or illicit votes, votes cast for an applicant later determined to be ineligible, votes cast in exchange for consideration, a chance to receive a gift, or award, including merchandise, cash, online currency, or anything deemed to have value, votes achieved through automated means, by registering more than one user profile, using another person's Facebook account and name, as well as votes that are achieved through other fraudulent means, unsportsmanlike conduct or in a manner otherwise inconsistent with these Program Rules. No Sponsor is responsible for any costs incurred by you or your small business in connection with the Program.

Content Guidelines and Prohibited Content

 

All content must be appropriate for all ages. You represent and warrant that you will not submit any content that contains (a) content not in English; (b) confidential information that violates any obligation of confidentiality; (c) any viruses, spyware, malware, or other malicious components that are designed to harm the functionality of a computer in any way; (d) content referencing, facilitating, containing or using, Prohibited Content; or (e) content that infringes on the intellectual property rights of a third party. Prohibited Content may be removed from the Program Website immediately and without notice. "Prohibited Content" includes, but is not limited to, content that, a Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines violates the Program Rules or any applicable law, as well as content that promotes, suggests or encourages:

• gambling, including without limitation, any content related to online casinos, sports books, bingo or poker;
• the use of firearms/weapons/ammunition, any illegal drugs, prostitution, pornography, nudity, profanity or other adult content, violence, or the use of alcohol or tobacco products;
• the taking up of arms against any person, government or entity or otherwise challenge or seek to overthrow any government;

Or otherwise contains or reflects:

• obscene, indecent, defamatory, libelous, slanderous and/or unlawful content;
• content that infringes upon, or otherwise violates, the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights;
• information that is false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent;
• hate speech, or other discriminatory, disparaging or denigrating content, whether directed at an individual or a group, and whether based upon race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, political orientation, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, veteran status or mental or physical disability or condition;
• content that disparages, denigrates, or uses adversarial or confrontational tactics to impact a product, service, person, industry, or organization including, but not limited to, Sponsors or participants in the Program;
• content that is primarily intended to advance a religious denomination, expand membership or encourage conversion;
• content advancing a particular political party or candidate or supporting lobbying for any particular party or candidate, or expanding or encouraging a membership or a particular political party, candidate or lobbying effort;
• content inconsistent with the Program Rules; or
• unsportsmanlike conduct.

Program Timing

The Program Website time stamp controls shall be determinative and final in all submissions.
Registration and Application Submission Period Begins: The Registration and Application submission period for the Program begins on May 7, 2012 at 12:01:00 a.m. ET.
Application Period Ends: The Application submission and editing period ends at 11:59:00 p.m. on June 30, 2012 ET.
Support and Voting Period: The Support and Voting Period for the Program begins on May 7, 2012 at 12:01:00 a.m. ET and ends at 11:59:00 p.m. on June 30, 2012 ET.

Choosing the Grant Recipients

At the end of the Application Period, if you have submitted an Application and you receive at least 250 valid Votes during the Voting Period, your Application will be reviewed by Sponsors or their representatives based on the criteria listed below. Finalist Applications will be reviewed using the same criteria by a panel which may include senior executives of Sponsors and other notable business executives ("Panel").
Criteria:

• Solid business & management team/owner;
• Well thought-out and feasible growth plan;
• Likelihood to succeed within a two-year time frame;
• Positive impact on local/relevant community (e.g. job creation, meeting an unfulfilled need, etc.) and demonstrated local support; and
• Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and passion for your business.

How the Grants will be Awarded; Conditions

Potential Grant Recipients will be notified by letter, email or phone in advance of any public announcement. A Grant Agreement, which will contain affidavits of eligibility and compliance with these Program Rules, among other things (as described below in Grant Agreement Terms), will be delivered and must be agreed to and signed by the potential Grant Recipient and returned to Sponsors (or their designee) within five (5) business days as a condition to receiving the Grant. Sponsors reserve the right to require additional documentation from the potential Grant Recipient to confirm eligibility to receive a Grant or to conduct additional research or investigation regarding any information submitted in connection with an Application or the Program.
By accepting a Grant, each Grant Recipient will be required to affirm that it shall use the Grant in furtherance of the activities stated in the Application, that it shall at all times comply with the Program Rules, and shall not, in any event, use the Grant for any purpose inconsistent with such Grant Recipient's Application or these Program Rules. Upon awarding of the Grant and depending upon the location of the Grant Recipient, Chase will in its sole discretion, either deposit the Grant into a JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. business checking account, subject to all of its required account opening rules and procedures, in the name of the Grant Recipient and designate a Chase Business Banker to assist the Grant Recipient, or issue a check to the Grant Recipient.

Tax Liability

 

Payment of Federal, State and Local taxes and fees due, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Grant Recipient. Chase will issue a 1099-MISC tax form to Grant Recipient.

Grant Agreement Terms

Each potential Grant Recipient may be required to substantiate that it meets the eligibility and other requirements of the Program Rules. Grant Recipients will receive Grants only after Sponsor determines that eligibility requirements have been met.
Potential Grant Recipients will be required to sign and properly execute Program documents and return them to Sponsors or its designees within five (5) business days of receipt. These documents include, for example: (1) an Agreement and Release; (2) Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release and Declaration of Compliance; where legal, a Publicity Release (collectively the "Affidavit"); (3) a Background Check Authorization Form; (4) a Grant Agreement; and (5) affirmation of your employer identification number or taxpayer identification number for tax reporting purposes to the Internal Revenue Service, as required by law. Failure to timely return any documents requested, return of Grant notification as undeliverable, or noncompliance with these Program Rules may result in disqualification. Sponsors shall have no further obligation to that potential Grant Recipient, and an alternate Grant Recipient may be selected.
A Grant Recipient will be required to:

• permit Sponsors to use the Grant Recipient's name and likeness in any and all media, press materials, websites, photos, videos and any collateral materials developed for the Program for two (2) years after execution of the Grant Agreement (except where prohibited by law);
• permit Sponsors to verify eligibility by completing a full background check and credit check;
• participate in media training, opportunistic media interviews, photo and video opportunities and social media platforms to promote the Program.

Grant Recipients

A list of Grant Recipients will be posted on the Program Website on or before September 15, 2012. Sponsors shall have the right to remove such listing at any time in Sponsors' discretion, and if removed, shall identify appropriate contact information for obtaining such list.

Content Ownership and License

You represent that you own all content you submit in connection with your Application or the Program and such content will remain your property and you will have sole responsibility and liability for any claims related to that content. You grant Sponsors and their affiliated companies and designated agents a worldwide, a non-exclusive, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, fully paid right and license: (a) to make, have made, use, copy, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of any content provided by you through the Program, (b) to publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit, distribute (directly and indirectly ), license, offer to sell and sell, rent, lease, or lend copies of the content (and derivative works thereof), and (c) to sublicense to third parties the foregoing rights, including the right to sublicense to further third parties. Additionally you consent to the use of the name, statements, photographs, videos, voice recordings and likenesses of yourself and any other person appearing in the content for publicity purposes, as well as any other purpose associated with the Program. Your consent is without restriction or compensation or permission of any kind and you represent and warrant that you have not and will not take any action that interferes with the rights granted to Sponsors under these Program Rules, and that you have secured written consents for any third parties who appear in your content for you to submit the content and make grant of rights set forth in these Program Rules.
In addition, if the content contains any material or elements that are not owned by the you, and/or which are the subject to the rights of third parties, then you are responsible for obtaining, prior to submitting the content, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the content by the Sponsor, including, without limitation, name, and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the content and any person who is shown in any video or photographs. The Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to the Sponsor at any time. Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render the content null and void. By submitting content, you and small business represent and warrant that any person appearing or who is identifiable in the content consents to the content and the use of the content as described in these Program Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for any loss, theft, or damage of any kind to any content submitted to the Sponsor.
No Sponsor is responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer or device hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Program, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Program, the processing of entries, the announcement of the Grant Recipients, or in any Program-related materials. Nor is either Sponsor responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Program. No Sponsor is responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Program or downloading materials from or use of the Program Website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sponsors or Program Website or who are in violation of these Program Rules, as solely determined by a Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries and/or referrals will be void. Should any portion of the Program be, in a Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of a Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, each Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the Program and, if terminated, select the potential Grant Recipient from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken.

Trademarks

In consideration of Applicant participating in the Program, the Sponsors grant you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license ("Trademark License") to use only the the Program banners, badges and posters, and the trademarks embedded therein, unaltered and, only as provided in the Media Kit, solely in conjunction with your participatiosn in the Program in accordance with the Program Rules. No individual rights to Chase or LS Marks are granted hereunder. The Trademark License shall terminate immediately upon notice from a Sponsor or upon the termination of your participation in the Program (whether due to voluntary withdrawal, ineligibility, disqualification or otherwise), the removal of your Application or other information from the Program Website, or the end of the Program, whichever occurs first. You shall not incorporate any trademarks of Chase or LivingSocial, any derivative of those trademarks or any mark which is similar to any of them, into your name, and shall not use any Sponsor trademarks or any mark similar to any Sponsor trademarks, in the promotion of any products or services other than in the promotion of your participation in the Program as specifically provided herein. Title and ownership to a Sponsors' marks, including, but not limited to, trademarks, domain names, logos as well as any other branding element of each Sponsor shall remain with such Sponsor. Except as otherwise provided in these Program Rules no right or license is granted to any third party relating to any copyright, patent, or trademark of either Sponsor.

Program Disclaimers

THE PROGRAM MAY CONTAIN TECHNICAL AND OTHER ERRORS AND LIMITATIONS AND IS PROVIDED "AS IS" "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. SPONSORS DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) AS IT RELATES TO THE PROGRAM. THE ENTIRE RISK AS IT RELATES TO THE PROGRAM IS ASSUMED BY APPLICANT AND VOTER.

Limitation of Liability

Sponsors, each in its sole discretion, reserves the right to suspend, cancel or modify the Program without notice or liability if the integrity of the Program is compromised in any manner as determined by a Sponsor, or if the Program is not capable of being conducted as intended by a Sponsor. No Sponsor assumes any responsibility for any loss or damage to you, any Consumer or to any other person's computer relating to, or resulting from, entering, accessing or downloading any information or software in connection with this Program or otherwise participating in the Program. Neither Sponsors nor any of its respective agents are responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone malfunctions of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, problems with the platform on which the Program application runs, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the you for printing or typographical errors in any Program-related materials, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Program, or by any human or other errors that may occur in connection with the Program.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL EITHER SPONSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST OPPORTUNITY OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SPONSOR HAS BEEN APPRISED OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRING AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

Release and Indemnity

Release: You release the Sponsors, and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees, service providers, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Program, from any and all liability with respect to, or in any way arising from, the Program, including, but not limited to, any suspension, modification or cancellation of the Program, content received or posted, and/or acceptance or use of the Grant, including liability for personal injury, death, damages or loss.
Indemnity: By participating in the Program, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sponsors, and each of their agents, service providers and their respective parents, and its and their subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, licensees, and assigns, and each of their directors, officers, agents, equity holders and employees, from and against any and all claims, losses, costs, damages, liabilities and costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) which arise out of your participation in the Program or any breach of the Program Rules.

Governing Law and Disputes

Except where prohibited, you agree that all issues and questions concerning these Program Rules and the Program shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
You and each Sponsor each waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with the Program (including any activity related thereto). Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Program shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXPLOITATION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE USE BY THE SPONSORS OF ANY OF THE CONTENT AS PERMITTED HEREUNDER.

Nature of Relationship

Nothing in these Program Rules or any other agreement with you shall be deemed to create an employment or agency relationship with Sponsors. You agree that it shall not look to Sponsors for any compensation or other benefits, except as specifically set forth in the Program Rules. You acknowledge and agrees that the relationship between you and Sponsors and any of their designees is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that your decision to provide your content to the Sponsors for the purposes of this Program does not place either Sponsor in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of your content.

Agreement to Program Website Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE, AVAILABLE AT www.missionsmallbusiness.com/privacypolicy and www.missionsmallbusiness/termsofuse, THE PROGRAM WEBSITE, AND THAT YOUR APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING APPLICATION INFORMATION, WILL BE SHARED WITH SPONSORS AND/OR OF SPONSORS' DESIGNATED AGENT(S) AND THAT YOU MAY BE CONTACTED BY THE SPONSOR AND/OR ITS DESIGNATED AGENT(S) IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM. CONTENT MAY BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE INCLUDING TO VALIDATE ELIGIBILITY, ADVERTISING AND FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.


Submission of your Application to participate in the Program constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to the Program Rules as well as Sponsors' decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Program. Receipt of the Grant is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.