General terms and conditions

These general terms and conditions (T&Cs) apply to the use of the founderi platform, its web app, the progressive web app and all functions and paid services offered through them. The contracting party is:

ExpertsMedia LLC 30 N Gould St, Ste N Sheridan, WY 82801 USA

Deviating or supplementary terms of users do not become part of the contract unless we expressly agree to their validity in text form.

The Founderi Code of Respect and the privacy policy apply in addition. In the event of contradictions between these T&Cs and a separately concluded agreement, the separate agreement takes precedence.

founderi provides a platform on which members can found and run their own communities („Communities“), use channels for text, voice and video, publish posts and media, offer events and courses, network with each other and exchange messages.

founderi is a technical service provider. The content within a Community comes from its members and those responsible for it; we do not adopt it as our own and do not owe any particular substantive success – in particular no commercial benefit, no reach and no brokering of contacts or customers.

The scope and design of the functions may evolve. We may change, add to or discontinue functions provided that the contractually owed core of the service is retained and the change is reasonable for members. We announce material changes with appropriate notice.

A user account is required to use protected areas. An account may only be created by natural persons aged 18 and over. The information requested during registration must be true, complete and up to date; acting under someone else's identity is not permitted.

Sign-in is passwordless, via a one-time code that we send to the e-mail address on file. Access to that mailbox is therefore access to the account: please secure it accordingly and never pass sign-in codes on. Two-factor sign-in can optionally be set up.

The account is personal and non-transferable. If you notice unauthorised use of your account, please inform us immediately. There is no entitlement to registration or to access to a particular Community.

The Founderi Code of Respect applies to all content and all behaviour on the platform. It is a binding part of these T&Cs; it is expressly agreed to during registration.

Prohibited in particular are unlawful content, hate and discrimination, harassment and threats, pornographic content, political or religious proselytising and propaganda, glorification of violence, fraud, spam and the infringement of third-party rights.

Interference with the technical infrastructure is likewise prohibited: automated harvesting of content without our consent, circumventing access or security mechanisms, overload attempts, introducing malware, and any use that disrupts the operation of the platform or other members.

The rights to the content you publish remain with you. You warrant that you hold the necessary rights and you indemnify us against justified third-party claims that are based on a culpable infringement of rights by your content.

You grant us the simple right, limited in territory and time to the duration of publication, to store your content, process it technically (for example format conversion, thumbnails, translation) and display it to the members entitled to see it. This right goes no further; use for advertising outside the platform only takes place with your consent.

The platform itself, its software, trademarks, design and the content created by founderi are protected by copyright. Any use beyond the contractually intended scope requires our consent.

Basic use is free unless expressly stated otherwise. Paid items are in particular plans for Communities, additional storage and individual paid content. The respective price, the billing period and the scope of services are shown before purchase.

Payments are processed via Stripe. Subscriptions renew automatically for the chosen term until they are cancelled. Billing takes place in advance for the respective period; we provide invoices electronically.

If a payment fails, we may suspend the paid functions after an unsuccessful reminder. We announce price changes at least four weeks before the start of the next billing period; if the contract is not cancelled by that start, the new price is deemed accepted. We point this out in the announcement.

The usage agreement for the free account runs for an indefinite period and can be ended at any time without giving reasons — the account can be deleted in the account settings under „Konto & Sicherheit“.

Paid subscriptions can be cancelled up to the end of the current billing period; the service remains available until it expires. The right to extraordinary termination for good cause remains unaffected for both sides.

Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal of fourteen days for paid contracts. We provide separate information about the details and about the early start of performance during the ordering process.

If content or behaviour violates these T&Cs, the Code of Respect or applicable law, we may take the measures described in the Code of Respect — from a notice through the removal of individual content and the restriction of functions to the permanent ending of membership.

The choice of measure depends on the nature, severity and frequency of the violation and takes your legitimate interests into account. In the case of particularly serious or clearly unlawful violations, access may be blocked without prior warning.

We inform about a block or the deletion of content insofar as this is legally permissible and possible in the circumstances, and give an opportunity to comment. There is no entitlement to the restoration of removed content.

We operate the platform with the care of a diligent provider, but do not owe uninterrupted availability. Maintenance work, disruptions at service providers, force majeure or attacks on the infrastructure may lead to temporary restrictions.

Wherever possible, we schedule plannable maintenance windows for low-usage times and announce them where this is reasonable.

We are liable without limitation in cases of intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, for fraudulently concealed defects, to the extent of a guarantee given and under product liability law.

In cases of simple negligence, we are only liable for the breach of essential contractual obligations, that is, obligations whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance one may regularly rely. In that case, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract at the time of conclusion.

We are not liable for the content, offers and behaviour of other members or for the content of linked or embedded third-party offerings. For the loss of data we are only liable to the extent that would have arisen had you carried out proper and regular data backups.

Which personal data we process, for which purposes and on which legal basis, is set out in the privacy policy. It is not part of these T&Cs but fulfils our information obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation.

We may change these terms where this is necessary to adapt to a changed legal situation, case law, technical circumstances or an extended range of services, and the change remains reasonable.

We inform about changes in text form at least four weeks before they take effect. If you do not object before they take effect, the amended terms are deemed accepted; we point this out separately in the announcement. In the event of an objection, either side may terminate the contract as of the date the changes take effect.

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

The law at the provider's registered office applies, to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Towards consumers this only applies insofar as it does not deprive them of the protection of mandatory provisions of the state in which they have their habitual residence.

Should a provision of these terms be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. Please direct questions about these terms to the contact details given in the legal notice.