Terms & Conditions

Effective Date: July 27, 2026

The StandupsandStartups.com website, together with its associated services, events, and content (collectively, the “Website”), is owned and operated by Standups & Startups, LLC (“Standups & Startups,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We have adopted these Terms & Conditions (this “Agreement”) to inform you of your rights and responsibilities when using the Website, purchasing tickets, submitting forms, or inquiring about our services. If you do not agree with this Agreement, you are prohibited from using the Website and must discontinue your use immediately.

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website, purchasing tickets, or submitting any inquiry. By accessing or using the Website, purchasing tickets, or submitting a form, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. Standups & Startups may, in its sole discretion, modify, limit, change, discontinue, or replace the Website or this Agreement at any time. Your continued use of the Website after any such change constitutes your acceptance of that change.

1. About the Site

Standups & Startups is a comedy-meets-business brand. Through the Website we (a) produce and promote live comedy shows and events in the Atlanta area and elsewhere, hosted at a variety of venues; (b) offer corporate communication workshops and related professional services; (c) perform at and emcee third-party events and conferences; and (d) provide informational content, newsletters, and forms through which you may contact us or express interest in our services.

2. Warranties and Representations

You represent and warrant that you have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and to comply with its terms. You represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age. Certain live events are held at venues that require attendees to be twenty-one (21) years of age or older; where such a restriction applies, it is your responsibility to confirm your eligibility to enter.

You represent and warrant that all information you provide to us is accurate and current. You agree to use the Website in good faith and not in any way that violates the rights of third parties or any applicable local, state, national, or international law, treaty, or regulation. The Website is operated in the United States, and we make no representation that the Website, its services, or its products are appropriate or available for use in other locations.

3. Ownership of Website and License

Excluding content you submit, you acknowledge and agree that Standups & Startups owns, or holds the rights in and to, the Website and its associated content, including all intellectual property rights therein. Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, you are prohibited from framing, scraping, aggregating, hacking, reverse engineering, crawling, reproducing, preparing derivative works of, distributing, publicly performing, or publicly displaying the Website, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, royalty-free, non-assignable, and revocable license to use the Website for its customary and intended purposes. Any violation of this Agreement, or any use outside those purposes, will terminate this license. This license is revocable at any time, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved to Standups & Startups.

4. Intellectual Property

All trademarks (common-law or registered) and copyrights displayed on the Website are the property of their respective owners. Standups & Startups marks are the property of Standups & Startups, including, without limitation:

• STANDUPS & STARTUPS and all associated logos;
• PITCHES GET STITCHES® (registered trademark);
• THE HECKLER TEST™ (trademark, application pending).

The text, trademarks, logos, images, graphics, photographs, video, application functionality, and other digital media on the Website, and their arrangement (collectively, the “Content”), are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Website—including its look and feel, color selections, layout, and arrangement—constitutes the trade dress of Standups & Startups. Nothing on the Website grants you, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo, or Content without our prior written permission. You may not use our trademarks, service marks, or trade dress, or any confusingly similar imitation, to indicate the source, sponsorship, approval, affiliation, or endorsement of your goods or services without our prior written consent.

5. Tickets, Payment, and Refunds

Tickets are offered for purchase in United States Dollars (USD) through the Website or through a third-party ticketing service. We currently use Eventbrite and Luma to process ticket sales. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to this Agreement as well as any additional terms of the applicable ticketing provider:

• Eventbrite Terms of Service: https://www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/251210/eventbrite-terms-of-service/
• Luma (Lu.ma) Terms: https://lu.ma/terms

You may be charged a service fee for each ticket purchase, and we reserve the right to change service fees at any time. You are solely responsible for any applicable taxes, duties, or charges imposed by any governmental authority in connection with your purchase. We are not responsible for any failure to complete a transaction, and we have no responsibility or liability for the activities of any current or future third-party service provider.

Pricing Errors. While we make reasonable efforts to ensure that prices and descriptions on the Website are accurate, errors may occur. Where a genuine pricing or description error exists, we reserve the right to cancel or refuse any order placed at the incorrect price, even after the order is confirmed or charged, and to refund any amount you paid or, at your election, allow you to pay the corrected price.

Refunds. Unless otherwise stated for a specific event, we will refund your ticket purchase up to twenty-four (24) hours before the show. Refund requests exceeding eight (8) tickets for a single show require seven (7) days’ notice. Standups & Startups is not liable for any cancellation or delay of an event beyond refunding the amount you paid for your ticket.

6. Corporate Workshops and Professional Services

The Website allows you to learn about and inquire regarding our corporate workshops, training, speaking, and related professional services. This Agreement governs your use of the Website only. Any engagement for workshops or professional services is governed exclusively by a separate written services agreement, statement of work, or proposal executed between you (or your organization) and Standups & Startups or its billing affiliate. Nothing on the Website—including pricing references, descriptions, or inquiry submissions—constitutes a binding offer, quote, or commitment to provide services. No engagement exists until a separate written agreement is signed by both parties.

Participation. Our workshops and live programming are interactive and may involve improvisation, audience participation, and performance exercises. Participation is voluntary, and our programming is provided for professional development and entertainment purposes only; it is not therapy, counseling, or psychological treatment, and it is not a substitute for professional advice. If at any point you are uncomfortable, you may decline to participate in any individual exercise.

7. Form Submissions, Feedback, and Communications

The Website provides forms through which you may contact us, request information, apply for sponsorship, or subscribe to our newsletters and updates. By submitting a form, you confirm that the information you provide is accurate and you consent to be contacted by us using the information you supply. Submitting a form does not create any contractual relationship and does not obligate us to respond, provide services, or accept any sponsorship or inquiry.

Testimonials and Feedback. If you provide us with any comments, reviews, testimonials, or feedback regarding Standups & Startups, our shows, or our services, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, assignable, and sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, publish, and display that content for any purpose, including marketing and promotion, in any media, without compensation to you. We may edit testimonials for length or clarity without altering their substance.

Unsolicited Submissions. We welcome feedback, but please do not send us unsolicited creative ideas, concepts, scripts, sketches, jokes, or similar materials (“Unsolicited Submissions”). We are under no obligation to review, use, return, or compensate you for any Unsolicited Submission, and we will not treat any Unsolicited Submission as confidential. If you nonetheless send us an Unsolicited Submission, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use it for any lawful purpose without obligation to you.

When you contact us or subscribe to an email or text list, you agree to receive communications from Standups & Startups. Our collection and use of personal information, and your options for opting out, are described in our Privacy Policy.

8. Live Events, Venues, and Assumption of Risk

Standups & Startups organizes events and sells tickets to venues it does not own or control. The owners, employees, agents, and representatives of each venue reserve the right to refuse entry or require exit for any lawful reason and to prohibit illegal items. We are not responsible or liable for, and are under no obligation to refund, any ticket in the event of such refusal or forced exit. Where a venue imposes an age restriction, it is your responsibility to confirm that you are permitted to enter under applicable law.

Unless otherwise stated, you may bring your own food and beverages. No smoking is permitted. You are solely responsible for any loss of or damage to your personal property, and neither Standups & Startups nor the venue is liable for any loss, damage, or injury incurred at, or traveling to or from, the event. You agree to be respectful and not to disrupt others.

Assumption of Risk. An inherent risk of personal injury, illness (including exposure to communicable diseases), and property loss exists in any public place where people gather. By purchasing a ticket and attending any event, you voluntarily assume all such risks and release Standups & Startups from any and all related liability and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Recording and Likeness Release

By purchasing a ticket and/or attending an event, you consent to the collection of your image, likeness, voice, and other information (“Footage”) via photograph, video, or other recording. You waive any and all rights to your image, likeness, or right of publicity in connection with such Footage. All rights in Footage collected at events belong exclusively to Standups & Startups or the relevant third party, and such Footage may be used by us in any media, for any purpose, at any time, worldwide, including for commercial purposes, without compensation to you.

9. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Website to violate any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or treaty, to violate the rights of third parties, or for any purpose outside the customary and intended use of the Website. Specifically, you are prohibited from posting or transmitting content that:

• infringes the intellectual property rights of others;
• threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property, or is offensive, defamatory, derogatory, pornographic, or obscene;
• promotes hate, violence, harassment, stalking, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any protected characteristic;
• incites illegal activity or unlawful sexual solicitation;
• relates to weaponry, controlled substances, gambling, or debt collection;
• supports or defends anyone alleged to be involved in criminal activity;
• impersonates another or is fraudulent, inaccurate, or misleading;
• constitutes unwanted commercial solicitation, a phishing scam, a pyramid scheme, or a chain letter;
• is intended to collect personal or personally identifiable information from others; or
• violates any term of this Agreement.

You are further prohibited from using any robot, spider, scraper, or automated means to access the Website; imposing a disproportionate load on our infrastructure; attempting to access the private data of any user or third party; circumventing our security measures; or suggesting an affiliation with or endorsement by Standups & Startups. To report content or behavior you believe violates this Agreement, email info@standupsandstartups.com.

10. Mobile Devices

The Website is accessible via mobile device. Your wireless carrier’s standard charges, rates, and fees may apply, and we are not responsible for any such fees or for errors that occur while accessing the Website via a mobile device.

11. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

You acknowledge that Standups & Startups is an interactive computer service provider under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Although we may edit, remove, or control content displayed through the Website, we will not be considered an information content provider and will not be held liable for the republication of defamatory or tortious content created by third parties.

12. Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512, if you believe that material on the Website infringes your copyright, you may send a written notice to our designated copyright agent at info@standupsandstartups.com. To be effective, your notice must include: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf. Upon receipt of a valid notice, we will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material and take other steps as required by the DMCA.

13. Third-Party Links and No Endorsement

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, or services that we do not own or control. We are not responsible for the content of any third-party website, application, or service, and inclusion of a link does not constitute our endorsement, recommendation, or affiliation. While we allow you to purchase tickets to events hosted at third-party locations, we do not endorse any venue, performer, product, service, or content provided at those events and are not liable for any related damages.

14. Term and Termination

This Agreement remains in full force and effect so long as the Website is in operation. We may terminate this Agreement without liability at any time, without notice, and for any reason, including your violation of any term of this Agreement.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties

Standups & Startups disclaims any responsibility for any harm or liability arising out of or related to your use of the Website, tickets purchased through the Website, or services inquired about through the Website. The Website and all tickets are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis and without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, completeness, non-infringement, or quality. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties; if you are located in such a jurisdiction, this exclusion may not apply to you.

Standups & Startups will not be held liable for any content posted on the Website, any third-party advice or marketing, any third-party links, or any content transmitted through the Website. We do not assume responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, unauthorized access, or alteration. We will not be held liable for the acts of any venue host or performer, or for any network, internet, computer, hardware, or software malfunction, failure, delay, or difficulty with the Website at any time.

16. Limitation of Liability

Standups & Startups will not be liable to you under any legal theory for any damages, claims, injuries, judgments, costs, or liabilities arising out of or related to your use or misuse of the Website, your purchase of tickets, or your attendance at any event, including loss of business, loss of income, or special, incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages. You understand and agree that the maximum amount for which Standups & Startups can be held liable under any circumstance is the amount you paid, if any, for tickets through the Website, and in no case will that amount exceed $100. If you have paid no amount to Standups & Startups, you agree that you will be limited to injunctive relief only, unless otherwise permitted by law.

The Website may contain technical inaccuracies, typographical errors, or omissions. Standups & Startups is not responsible for any such typographical, technical, or pricing errors. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of damages; if your jurisdiction does not, you should seek legal counsel to understand your rights.

17. Indemnification

You agree to hold harmless, indemnify, and defend Standups & Startups and its officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, rights, and actions of any kind—including property damage, infringement, personal injury, and death—that directly or indirectly arise out of or relate to your use of the Website, your use of any services or tickets, your reliance on any content, your violation of this Agreement, your violation of any applicable law, or your violation of the rights of a third party. Your obligation to defend does not give you the right to control our defense, and we reserve the right to control our defense and choose our own counsel.

18. Force Majeure

We will have no liability to the extent our performance is prevented or delayed by any cause beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, governmental action or shutdown, changes in applicable law, riots, strikes or labor difficulty, war or national emergency, pandemic, epidemic, quarantine or other widespread threat to human health, acts of terrorism, fire, flood, or other natural disaster, venue closure, the act or omission of a third party, utility or power failure, or internet, network, hardware, or software interruption.

19. No Assignment

You may not assign your rights or obligations under this Agreement. Standups & Startups may assign its rights and obligations at any time, including in connection with a sale of the Website or any offering thereon.

20. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Dispute Resolution

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The parties submit to personal jurisdiction in Georgia, with venue proper in Atlanta, Georgia.

You and Standups & Startups agree that any dispute (whether in tort or contract, and whether under statute or common law) arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be submitted to binding arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia, before a sole arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association, under its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules. The arbitrator will apply applicable federal and Georgia law and will issue a written decision setting forth the essential findings and conclusions. Any award will be final and binding and may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties expressly waive any right to trial by jury. In any proceeding to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.

21. Limitation on Actions and Class-Action Waiver

Standups & Startups and you both agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the Website or any services purchased through it must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Failure to assert a cause of action within one year will permanently bar all relief. You may pursue claims against Standups & Startups only on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action, and you may seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) only on an individual basis.

22. Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed to persons under the age of eighteen (18), and Standups & Startups does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under eighteen (18). If we inadvertently collect such information, we will delete it in accordance with our security protocols.

23. Electronic Communications

When you use the Website or send us email, you are communicating with us electronically and consent to receive communications from us electronically. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

24. Severability, No Waiver, Entire Agreement, and Reservation of Rights

If any provision of this Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. No term will be deemed waived, and no breach deemed consented to, unless the waiver or consent is in writing and signed by the party charged. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Standups & Startups regarding your use of the Website and supersedes any prior understandings on that subject. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved to Standups & Startups.

25. Contact

Questions about this Agreement may be directed to:

Standups & Startups, LLC
Email: info@standupsandstartups.com
Standups & Startups LLC
821 Dawsonville Hwy
Suite 250 –– 310
Gainesville, Georgia 30501, USA

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