Deck Sprint Service Terms

1. Parties and agreement

These Deck Sprint Service Terms (“Service Terms”) are between Testify LLC, the developer of Typedeck (“Testify,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and the person or organization identified as the client in an Order Summary (“Client” or “you”).

The agreement for a project consists of these Service Terms and the project-specific written Order Summary we send after accepting an application (together, the “Agreement”). You accept the Agreement by signing the Order Summary, affirmatively accepting these Service Terms during checkout, or paying the project fee after receiving the Order Summary and a link to these Service Terms. If the Order Summary expressly conflicts with these Service Terms, the Order Summary controls for that project.

Submitting an application does not create an Agreement and does not require either party to proceed.

2. Standard service scope

Unless the Order Summary says otherwise, a Deck Sprint includes:

• one structured asynchronous project brief, with a clarification call only when the Order Summary requires one;
• story shaping and presentation design using substantially written source material supplied by Client;
• one presentation of up to 12 slides;
• one consolidated revision round; and
• delivery of a Typedeck source file, editable PowerPoint file, and PDF.

The standard service does not include original market or factual research, financial modeling, legal or regulatory review, a complete brand identity, custom illustration, complex animation, video production, presentation coaching, or more than 12 slides. We may decline material that cannot reasonably be completed within the agreed scope or schedule.

3. Kickoff and delivery schedule

The project begins on the first business day when all applicable kickoff conditions are complete: (a) cleared payment, (b) a complete project brief, (c) receipt of the agreed source materials, and (d) completion of any clarification session expressly required by the Order Summary. A “business day” is Monday through Friday, excluding United States federal holidays, measured in Eastern Time.

Unless the Order Summary says otherwise, we will deliver the first draft by the end of the third business day after kickoff. Client then has three business days to provide one consolidated revision request. We will deliver final files within two business days after receiving timely, in-scope feedback. If Client approves the first draft without changes, the first draft becomes the final delivery.

Delivery dates automatically move when Client provides materials, decisions, approvals, or feedback later than agreed. If Client does not provide revision feedback within five business days after the first draft, the project is considered accepted and complete. We may reschedule a project that remains inactive for ten business days.

4. Revision round and changes

One revision round means one consolidated written set of requested adjustments to the existing first draft. It may include reasonable changes to wording, emphasis, sequence, typography, colors, images, or layout that remain consistent with the agreed purpose and supplied material.

A new direction, new audience, substantially new source material, additional slides, multiple or piecemeal feedback rounds, or requests outside the original scope are additional work. We will not begin additional work without describing the change, schedule, and price in writing and receiving Client’s written approval.

5. Client responsibilities

Client will complete the project brief, provide complete and reasonably organized source material, identify the intended audience and desired outcome, designate one person to provide consolidated feedback, respond by the agreed deadlines, and review all facts, calculations, quotations, claims, names, and legal or regulatory statements before using the presentation.

Client represents that it owns or has permission to use the text, data, logos, images, trademarks, and other material it supplies. Client will not provide material that is unlawful, defamatory, infringing, or submitted in violation of a duty to another person.

6. Fees, taxes, and payment

The project fee is stated in the Order Summary and is due in full before kickoff unless the Order Summary expressly provides different payment terms. The standard founding-client fee is $349 USD. A project slot is not reserved until payment clears.

Fees exclude sales, use, value-added, withholding, or similar taxes that we are legally required to collect. Client is responsible for its own taxes, duties, and internal purchasing requirements. Payment processing is provided by the payment processor shown at checkout; that processor’s terms also apply to the payment transaction.

7. Cancellation and refunds

Client may cancel before we begin substantive project work for a full refund. If Client cancels after substantive work begins but before first-draft delivery, we will refund 50% of the project fee. After first-draft delivery, the project fee is non-refundable except where required by law or where we materially fail to provide the agreed service and do not correct that failure within a reasonable time after written notice.

If we cancel a project or determine that we cannot deliver the agreed scope, we will refund any amount paid for work not delivered. Refund processing times are controlled in part by the payment processor and financial institutions.

8. Deliverable ownership and retained rights

Client retains ownership of all material it supplies. After full payment, Testify assigns to Client any copyright Testify owns in the custom final presentation created specifically for Client, excluding the retained rights and third-party materials described below.

Testify retains all rights in Typedeck software, reusable themes, templates, tools, design systems, methods, know-how, processes, code, and other material created before the project or developed for general reuse. Third-party fonts, images, icons, software, and other licensed materials remain subject to their applicable licenses. Delivery of a Typedeck source file does not include a Typedeck software license unless the Order Summary expressly says so.

9. Confidentiality and publicity

Each party will use the other party’s nonpublic information only to perform or receive the service, protect it using reasonable care, and disclose it only to people or service providers who need it for the project and are subject to appropriate obligations. This does not apply to information that is public through no breach, already lawfully known, independently developed, or lawfully received from another source.

We will not identify Client publicly, display the presentation, or use it as a portfolio example or case study without Client’s prior written permission. Client is free to decline without affecting the service.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, we delete client-supplied source materials and working presentation files within 30 days after completion or cancellation. We may retain final business records such as the Order Summary, acceptance record, invoices, payment records, and necessary correspondence.

10. Sensitive and regulated information

Do not send highly sensitive or specially regulated information unless we have first agreed in writing to appropriate handling. This includes medical records, government identification numbers, payment credentials, account passwords, classified information, export-controlled technical data, and personal data not reasonably necessary for the presentation. Client is responsible for redacting unnecessary sensitive information.

11. Third-party formats and services

We will use reasonable care when exporting and checking the agreed file formats. Differences in fonts, rendering engines, software versions, or third-party import behavior can cause a PowerPoint, PDF, or other exported file to appear differently from the Typedeck source. Client must review the files in the environment where they will be presented and promptly report material export problems during the revision period.

12. Service warranty and no outcome guarantee

We warrant that we will perform the service in a professional and workmanlike manner and materially follow the agreed Order Summary. Client’s exclusive remedy for a timely reported breach of this warranty is reasonable correction of the affected deliverable or, if correction is not commercially reasonable, a refund of the portion of the fee attributable to the affected work.

We do not guarantee fundraising, sales, investment, employment, approval, audience response, speaking performance, or any other business or personal outcome. Except for the express warranty above and rights that cannot legally be excluded, the service and deliverables are provided “as is.”

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither party will be liable under the Agreement for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, even if advised that such damages are possible.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Testify’s total cumulative liability arising from a project will not exceed the amount Client paid for that project. These limitations do not apply where prohibited by law or to liability that cannot legally be limited.

14. Claims concerning client material

Client will defend and indemnify Testify against third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising from Client material or instructions that infringe another party’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights, except to the extent the claim results from Testify’s unauthorized modification or use.

15. Events outside reasonable control

Neither party is responsible for delay caused by events outside its reasonable control, including serious illness, natural disaster, widespread service or power interruption, labor disruption, governmental action, or failure of a critical third-party service. The affected party will communicate promptly and work in good faith to establish a revised schedule. If the delay makes the project impracticable, either party may cancel and Client will receive a refund for undelivered work.

16. Governing law and disputes

The Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing a claim, the parties will first give written notice and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for at least 30 days. Subject to mandatory law and an eligible small-claims action, the state and federal courts located in Marion County, Indiana will have exclusive jurisdiction, and each party consents to that venue.

Nothing in the Agreement excludes or limits mandatory consumer rights or remedies that cannot be waived under applicable law.

17. General terms

Testify is an independent contractor, not Client’s employee, partner, agent, or fiduciary. Neither party may assign the Agreement without the other party’s consent, except in connection with a merger, reorganization, or sale of substantially all relevant assets. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue.

The Agreement is the entire agreement concerning the project and replaces prior discussions about that project. Changes must be in writing and accepted by both parties. Headings are for convenience only. Electronic signatures, checkout acceptance, and electronic records are valid to the extent permitted by law.

18. Contact

Questions, project communication, and notices concerning a Deck Sprint may be sent to Testify LLC at support@typedeck.app.