Terms of Service

These terms govern your use of launchduels (the “Board”), operated by Secure Success Launch LLC (“we”, “us”). By using the Board you agree to them.

1. WHAT WE ARE

launchduels is a directory. We list startups and the free pilot offers they choose to publish, and we run the seat protocol described in the Rules. We are a venue. We are not a party to any pilot: every pilot is a contract negotiated and signed directly between the founder and the customer. We never process pilot payments, never take equity, and never sell seats. Seated startups pay nothing.

2. THE PROTOCOL

Seat allocation follows the Rules (numbered R-01 through R-55), enforced by the Board’s software. Where the software and these terms conflict, the Rules govern the seat; these terms govern everything else. We may amend the Rules in public; material changes will be dated on the Rules page. The rules that govern a participant are the ones in force when that participant entered their current state - a rule change never reaches backward into an active tenure or duel. Every revision is preserved verbatim and permanently at /rules/v/[revision], and every event in the public audit trail records the revision that governed it.

3. ACCOUNTS

Founders sign in with a magic link to a verified email address. One person may hold one active startup on each board. You are responsible for activity under your account. You may withdraw a queued startup at any time; a seated seat ends by graduating (R-11), by tenure expiry (R-19), or by enforcement (R-13) - and re-filing after a rotation is free, forever.

4. CLAIMS AND PILOTS

Claims are sent directly to founders. Founders decide - accept, decline, or negotiate - and must answer within five days (R-10). We do not verify the identity, capacity, or good faith of claimers or founders beyond the trust signals we display. Before sharing sensitive information, do your own diligence: a pilot is a business relationship, not a Board feature.

5. CONDUCT

No bought or coordinated votes (R-12); no squatting on seats (R-13); no bad-faith claims - competitor fishing, fake companies, or spam (R-17). Enforcement follows the rule cited: the software executes seat-state changes (reverts, forfeits, cooldowns), and those outcomes land in the public audit trail with the rule and evidence recorded. Where conduct falls outside the mechanical rules - impersonation, harassment, fraud, or platform abuse - the Board may bench domains, remove listings, and refuse service; those actions are recorded in the audit trail too. Seat outcomes are never decided by discretion; they are decided by the Rules. Every enforcement outcome can be appealed from your console within seventy-two hours (R-49) - a human reviews the same evidence the machine saw and answers publicly, on the record. And when the machine’s behavior contradicts a published rule because of a defect, that is a fact to correct, not a judgment to relitigate (R-50): affected state is restored to what the rule required, and the correction is logged publicly - never a silent edit.

6. ALUMNI LISTINGS

Graduated startups keep their listing, tag, and link indefinitely (R-14). Optional paid products (such as the alumni hiring badge, attestation services, or aggregated reports) are clearly optional and are governed by R-18: no product, fee, sponsor, or subscription may affect seat allocation, queue order, vote counting, or claim delivery.

7. YOUR CONTENT

You own what you submit. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide license to display it on the Board for the life of the listing (including alumni listings). Don’t submit anything you don’t have the right to publish.

8. DISCLAIMERS

The Board provides a defined opportunity to participate under the published Rules - nothing more. We do not promise or guarantee a pilot, a customer, a cohort, users, revenue, votes, investor interest, or any business outcome; whether anyone buys, joins, or votes is entirely beyond us. The Board is provided “as is”. We make no warranty that listings are accurate or that pilots will perform. Verification and trust signals mean only that the stated event occurred by the stated method - they are not an endorsement, certification, or statement about product quality or the parties behind them. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our liability to you is limited to the greater of $100 or amounts you paid us in the preceding twelve months (typically zero - the Board is free), and we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, including lost profits or missed deals.

9. TRADEMARKS

launchduels is not affiliated with, associated with, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with any accelerator.

10. TERMINATION & CHANGES

You may stop using the Board at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms. If we change these terms, we’ll update this page with a new date.

11. LEGAL

Governing law and venue: the State of Maryland. Legal notices: Secure Success Launch LLC, 306 W Redwood St, Ste 201, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States. Contact: contact@launchduels.com. Last updated: 2026-09-27.