NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchase will NOT increase your chances of winning. Intuit Just Start Contest (the "Contest") is a skill contest in which participants can submit ideas on what they'll Just Start. Fact, fiction, or fantasy. What have you always dreamed of doing? What are you resigning from and moving towards? And, how will the Just Start grant of $50,000 in cash and consulting services or one of two First Prizes of $5,000 cash help you strike out on your own. Entry to the Contest is easy and free. The Contest begins 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on October 12, 2007 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. PT on December 15, 2007
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, who are 21 years of age or older as of date of entry. Persons in any of the following categories are not eligible to submit entries or win a prize: Individuals employed by or otherwise associated with Intuit, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its affiliates, subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, technology and website development partner companies, prize suppliers, and immediate family members (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) and persons living in the households of each of these individuals, whether related or not. By entering, entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules available at IWillJustStart.com. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, local laws & regulations. Participants agree that these Official Rules are governed by the laws of the state of California. Void in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. military bases outside the U.S., and wherever else or otherwise restricted by law.
Complete the online registration form with your name, complete mailing address, email address, phone number, age, title of your entry, and confirm that by submitting an entry, you agree that Sponsor may post your entry on IWillJustStart.com for viewing by visitors to the website. There are two ways to enter: 1) Entrants may submit a video that must not be longer than 2 minutes and must be submitted in QuickTime (.mov) OR .avi format. Only the first two minutes of the video will be judged. 2) Entrants may submit a story which will have a limit of 250 words and a photograph that must not be larger than 1MB and must be submitted in JPG format (can be Black & White or color photograph). Limit one photograph per entry. All entries must be in English. There is no limit to the number of entries per person, as long as each entry is different and meets all requirements. For privacy reasons, you may include just your first name, but not your last name, in your entry. Entries may be submitted by individual or group entrants with a representative of the group submitting the required information who will also be responsible for receiving any prize on behalf of the group. Sponsor will only award a prize to the group representative and will not be responsible for presenting prize to any of the other group members.
By submitting a video or story with photograph ("Entry" or "Entries"), each entrant represents that the Entry submitted (including the music, beats and lyrics in the video or essay and photograph) is the original work of entrant and has never been published and has not previously won any other contest award. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for disputes between persons claiming authorship of the Entry. Each entrant further represents that use thereof does not infringe third party rights (including, but not limited to those of any videographer or any individual featured in the video), is suitable for publication and the right to submit it is not restricted by copyright. You may not sample any music that is not in the public domain in your Entry. Entry cannot defame, disparage or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's personal or proprietary rights. Entrant represents that any individuals in the Entry who are identifiable have consented to the use of their image and performance in the video, the submission of the video in this Contest, and the use of the Entry by Sponsor in any way Sponsor deems appropriate, including any and all media, and that such individuals will sign all necessary documents granting Sponsor these rights if required by Sponsor. Entries must be suitable for publication in a public forum (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion), may not contain nudity, profanity, or threats of physical violence, and may not reflect negatively on the Sponsor or its products. Entries not complying with all rules are subject to disqualification at Sponsor's sole discretion. No correspondence regarding Entries will be entered into with entrants. Entries submitted become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned. With respect to the Entry entered, entrant unconditionally assigns and transfers to Sponsor all rights, title, interest and claims in the Entry, including, without limitation, the copyright therein, and waives any moral rights in the Entry. Sponsor shall have right to post, use, broadcast, display, publicly perform, alter, edit, assign, or dispose of such Entries in whole or in part (including clips or still frames from Entries) however it sees fit in any and all media without limitation as to time or territory without approval of entrant. Winners will be required, as a condition of being awarded a prize, to grant the Sponsor the right to use his/her name, image, likeness and biographical materials and any other individuals appearing in the Entry, as well as the winning video and/ or essay and photograph submitted, for advertising, publicity and promotion purposes including, without limitation, online announcements without additional compensation.
Entries received that are illegible, incomplete, or are not submitted online at IWillJustStart.com will be disqualified. Entries that do not comply with these Official Rules will not be eligible.
Entries must comply with the following content guidelines to be eligible:
All forms of entry will be reviewed under the same criteria stated herein below. To be eligible for judging, entries must be submitted online no later than 11:59:59 p.m. PT on December 15, 2007. Entries received after this date/time will not be accepted. Proof of e-mailing does not constitute proof of delivery. All entry material received by the Sponsor will not be returned.
All eligible entries received will be judged and scored by a qualified judge, supervised by an independent judging organization, based on the following equally weighted judging criteria:
As determined by the judges scoring of the criteria noted above, on or about January 4, 2008, there will be five (5) semi-finalists selected and announced to the public. In the case of a tie, the judges will determine entrant with the highest score for the "Realistic and Feasible" criteria among the tied entrants as a semi-finalist. From the five semi-finalists, the public will be allowed to vote once per day starting on 1/15/08 and ending on 1/31/08, for their favorite entry to determine One Grand Prize Winner and Two First Prize Winners. The entry with the most votes will be determined as the Grand Prize Winner. The entries with the second and third highest total of votes will be determined as the two First Prize Winners. In the case of a tie to determine the 2 First Prize Winners, the judges will determine entrants with the highest scores for the "Realistic and Feasible" criteria. Voters must follow instructions on web site to submit their votes. Limit one (1) vote per person per day. Subsequent votes by a single user will be disqualified. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like methods of voting during the public voting process will void all such attempts by such methods. In order to vote, voters must be registered on the JumpUp website. Registration is free of charge. They can register by clicking here. JumpUp.com is sponsoring the IWillJustStart.com website.
Winners will be required to complete a notarized affidavit and return it within 5 days in order to receive their prize which could take up to 8 weeks for delivery.
Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends - Anita Campbell provides information and intelligence about the small business market and business trends affecting that market.
John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing - John Jantsch is a veteran marketing coach, award winning blogger and author of Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide.
Ramon Ray of Smallbiztechnology.com - Ramon Ray helps small-medium sized businesses strategically use technology as a tool to grow their businesses.
One (1) Grand Prize: $50,000 in cash and services ($40,000 in cash & $10,000 in consulting and service fees for business services, provided by various companies), Approximate Retail Value (ARV): $50,000. Two (2) First Prizes: $5,000 cash each prize. Total ARV of all prizes: $60,000
All Prizes will be awarded, provided more than enough entries have been received. Consulting fee prizes will be awarded to the Grand Prize Winner's start-up company without any expressed or implied guarantee of performance, financial or otherwise. Prizes are non-transferable, and no substitutions or cash equivalents are allowed, except at the discretion of the Sponsor. If a Prize is unavailable, a Prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. Prize will be awarded in the name of the Winner. All taxes on prizes won and other expenses related to accepting the prize are the sole responsibility of the Winner. Winners will be notified by mail, email and/or phone. Potential Winners will be required to complete and return within 5 days an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and (where legal) a Publicity Release and IRS Tax Form W-9. Failure to do so may result in disqualification and an alternate Winner being selected. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given. By accepting a prize, winner grants permission to use his/her name, city, state, prize information, descriptions, photograph, voice, likeness, statements, and biographical information without limitation for advertising and publicity purposes on Sponsor's website and other promotional materials, without further compensation, except where prohibited by law. Decisions of the Sponsor and judging organization are final in all respects of the Contest and no correspondence shall be entered into. Winners must allow up to 8 weeks for delivery of prize.
By entering, entrants hereby release and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, technology and website development partner companies and employees of these companies (collectively "Releasees") from and against any and all rights, demands, claims, causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any damage, injury, loss whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance of the Prize, their entry in the Contest or their participation in any prize related activity, or any travel related to the Prize or any prize related activity except for personal injury or death caused by negligence. Entrants irrevocably assign to Sponsor with full title guarantee all intellectual property and other rights, which they now have or may in the future have to the Entries, or any elements thereof, including without limitation, the copyright therein, the right to make derivative works, copies and to use for any purpose whatsoever in any media or format now or hereafter known, royalty-free worldwide perpetuity. Sponsor shall have the right to assign or dispose of such Entries however it sees fit without approval of the Entrant. Sponsor is under no obligation to correspond about Entries and Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. By entering, entrants grant permission for their descriptions, likeness, statements, entry and biographical information to be used without limitation or further compensation, for advertising and publicity purposes and on website at IWillJustStart.com, except where prohibited by law. Releasees are not responsible for any lost, stolen or otherwise unaccounted for entries, and or misdirected, illegible, incomplete, delayed or damaged entries. Releasees are not responsible for any human, printing, typographical or other error in the contest official rules and other materials posted on the website or in the administration of the Contest. Sponsor has the sole right to cancel or suspend the Contest or any portion thereof for any reason whatsoever. In such cases, notice to this effect will be posted on the website at IWillJustStart.com and prizes will be awarded from all eligible entries received prior to cancellation.
Any false information provided within the context of the Contest by any participant concerning identity, postal address, email address, telephone number, ownership of right or non- compliance with these rules or the like may result in the immediate disqualification of the participant from the Contest. Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Entry that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party or otherwise does not comply with these official rules.
To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this contest are hereby excluded, and any participant expressly waives any and all such rights.
: If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Releasees which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry or any individual who tampers with the entry or voting process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and at Sponsor's discretion select winners as it deems necessary. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, Internet service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses associated with the submitted email address. Releasees assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission or communications line failure that results in Entry forms being inaccessible online. Releasees are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this contest or downloading any materials in this contest. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL & CIVIL LAWS & SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
This promotion is subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy posted at Intuit.com. Personal information collected from Entrants will be used by Sponsor for the purpose of administering the Contest. The data may also be used to do a background check on their identity and verify their eligibility to participate and to receive a prize. Sponsor shall not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal information of Entrants with third parties, other than to third parties engaged by Sponsor to fulfill the above purposes. In the event of any discrepancy between the privacy policy and these Official Rules, the privacy policy shall control and govern.
For list of Contest Winners log onto IWillJustStart.com on or about February 10, 2008, available for a period of up to 60 days.
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