The authors of the business plan will retain all rights
to the plan regarding its use at all times prior to and following
the contest except as stated below. Due the nature of the
contest, we will not ask judges, reviewers, staff or the
audience to agree to or sign non-disclosure statements to
any participant.
Some sessions of the competition are open to the public
at large, including the exhibition and the final round. Any
and all of these public sessions may be broadcast to interested
persons through the media which may include radio, television,
print, and the Internet. Any data or information discussed
or divulged in public sessions by entrants should be considered
information likely to enter the public domain, and entrants
should not assume any right of confidentiality in any data
or information discussed, divulged, or presented in these
sessions.
CleanStart, the organizer of the event, may make photocopies,
photographs, videotapes, DVDs and/or audiotapes of the presentations
including all documents, charts or material prepared for
use in presentation in the contest.
Teams will be asked to certify their plans are original,
that they will comply with the rules of the contest, and
that they waive and release each and every contest official,
organizer, and judge from any responsibilities or accountabilities
or liabilities in relation to such person’s participation
in the contest.
