Terms of service.

1. Agreement to These Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the website located at www.diy-entrepreneurship.com (the "Website") and all services provided by DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching LLC ("DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching," "we," "us," or "our"), including coaching, consulting, workshops, digital content, downloadable materials, and related services (together, the "Services").

By accessing the Website or using any of the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Website or the Services.

If you are using the Services on behalf of a company or another person, you confirm that you have the authority to bind them to these Terms.

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Services.

2. Description of Services

DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching provides the following, in person and online:

  • One-on-one and group entrepreneurship and business coaching

  • Business strategy sessions, planning support, and related consulting

  • Workshops, courses, and educational programs

  • Digital products, worksheets, templates, and downloadable resources ("Resources")

  • Website content such as articles, guides, and other materials

We may change, add, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time. The specific scope, schedule, and price of any coaching engagement are set out in a separate agreement, proposal, or checkout page, which controls if it conflicts with these Terms.

3. Nature of the Coaching Relationship

3.1 Coaching Is Not Professional Advice

Coaching is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. It is not legal, financial, investment, tax, accounting, or medical advice. We are not acting as your attorney, financial advisor, accountant, therapist, physician, or licensed professional of any kind, and nothing in the Services creates that kind of relationship.

The Services are educational and informational. You should consult a licensed professional in the relevant field before making legal, financial, tax, medical, or other decisions that carry real consequences. If you are dealing with a mental health concern, please contact a qualified mental health professional.

3.2 You Are Responsible for Your Decisions

You acknowledge and agree that:

  • Our role is advisory. All decisions about your business and your life are yours.

  • You act on any information, strategy, or recommendation at your own discretion and risk.

  • You are responsible for the results of your own choices and for complying with the laws that apply to your business.

  • You are responsible for maintaining any insurance, licenses, and permits your business needs.

3.3 Your Responsibilities

To get value from the Services, you agree to give accurate and complete information, to participate honestly, and to do the work. Coaching depends on your effort and follow-through.

4. No Guarantee of Results

We care about your success, and we bring real experience to the work. We do not and cannot promise any specific result.

Every client and every business is different. Outcomes depend on many things we do not control, including your effort, your resources, your market, timing, and factors outside anyone’s control. We make no guarantee about income, revenue, profit, funding, client growth, or any other business or personal outcome.

Any testimonials, case studies, examples, or results shared on the Website or in the Services are individual experiences. They reflect what specific clients experienced. They are not a promise or guarantee that you will get the same or similar results. Past results do not guarantee future results.

Where we mention outcomes, income, or results in our marketing, we aim to describe what is typical or to note when an example is not typical. If you have a question about what a result represents, ask us before you rely on it.

5. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Parts of the Website and the Services are created or supported with the help of artificial intelligence ("AI") tools. We want you to know this so you can decide how to use what we provide.

5.1 Where We Use AI

We may use AI tools to help with:

  • Drafting and editing website content, articles, and marketing copy

  • Creating worksheets, templates, graphics, and other Resources

  • Preparing coaching materials, exercises, and summaries

  • Responding to routine questions or generating draft messages

Some content is written by a person, some is generated with AI and reviewed by a person, and some may be a mix of both. A human reviews client-facing coaching work before it is delivered.

5.2 AI Content Is Provided As Is

AI tools are probabilistic. They can produce output that is inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or not suitable for your situation, and different users can receive similar output. We do not guarantee that AI-assisted content is accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose.

You are responsible for reviewing any AI-assisted content and for using your own judgment before you act on it. This is especially important for anything involving legal, financial, tax, or other high-stakes decisions, where you should confirm the information with a qualified professional.

5.3 Ownership of AI-Assisted Content

Content that is generated entirely by AI without meaningful human authorship may not qualify for copyright protection under current United States law. Where we grant you a license to use our Resources under Section 6, that license applies to the extent we hold rights in the material. We do not promise that every piece of AI-assisted content is protected by copyright or that you can register it as your own.

5.4 No Reliance on Automated Responses

If we use an automated tool or chatbot to answer questions, that tool does not create a coaching or advisory relationship, and its responses are not a substitute for working with us directly or with a licensed professional.

6. Intellectual Property

6.1 Our Content

The Website and the Services, including our methods, frameworks, written materials, worksheets, templates, graphics, logos, brand names, and the design of the Website, are owned by DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching or our licensors, to the extent protected by law. When you buy or receive a Resource, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use it for your own personal or internal business use.

6.2 What You May Not Do

Unless we agree in writing, you may not:

  • Copy, resell, distribute, or publicly share our paid materials

  • Use our materials to build or run a competing coaching or consulting service

  • Remove any copyright, trademark, or ownership notice

6.3 Your Content

You keep ownership of the information and materials you share with us. You grant us a limited license to use that information only as needed to provide the Services to you. If you give us a testimonial or agree to be featured, you grant us permission to use it in our marketing, and you can withdraw that permission for future use by contacting us.

7. Fees, Payment, and Refunds

Fees for the Services are shown at checkout or set out in a separate agreement or proposal. You agree to pay all fees for the Services you purchase.

  • Payments are processed by third-party providers such as Zelle/Stripe/PayPal. We do not store full payment card details. Your use of those providers is subject to their terms.

  • Unless we state otherwise in writing, fees are non-refundable. Any refund or cancellation terms for a specific program are described where you buy it, and those terms control.

  • If you pay in installments and a payment fails, we may pause access until the balance is current.

  • You are responsible for any applicable taxes other than taxes on our income.

8. Third-Party Links and Tools

The Website and the Services may link to or rely on third-party websites, platforms, and tools that we do not control. We provide these for convenience. We are not responsible for the content, products, privacy practices, or reliability of any third party, and a link is not an endorsement. Your use of a third party is between you and that third party.

9. Acceptable Use

When you use the Website or the Services, you agree not to:

  • Break any law or infringe anyone’s rights

  • Copy, scrape, or reverse engineer the Website or our materials without permission

  • Upload anything harmful, misleading, abusive, or unlawful

  • Interfere with the security or operation of the Website

  • Impersonate anyone or misrepresent your identity

We may suspend or end your access if you break these rules.

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE WEBSITE, THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT AND RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any content is accurate or complete. You use the Website and the Services at your own risk.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, DIY ENTREPRENEURSHIP COACHING AND its owners, employees, and contractors WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST DATA, LOST BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICES IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT THAT GAVE RISE TO THE CLAIM.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If any of these limits are not allowed where you live, they apply to the greatest extent the law permits, and nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

12. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching and its owners, employees, and contractors from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, that arise from or relate to:

  • Your use of the Website, the Services, or any Resource

  • Your business decisions and their results

  • Your violation of these Terms

  • Your violation of any law or the rights of any third party

13. Assumption of Risk

You understand that starting or running a business involves risk, including financial loss. You choose to use the Services and to apply any strategy voluntarily, and you accept the risks that come with your own decisions. You agree that you will not hold us responsible for the outcome of choices you make.

14. Confidentiality

We will keep the private information you share during coaching confidential, and we will not share it with others without your consent, except as required by law or to protect against harm. You understand that sessions may take place over third-party platforms such as video conferencing tools, and we cannot guarantee the security of those platforms. If you share information with us that belongs to someone else, you confirm you have the right to share it.

15. Termination

You may stop using the Website and the Services at any time. We may suspend or end your access to the Website or the Services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. The terms about intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, assumption of risk, and dispute resolution continue to apply after these Terms end.

16. Dispute Resolution and Governing Law

16.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

16.2 Informal Resolution First

Before starting any formal proceeding, both sides agree to try in good faith to resolve any dispute by talking it through. Please contact us first so we have a chance to make it right.

16.3 Arbitration and Venue

If we cannot resolve a dispute informally, you agree that any dispute arising from or related to these Terms or the Services will be resolved by binding arbitration administered under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, held in Kane County, Illinois, rather than in court. Either party may still seek relief in a small claims court, or seek a court order to stop misuse of intellectual property or confidential information.

16.4 Waiver of Class Actions

To the extent allowed by law, disputes will be handled individually. You and DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching agree not to bring or join a class action or class-wide arbitration.

Note before you publish: Arbitration clauses, class-action waivers, and liability caps are enforced differently from state to state, and some consumer protections cannot be waived. Confirm with an Illinois attorney that these provisions are enforceable and fill in the correct venue.

17. General Terms

17.1 Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last Updated" date above and post the new version on the Website. If the changes are significant, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you. Your continued use of the Website or the Services after we post changes means you accept them.

17.2 Entire Agreement

These Terms, along with our Privacy Policy and any separate agreement you sign for a specific engagement, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Website and the Services. A separate signed engagement agreement controls if it conflicts with these Terms.

17.3 Severability

If any part of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and the unenforceable part will be limited or removed to the smallest extent needed.

17.4 No Waiver

If we do not enforce a part of these Terms right away, that does not mean we give up the right to enforce it later.

17.5 Assignment

You may not transfer your rights under these Terms without our written consent. We may transfer ours to a successor or affiliate.

17.6 Independent Contractor

Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, or agency relationship between you and us.

17.7 Force Majeure

We are not responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control, such as natural disasters, illness, outages, or government action.

17.8 Electronic Communications

You agree that we may communicate with you electronically, and that electronic agreements and records satisfy any requirement that they be in writing.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at:

DIY Entrepreneurship Coaching LLC

160 S River St. Ste #108

Aurora, IL 60506

becca@diy-entrepreneurship.com

By using the Website or the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Service.