Win a trip for 2 to San Francisco for the 'Lean Startup' Conference! General Assembly

General Assembly Promotion Official Rules
1. No Purchase Necessary; Entry Instructions. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT
OF ANY MONEY IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. To enter the promotion, participant
must enter their email address on https://generalassemb.ly/win/lean-startup-
contest-syd and provide answers to the qualifying questions on
https://generalassembly.wufoo.com/forms/lean-startup-conference-contest/
between 9:00 am ET 7/11/2015 and 5:00 pm ET 9/30/2015. You may also
receive an entry by sending a letter with your name, address, email address, and
completed application to: General Assembly, Attention: Marketing, 10 E 21st St,
2nd floor, New York City, New York, 10010. Limit one (1) entry per person. Any
attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by
using multiple/different email or addresses, accounts, identities, registrations and
logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant
may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and
will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any entrant, the
authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry will be
deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person
assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the
domain associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be
required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
All entries must meet the following criteri
2. Promotion Period. This promotion begins at 9:00 am ET 7/11/2015 and ends
at 5:00 pm ET 9/30/2015 (the “Promotion Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the
official time-keeping device for the promotion. All entries must be received during
the dates and times specified in the Promotion Period. Odds of winning the
promotion depend on the number of eligible entries received during the
Promotion Period.
3. Eligibility. In order to be eligible, participants must be at least the age of
majority in their jurisdiction of residence. Employees of Sponsor and its parent
and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings
and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible.
4. Prize. 2 round-trip tickets to San Francisco, California from the residents’
nearest airport; three-night accommodations in San Francisco, California; two
passes to the Lean Startup Conference 2015; one-on-one mentoring with a
mentor provided by Lean Startup Conference; access to supplementary
conference events; HD video bundles, an autographed copy of Eric Ries’ The
Lean Startup, and a preorder of Eric Ries’ The Startup Way. The aggregate retail
value of the prize(s) is approximately $4,995, and will in no event exceed an
aggregate retail value of $5,000. No substitution, assignment or transfer of the
prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, who has the right to substitute a prize with
another of comparable value. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with the receipt and/or use of the prize.
5. Winner. Winner of the Promotion will be determined based on the following:
A panel of representatives of Sponsor (or its designee) will judge the Promotion entries based on originality, sincerity, and creativity. Because this is a contest of skill, winning the Promotion is dependent on the quality and number of submissions received. Judging will take place within 7 days of 9/30/2015. The Panel’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
6. Conditions of Participation. By submitting an entry for this promotion, you agree to abide by these rules and any decision Sponsor makes regarding this promotion, which Sponsor shall make in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify and prosecute to the fullest extent permitted by law any participant or winner who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with Sponsor site, the entry process, intentionally submits more than a single entry, violates these rules, or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Ownership of the pre-existing underlying intellectual property of the entrant remains the property of the entrant subject to Sponsor’s rights to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use, and exhibit the entry for the purpose of administering and promoting the Promotion and for Sponsor’s marketing and advertising purposes. By participating in the Promotion, each entrant grants to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable license to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use, and exhibit (including the right to make derivative works of) the entry and materials and information submitted on and in connection with the Promotion or use or receipt of the prize for any and all purposes in any medium. Each participating entrant hereby warrants that any entry and other materials and information provided by entrant are original with entrant and do not violate or infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, moral rights or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity, and do not violate any rules or regulations. If the entry or information or materials provided by entrant contain any material or elements that are not owned by entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, entrant represents he or she has obtained, prior to submission of the entry and information or materials, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit use and exploitation of the entry and information and materials by Sponsor in the manner set forth in the Official Rules without additional compensation.
Each entrant warrants that the entry and materials and information provided do not contain information considered by entrant, its employees or personnel, or any other third party to be confidential, and that the entry, materials and information provided do not violate any laws or regulations. Entrant agrees that Sponsor has
the right to verify the ownership and originality of all entries and that, upon Sponsor’s request, entrant must submit a written copy of any release or permission entrant has received from a third party granting entrant the right to use such property. Entrant understands and acknowledges that in the event a submission is selected as a winning entry, and entrant’s ownership, rights and the originality of the entry cannot be verified to the satisfaction of Sponsor or is in any other way ineligible, Sponsor may select an alternate winner based on the same judging criteria.
8. Disclaimer, Release and Limit of Liability. SPONSOR MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION. BY ENTERING THE PROMOTION OR RECEIPT OF ANY
PRIZE, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS
SPONSOR, AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS,
DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING/PROMOTION AGENCIES AND MEDIA
COMPANIES (INCLUDING CAREERARC GROUP LLC D/B/A
INTERNSHIPS.COM), AND PRIZE SUPPLIERS, AND EACH OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES AND EACH SUCH COMPANY’S
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE
“RELEASED PARTIES”) FROM AND AGAINST ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH,
OR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION OR RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF
ANY PRIZE. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR: (1)
ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY
ENTRANTS, PRINTING ERRORS OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR
PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE PROMOTION; (2)
TECHNICAL FAILURES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO
MALFUNCTIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, OR DISCONNECTIONS IN PHONE
LINES OR NETWORK HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE; (3) UNAUTHORIZED
HUMAN INTERVENTION IN ANY PART OF THE ENTRY PROCESS OR THE
PROMOTION; (4) TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR WHICH MAY OCCUR IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROMOTION OR THE PROCESSING OF
ENTRIES; OR (5) ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY
WHICH MAY BE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, FROM ENTRANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION OR
RECEIPT OR USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE. If for any reason an entrant's
entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed
or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the promotion, provided
that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the
promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect
to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date
of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the
stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical,
programming or any other reasons cause more than stated number of prizes as
set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed Sponsor reserves
the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among
all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
9. Privacy and Use of Promotion Information. Sponsor collects personal
information from you when you enter this promotion. Sponsor reserves the right
to use any information collected in accordance with its privacy policy, which may
be found at https://generalassemb.ly/privacy_policy. By entering this program,
entrants are agreeing to receive email communications from General Assembly,
Lean Startup Conference, StartupSmart, The Entourage, and Rushfaster.
10. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTES: THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE
PROMOTION ARE GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE
FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL BE IN THE COUNTY OF MANHATTAN,
NEW YORK. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE
RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL
THEN BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION
ADMINISTERED BY JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES,
INC., IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STREAMLINED ARBITRATION RULES
AND PROCEDURES OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF (“JAMS
RULES”). THE JAMS RULES FOR SELECTION OF AN ARBITRATOR SHALL
BE FOLLOWED, EXCEPT THAT THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE
EXPERIENCED AND LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN NEW YORK. ANY
SUCH CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM WILL BE ARBITRATED ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND WILL NOT BE CONSOLIDATED IN ANY
ARBITRATION WITH ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY OF ANY OTHER
PARTY. ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. THE
REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND
IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING
ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A
CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY
OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.
11. Winner’s List. Individuals may request the name of the winners by submitting
a self-addressed stamped envelope prior to 11/15/2015 to General Assembly
Promotion Winner’s List Request at 902 Broadway, 4th Floor New York, NY
10010. Vermont and Washington residents may omit postage.
11. SPONSOR. Sponsor of this promotion is General Assembly Space, Inc. If
you no longer wish to receive information concerning Sponsor’s sweepstakes or
promotions, please notify Sponsor at by email at hello@generalassemb.l