Terms of Service

Thank you for using our website StartupDecisions.com.sg, the information made available there and its services (“Website”). The Website is provided by Startup Decisions Pte. Ltd. (“SD”). By using our Website, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them carefully.

Using our Website

You must follow any policies made available to you within the Website.

Don’t misuse our Website. For example, don’t interfere with our Website or try to access it using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use our Website only as permitted by law, including applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or stop providing our Website to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.

Using our Website does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Website or the content you access. You may not use content from our Website unless you obtain written permission from us. These terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or logos used in our Website. Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in or along with our Website.

Our Website may display some content that is not SD’s. This content is the sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don’t assume that we do.

In connection with your use of the Website, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of some of those communications.

Your Account

You may need a Website Account in order to use some aspects of our Website. You may create your own Website Account. If you learn of any unauthorized use of your password or account, please inform us immediately.

Privacy and Copyright Protection

By using our Website, you agree that SD can use any personal data you provide us in accordance with our privacy policies.

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

We provide information to help copyright holders manage their intellectual property online. If you think somebody is violating your copyrights and want to notify us, please follow the procedures specified by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and inform us immediately.

About Software in our Website

SD gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use any software provided to you by SD as part of the Website. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Website as provided by SD, in the manner permitted by these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Website or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have our written permission.

Modifying and Terminating our Website

We are constantly changing and improving our Website. We may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a Website service altogether.

You can stop using our Website at any time, although we’ll be sorry to see you go. SD may also stop providing Website to you, or add or create new limits to our Website at any time.

We believe that you own your data and preserving your access to such data is important. If we discontinue a Service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of the Website.

Our Warranties

We provide our Website using a commercially reasonable level of skill and care and we hope that you will enjoy using them. But there are certain things that we don’t promise about our Website.

OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS OR ADDITIONAL TERMS, NEITHER SD NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT THE WEBSITE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON’T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE WEBSITE, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTION OF THE WEBSITE, OR THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE PROVIDE THE WEBSITE “AS IS”.

SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES.

General Disclaimer

We provide Website for educational purposes. SD makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy or suitability of this information for any purpose. Errors and omissions may occur. Therefore, SD disclaims any warranty, whether express or implied, as to any matter relating to the Website and all information provided, including but not limited to its validity or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall SD be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of any use of or reliance on any information contained herein. Nor does SD assume any responsibility for failure or delay in updating or removing the information contained herein. Information provided by Website does not constitute legal, tax, or any other type of professional advice. Users of Website should seek appropriate professional advice for legal or tax matters.

NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY

All material available on Website is intended to provide useful information for its users. While we make reasonable efforts to present accurate and reliable information, it does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such information. Information presented here may or may not be current as of the date of your access, and SD has no duty to update and maintain the information, reports, or statements on its website. Additionally, information on the website may be changed periodically without prior notice. All content is provided “as is”. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, licensors, or anyone else connected with SD in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate information or for your use of the information contained on the website.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Website may contain links to external websites. SD makes no representation whatsoever regarding the content of any other websites that you may access from the Website. SD has no control over the content of these websites and cannot guarantee the reliability or accuracy of such information.

NO PROFESSIONAL ADVISE

All content information provided on the website is for informational purposes only and as such should not be construed as advice. You should seek independent professional advice from a person who is licensed or knowledgeable or both in the applicable area before acting upon any opinion, advice, or information contained on this website.

NO LEGAL ADVICE

Certain content listed on this website contains information on legal topics; however there is absolutely no assurance that any information related to legal matters is true, correct, or precise. The legal information provided here is of a general nature and cannot substitute for professional legal advice. Always seek the advice of competent counsel with any questions you may have regarding a legal issue. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, and laws are constantly changing, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel.

NO FINANCIAL ADVICE

Certain topics on this website contain information on financial topics; however there is no assurance that any information related to financial matters is true, correct, or precise. The financial content listed here is provided for your personal information only, is not intended for trading or business purposes, and cannot substitute for professional financial advice. Always seek the advice of a competent financial advisor with any questions you may have regarding a financial matter. Information on this site is not appropriate for the purposes of making a decision to carry out a transaction or trade nor does it provide any form of advice (investment, tax, or legal) amounting to investment advice, or make any recommendations regarding particular financial instruments, investments, or products.

Liability for our Website

WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, SD, AND SD’S SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF SD, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THESE TERMS, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE WEBSITE (OR, IF WE CHOOSE, TO SUPPLYING YOU THE WEBSITE AGAIN).

IN ALL CASES, SD, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.

Business uses of our Website

If you are using our Website on behalf of a business, that business accepts these terms. It will hold harmless and indemnify SD and its affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from any claim, suit or action arising from or related to the use of the Website or violation of these terms, including any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees.

About these Terms

We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Website. You should look at the terms regularly. Changes addressing new functions for a Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified terms for a Service, you should discontinue your use of that Service.

If there is a conflict between these terms and the additional terms, the additional terms will control for that conflict.

These terms control the relationship between SD and you. They do not create any third party beneficiary rights.

If you do not comply with these terms, and we don’t take action right away, this doesn’t mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future).

If it turns out that a particular term is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms.

The laws of California, U.S.A., excluding California’s conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the Website. All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or the Website will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, USA, and you and SD consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

For information about how to contact SD, please write to us.