Terms & Conditions

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and the business operating under the The Catalyst for the Trades brand (“Catalyst,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the website at www.catalystforthetrades.com (the “Site”). If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter an agreement to use inquiry, subscription, or business-opportunity features intended for adults. Your use is also subject to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Privacy opt-outs are available at Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information .

The Site provides information about consulting for trades businesses, The Catalyst for the Trades podcast, the Hands Up book, and acquisition-related conversations, diligence, and post-close operational work. It may also publish articles, interviews, frameworks, opinions, examples, and links to third-party media.

The Site is not an online account, membership, marketplace, broker-dealer, law firm, accounting firm, investment adviser, lender, or transaction-closing platform. Newsletter subscription is provided through a third-party service. We may add, remove, suspend, or change Site content and features at any time.

Site content is general information and does not constitute legal, tax, accounting, investment, brokerage, valuation, or financial advice. It does not recommend a security, transaction, capital structure, purchase price, or course of action for your circumstances. Podcast guests and article authors speak for themselves; their views are not necessarily Catalyst's.

Do not rely on Site content to make a transaction, financing, employment, legal, tax, or investment decision. Conduct independent diligence and consult qualified, licensed advisors who understand your facts and jurisdiction.

Sending an email, subscribing, sharing an opportunity, downloading material, or attending a conversation does not create a client, advisor, broker, fiduciary, partnership, joint-venture, employment, or confidentiality relationship. We may decline any inquiry in our discretion.

A professional relationship begins only when the appropriate parties sign a written engagement agreement. That agreement — not these website Terms — controls scope, fees, confidentiality, conflicts, deliverables, decision authority, and termination. If it conflicts with these Terms, the signed agreement controls for that engagement.

Examples, case studies, projections, structures, multiples, timelines, testimonials, and performance statements are illustrative. Business, marketing, operating, and acquisition results vary. Catalyst does not guarantee any outcome, closing, valuation, financing, revenue, profit, ranking, lead volume, or return.

Unless otherwise stated, the Site and its text, design, graphics, frameworks, logos, podcast materials, book excerpts, recordings, and other content are owned by Catalyst or used with permission and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Third-party names and marks belong to their owners.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable permission to access and use the Site for lawful personal or internal business evaluation. You may not reproduce, sell, republish, scrape, train a competing model on, remove attribution from, or create derivative commercial works from Site content without written permission, except as law expressly allows.

You represent that information you send is accurate, lawful, and yours to provide. Do not send trade secrets, sensitive personal information, payment credentials, or confidential transaction material through ordinary email or an unsecured Site channel. An unsolicited submission is not confidential unless Catalyst has signed an agreement that says otherwise.

You grant Catalyst a limited permission to use a submission as reasonably needed to review and respond to it, operate the Site, protect against abuse, and comply with law. You retain ownership of your original material.

You agree not to:

• Violate law, infringe rights, impersonate another person, or submit deceptive information.
• Probe, bypass, disable, overload, or interfere with Site security or operation.
• Introduce malware, automate abusive requests, scrape restricted content, or harvest personal information.
• Use Site content to mislead others about Catalyst, our team, a podcast guest, or a transaction.
• Use the Site in a way that harms Catalyst, our providers, or another user.

We may restrict access, preserve evidence, or report conduct where reasonably necessary.

The Site may link to or embed services operated by others, including Beehiiv, YouTube, Buzzsprout, podcast directories, social platforms, and professional resources. Catalyst does not control and is not responsible for third-party availability, accuracy, security, products, terms, or privacy practices. A link or guest appearance is not an endorsement unless we clearly say so.

Your use of a third-party service is between you and that provider. Review its terms and privacy policy before submitting information or completing a transaction.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND , express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, availability, or security. We do not promise that content is current or error-free or that access will be uninterrupted.

These Site disclaimers do not replace warranties or obligations expressly stated in a separate signed agreement.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Catalyst and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, affiliates, licensors, and providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, opportunities, goodwill, data, or business, arising from or related to the Site or reliance on Site content. Any direct liability arising solely from use of the Site will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid specifically to use the Site during the prior twelve months or US$100. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limits, so those limits apply only to the extent lawful.

You agree to indemnify and hold Catalyst and the parties above harmless from third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful misuse of the Site, your submission, or your material breach of these Terms, except to the extent prohibited by law.

These Terms and disputes concerning only the Site are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Unless a separate signed agreement provides otherwise, the state and federal courts located in Travis County, Texas will have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to that venue. Before filing a claim, please email a written description of the issue and requested resolution so the parties can attempt an informal solution.

Before starting a formal claim about the Site, the complaining party must send written notice describing the dispute and requested relief and allow 30 days for an informal resolution. Notices to Catalyst must be sent to [email protected] .

Except for an eligible individual small-claims action or a request for temporary injunctive relief involving intellectual property, security, or unauthorized access, any unresolved dispute arising from these Site Terms will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis under the Federal Arbitration Act. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under the rules applicable to the claim and may occur remotely unless the arbitrator requires otherwise.

Class action waiver. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each party may bring claims only in its individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in a class, collective, consolidated, representative, or private attorney-general proceeding. The arbitrator may award relief only to the individual party seeking it.

You may opt out of this arbitration provision by emailing [email protected] within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. Include your name, the email address used with the Site, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. An opt-out affects only this Site provision; a separate written agreement may contain its own dispute terms.

We may update these Terms by posting a revised version and date. Continued Site use after an update means you accept the revised Terms. We may suspend or end Site access at any time. Provisions that should reasonably survive — including intellectual property, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnification, and governing law — remain effective.

If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the rest will remain effective. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and the Cookie Policy are the entire agreement about Site use, but do not replace a separate signed engagement agreement.

Questions may be sent to The Catalyst for the Trades at [email protected] or through our contact page.